31 January 2024
Today, Reception staff at The Abbey in Northwich have been focusing on supporting the children's personal, emotional and social skills. This activity follows a feelings box session yesterday, where staff and children looked at a focussed emotions story and then had conversations about how they felt and why.
They were also looking at the family photos albums within the room and discussing how the Mummies and Daddies look different. The children used the mirrors to look at themselves, discussed similarities and differences and then drew a self portrait. The children also held a show and tell session, where everybody talked about our favourite foods, decided if they were healthy or unhealthy and categorised the foods into groups.
Show and tell is a great way to support the children's listening skills and allows them to ask questions, supporting their ability to have a conversation with friends. By offering activities like this, the Reception team are supporting the children's understanding of seeing themselves as a valuable individual, encouraging the children to listen to each other and respect when others are talking, and understand and celebrate each others differences.
