The younger children have been working very hard to carefully count Christmas objects and write their numbers. I was very silly and kept not quite counting the objects carefully. The children helped me by lining up the objects so that they were easier to count! I was amazed by how well the children could recognise numerals to 10 and how all the children had a very good try at writing their numbers.

We have enjoyed reading the Christmas story this week and spotting where the characters that we play in our Christmas play are in the book. Luckily, the Innkeeper in the story is not quite as grumpy as the Innkeeper in our play. Some children had a go at cutting out and ordering pictures to create a storyboard and can independently retell the story.

We have also been learning about Advent and the children are very excited for Sunday to open the first window and officially begin the countdown to Christmas!