P2a- Latest Roots of Empathy News

This month P2a have been discovering how babies understand long before we realise, so it is very important to communicate and respond to babies. The children enjoyed their visit from baby Angus and his mum Miss Younger, he was showing us how he communicates his feelings and wishes to his mum with body gestures, facial cues and making a variety of sounds. Baby Angus was not feeling well and his mum thinks he may be teething. P2a were sharing with Miss Younger how they feel when they are teething and their new teeth are trying to come through.

The children sang nursery rhymes to Angus and created a book of their drawings which was presented to him, of their favourite nursery rhymes and songs. Also Miss Younger told us all Angus news since we last saw him and how he enjoys the swings at the park. In addition P2a were learning how to read baby Angus’s emotions and this helps us to read each other’s emotions. They noticed that cuddles from his mum, were helping baby Angus feel better.

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P2b Latest Roots of Empathy News

We enjoyed another lovely visit from Zeinab and baby Ammar. In the previous lesson we had been discussing how people are the same in many ways, but there are also many ways we are different. Also P2b discovered we all have different temperament traits, and every family is unique. The children wrote letters and created drawings for Ammar telling him what is important to them. We caught up on all his news and the children enjoyed how he loved seeing Ammar being more active and giggling.

Zeinab told us Ammar loves his food and she can’t find many foods he doesn’t like. At the visit Ammar enjoyed a yogurt and found the strawberries not as tasty, but he kept trying them. The children were able to read baby Ammar’s facial cues on how he felt about the food and when he had had enough.

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