14/09/2026
📚 Planning: 14th September – 2nd October
For the next three weeks, our Focused Story Time will explore a beautiful, comforting book linked to our Healthy Movers theme:
🦉 “Owl Babies”
written by Martin Waddell
This story supports emotional understanding, reassurance, and early language development — and it links perfectly with our Healthy Movers focus on stability and balance through the “Birds in Trees” card.
Throughout this period, children will explore movements such as standing, lying, stopping, landing, balancing, pivoting, twisting, lunging, bending, stretching and turning.
Our Healthy Movers rep, Pippa, will be encouraging children and staff to move in new ways and build confidence in their physical skills.
✨ Vocabulary & Book Focus-🦉 “Owl Babies” written by Martin Waddell our five chosen vocabulary words are:
perch
forest
shadow
worried
brave
We will weave these words into play, conversations, movement sessions, and story work throughout the setting.
Please try using these words at home — during play, chatting, bedtime stories, or everyday routines. Repetition helps children embed new vocabulary naturally.
Why Vocabulary Matters
Vocabulary includes all the words children know, understand, and use. Strong early vocabulary supports:
-language development
-communication skills
-understanding of the world
-later reading and writing
-cognitive development (thinking, problem‑solving, making sense of information)
Research shows a clear link between strong early vocabulary and later academic success. The more words children hear and use, the stronger their understanding becomes.
Working Together on Tapestry
We would love to see evidence of you and your child:
-using the new vocabulary
-reading “Owl Babies” together
-spotting the words in everyday life
-talking about the story or characters
-exploring Healthy Movers activities at home.
Together, we can build stronger vocabulary, confidence, communication skills, and a love for reading. 💛
