The metal used for our signs is aluminium, to last and not to rust, so suitable for indoor, bathrooms, kitchens or outdoors. So, after greeting a welcome guest at the door, how would someone make them feel at home, in Latin? "Let's break bread together"? "Take a load off, make yourself at home?""Here, let me take your coat"?

Disclaimer: I know no Latin, and am asking from a position of ignorance; please feel free to correct any assumptions you spot!]A great song to help develop numeracy and counting skills is the Little Piggy nursery rhyme. Children can sit together in circle time and use their fingers to count the amount of piggies that disappear! It is a good rhyme for promoting fine motor skills and using controlled finger movements. Why are nursery rhymes called nursery rhymes? Wood, Greg (17 March 2021). " 'Mad' mare Put The Kettle On proves a champion at Cheltenham Festival". The Guardian. Enjoy using this wonderful Polly Put The Kettle On nursery rhyme lyrics sheet with your class! These display posters feature a series of lovely hand drawn images to illustrate your teaching on this topic, bringing it to life for your children. It is great for enhancing your classroom, for display boards, or as discussion prompts when learning the rhyme.

The similar-appearing phrase "I'll boil the kettle" means "I will make some boiled water", with no implied promise to take that task any further. This Polly Put the Kettle On is such a fun set. My 4 year old can’t get enough of the two girls in this rhyme – Polly and Sukey. The phrase "put the kettle on" is an English Idiom, celebrated in verse (eg "Polly put the kettle on...") for at least a couple of hundred years. It carries a HUGE weight of subtext in some areas of England, which I only really appreciated after moving to Texas, where it's taken literally. This is covered a little under How do I welcome someone in Latin? -- the answer by Joonas Ilmaverta is rather excellent, but "I'll put the kettle on" comes after that initial welcoming phrase, and fulfills the "making-at-home, settling-in" part of the conversation.The Polly Put The Kettle On nursery rhyme is one of the most well-known amongst baby and toddler groups. It will therefore be a lovely addition to a nursery or pre-school, as many will know how it goes from when they were tiny tots. The missing part of the sentence is ambiguous. Put it on the stove? Put it "on the boil" (another idiom)? Turn the power on? Each of these, I imagine, would be translated differently, and I suspect the meaning has drifted through the three over time. My sister recently pondered what our family motto would be, if we had one. I suggested "I'll put the kettle on." (We know the Morgan family has several mottoes commonly ascribed to it, but I'm ignoring that for the sake of this question!) But in England at least, "I'll put the kettle on" translates to "Unless you decline, I commit to making us some warm beverages, and to spending at least enough time with you for us to finish the drinks. There may be Hobnobs, and dunking is encouraged." It is both a warm welcome and an invitation to stay awhile. A passive-affectionate version of "come on in, grab a cold one".