Nursery Essentials: Vocabulary and Scenarios

Nursery Vocabulary in Spanish and English

Furniture and Items

• La cama de los niños, una litera - Children's bed, a bunk bed
• El colchón - Mattress
• La almohada - Pillow
• La escalera - Ladder
• Un elefante de tela - Soft toy elephant, a cuddly toy animal
• Las bolas para contar - Counting beads
• El lápiz - Pencil
• El caballo de peluche - Toy horse for rocking and pulling
• El armario de la habitación de los niños - Children's cupboard
• El teléfono de juguete - Toy telephone
• Los juguetes - Toys
• La maestra de parvulario - Nursery teacher/nurse
• El niño del parvulario - Nursery child
• La muñeca bebé - Baby doll
• Los trabajos manuales - Handicraft
• El rompecabezas - Jigsaw puzzle
• La pasta de modelar - Modelling clay
• Los libros infantiles - Children's books
• El cochecito de la muñeca - Doll's pushchair
• El guardarropa - Cloakroom

Opposites

• Look after - Neglect - Ignore
• Good - Mischievous - Naughty
• Small - Huge - Enormous
• Large - Tiny - Minuscule
• Naughty - Well-behaved - Angelic
• Noisy - Reserved - Tranquil
• Quiet - Loud - Noisy
• Confident - Insecure - Unsure

Staff Profile: Suzy

• Suzy worked at Meadowview Pre-school.
• Suzy has five GCSEs.
• Date of Birth: 22 November 1977
• She worked there from September 2000 to February 2002.
• She worked there for nearly *two* years.
• In her profile, Suzy says that she can be trusted to handle a range of situations.
• She might have produced training materials to train other staff, but she hasn't put it on her CV.
• Suzy doesn't say which she prefers, but she says that she can do both individual and group work.
• Suzy's title was Nursery Nurse.

Keywords for a Welcoming Nursery Environment

Welcome, Environment, Supervisors, Caters, Equipment, Materials, Develop, Appropriate, Developmental, Supported, Nutritious, Importance, Hygiene, Cleanliness, Children's, Communication, Behaviour, Interaction, Welcoming

Incident Reports

Chloe

Monday 21st July 2003 at 10:45 am - Chloe fell over while running around the playroom. She tripped over a toy and cut her bottom lip with her teeth. It bled for about 5 minutes. Some swelling. Bleeding was controlled by compression. Parents informed that evening.

Michael

Thursday 10th July 2003 at 6:35 pm - Michael's dad collected him at 6:35 pm after his mum failed to turn up at 6 pm. His dad said that he may withdraw Michael from the nursery as the nursery is inflexible with collection times. Nursery manager informed.