Nursery World - Our bright idea - The colours of autumn

A display can reach far beyond the wall it's on. Jean Evans hears how.

Staff at Rainbow Nursery, Middlestone Moor, are always keen to involve parents in children's activities, both within the nursery and at home.

During discussions, and through noticeboards and letters, we suggest different ways for parents to encourage their children to experience seasonal changes at home. Our display board in the entrance is an ideal place to provide stimulating visual and interactive opportunities to explore these changes together. Every year at this time we focus on the warm and vibrant colours of autumn and ensure access to a wide selection of autumn-related natural materials to see, touch, feel, smell and listen to.

Planned learning intentions
- To form good relationships with adults and peers
- To use talk to clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events
- To look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change
- To explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two and three
dimensions

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