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Christmas dinner number 1!
Throughout the nursery the tables are set ready for the scrummiest yummiest Christmas dinner yet!!!! The crackers we are beginning to pull before scoffing the lot ‘til our tummies are full!!!! Xxxx
Sing-along at the memory cafe
Free-Flow are looking forward to joining their friends up at the Memory Cafe later today for a Christmas Sing-Along We shall also be delivering a Christmas hamper for them all to enjoy when they get together for a cuppa and a natter during their Dementia Cafe sessions. We are so lucky that we have such …
Continuing with our Christmas traditions…
Tomorrow morning Free-Flow will be walking to visit our friends at Midland House to deliver a hamper filled with Christmas goodies and to sing some Christmassy songs to them all… We can’t wait to see our friends again xxxx
Hidden Gems!!
Hiding inside some geodes were some shiny gems! Our children have to use their amazing fine motor skills and concentration to get them out! Using a hammer and chisel they can tap, tap, tap each geode open! This little one had so much fun with this activity! They enjoyed lining up the chisel with the …
Lighting up
our faces with smiles… Lighting up our knowledge of colours with pattern challenges Lighting up our fine motor skills as we re-home the monsters Lighting up our problem-solving skills as we build and balance Lighting up our lives in the best possible way…. The new light table in Exploring Elephants is proving simply deLIGHTful!!!!! Xxxx
Ready, Steady….. CREATE!!!!!
The other morning Jesci was talking with all the children in her room about what they would like to do and everyone agreed that they should do one big group painting, as they hadn’t done any painting for a little while! So they gathered loads of different tools to use, such as paintbrushes and stamping …
The fairies came!
Tonight the flittery fluttery fairies sprinkled their tinsel and magic everywhere to bring Christmas to Jollies… We hope it will fill our children with awe and wonder when they next walk through nursery’s door…. Watch out as Frank (the HUGE green dinosaur) is back and he’s guarding his Christmas tree. Mr Snowman is ready to …
Shine on….
What fun it is now that the evenings are drawing in to take advantage of the darkness and go out and explore light, dark and shadows with the torches. It fills us with excitement, awe and wonder to shine the torches and turn them on and off and see what we can see (…. or …
It’s not ‘Kiosk Kev’ it’s Kiosk Emma!!
Emma and Tia got busy in our shop area outside yesterday. The Elephants children were exploring and interacting as they investigated the shop’s resources and Emma and Tia sensitively encouraged communication and conversation as they played together. It might be turning colder, but our children’s ideas and interactions are still heating up!! There’s no shouting …