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It was ‘concentration faces’ at the ready!!
Possums’ problem-solving skills were put to the test recently when our little giraffes explored two different resources to help develop and explore them (and help develop their resilience too as they tried and tried again after a quick tweak of their movement or chosen tactics!!) The spiral ring stacker helped develop their hand/eye coordination and …
Helping to keep our little ones even safer
A HUGE thank you to Team Jollies who gave up some of their very precious Saturday to do/renew their Paediatric First Aid. They’d already completed the online element of the course, but today they got stuck in with the assistance of our two lovely trainers from Tigerlily Training to complete the practical side. It was …
One moment in time….
Jollies is a hive of activity this morning as these little snapshots into nursery life show…. All our children are engaged within their rooms being busy, busy, busy…. For some of our youngest ones it’s time for a snooze, but for the others it’s time to get stuck in and explore and learn through their …
What’s the time Mr Wolf?!?
Some amazing counting from our children, but the funniest thing was to observe them howling with laughter when Mr (Stephen) Wolf declared it was indeed ‘dinner time’!!!!! Boy did they all run fast!!!! xxxx
Brrrrrrrrrrr
It was a beautiful, bright, but VERY chilly morning this morning and the weather outside inspired the invitations to play inside… xxxx
Happy 21st Birthday!!!
What a lovely surprise this was to receive this morning from my youngest daughter, Eloise. She bought him on her recent trip to Brighton as she knew it was Jollies’ BIG birthday coming up (she was born two weeks after we opened so it’s also soon to be a BIG birthday for her too!!) Eloise …
….Get Ready…….Get Set……Go!!!
It’s the return of the ramp and wow have Free-Flow missed it!!! They got super creative with it too… They used themselves, the table and the chairs to create different angles for the slopes… Once they realised they could set the cars off from both sides and make them CRASH in the middle, it was …
Christmas Dinner Number 2!
Christmas dinner number 2 was a success. Festive tunes filled the air as we donned our party hats ready for a feast! Well done to all the sprout munchers!!!
Hot Choccy Time!
Putting the mmmmm into our mud kitchen!!!! Fiona’s children got busy making ‘hot chocolates’ in our mud kitchen… yummy!! The best bit though… was that she promised her children real ones later in the afternoon!!! Creating imaginative, magical and memorable moments… it’s just the Jolly way!!! Xxxx
Making Memories Together (and having a good old Christmas sing along!!
On Thursday afternoon last week the whole of Free-Flow had a lovely visit up to the memory cafe at The Two Pointers! They started off by singing some Christmas songs to the lovely ladies and gentlemen there and they definitely brought Christmas cheer and joy to them all! They then sat together on the benches …