Summer fruits 

In baby room this week we have been exploring summer and citrus fruits. The babies waited and watched as the adults cut and sliced the lemons, limes oranges and apples and they were given the opportunity to explore the fruits by touch, taste and smell before we added some to water and encouraged them to scoop them out using ladles, large spoons and their hands whilst promoting early communication with words such as scoop, pour and squeeze, this further promoted physical development as it aided fine motor development as well as large motor development as they were required to use their whole bodies to gain access to the water and fruit. To extend this activity the babies were given the opportunity to create their own pieces of art by using the fruit for printing.