Jasmine was initially a quiet child, not usually starting conversations with the adults, but happily talking to her friends. However, she soon gained confidence and now chatters continuously to everyone.
Just like at home, Jasmine loves creative activities, especially painting and sticking. She also enjoys playing with the playdough and the sand.
Jasmine proudly shows her family her creations, and was especially pleased to bring home her hand and foot prints.
Jasmine talks a great deal about what she has done, seen and sung at pre-school when she gets home, but tells her parents that she usually listens, rather than joining in the singing. But she does like to choose a song when asked. She encourages her mummy and daddy to 'join in' and 'clap'
while she sings the songs to them (which she knows quite well), clearly imitating the pre-school staff's encouragement of her.
Initially Jasmine was confused about her fruit that she had taken to pre-school for snacktime. She didn't recognise the cut-up pieces that she ate with her drink at mid-morning as the fruit she had taken in, and she thought she had forgotten to eat it.
She also told mummy one afternoon, soon after starting pre-school, that daddy had forgotten to 'pick her up' as he had promised - he had simply held her hand when he collected her. Jasmine was clearly taking the term literally.
Jasmine has shown great enthusiasm for taking Tesco's vouchers to pre-school. She was also thrilled by the teddy bear's picnic that staff arranged, and loved taking her teddy along with her. She's already decided which teddy she will take to the next picnic!
Jasmine has shown a marked development in ball skills since starting pre-school. She now throws and catches skilfully. She is also very accurate when playing skittles. At home she demonstrates well-developed spatial awareness as she manoeuvres her ride-on car around the garden. Her enclosure schema continues, with Jasmine enjoying wrapping things up and anything linked to circles.
Jasmine's langauge is now extensive. She chatters incessantly, and is showing understanding of past and present, by referring to all past activities as 'yesterday' or 'last week'.
By Sandy Green, an early years consultant and freelance trainer. She is also Jasmine's grandmother.
