09/10/2026
🕷️🕸️ **Meet Laura the Spider!** 🕸️🕷️
It all started when the children spotted a spider on our wall and decided to name her Laura! 🤍 This sparked the children's curiosity and interest, so we followed their lead and created lots of fun, spider-themed learning activities.
The children loved our spider web rescue activity, using the pincers to carefully pick up the little spiders and rescue them onto the web. 🕷️ This was a fantastic way to develop their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and pincer grip.
We also explored lots of positional language, including ‘on top, underneath and under’, as the children carefully placed the spiders in different positions around the web. We counted how many spiders we found and the spiders' legs too, discovering that spiders have eight legs! 🕷️ 🔢
It's wonderful to see how something as simple as spotting a spider can spark so much curiosity, conversation and meaningful learning. By following the children's interests, we've turned Laura into a whole web of exciting learning opportunities! 🤍🕸️