These two friends were spotted sitting down and doing some singing together. One was the ‘daddy’ and one was the ‘mummy’. They then enjoyed singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to their baby and, of course, to Humpty Dumpty too! They were giggling away as they worked their way happily together through their repertoire of songs as a …
Chloe observed her children closely and realised that they were all LOVING the transport area whilst also being obsessed with solving jigsaws too!! So she thought why not mix the two together and have a go at matching up all the transport pieces to their corresponding insets!! The children worked together and did this with …
After absolutely loving the roadway inside Fiona, Blue and Kirstan’s children were enabled to follow their interests outside, but on an even larger scale! Together they assembled and explored their very own ‘road’ and it provided a wealth of challenge, as not only was there a roadway to balance upon, but also the roadway encompassed …
Playing in the transport area before going for a quick ride with your bestie!! xxxx
one HUGE space… sooooooo many possibilities!! Little bodies get to move on the largest of scales as balance is tested, capabilities are explored, spatial awareness is developed, core strength is improved, movements are honed, decisions are made, challenges are set, imaginations are fired up, collaboration grows and creativity oozes from every role-playing moment! You’ve just …
Well… in Beth’s case she became a ‘bus’ as her children ‘drove’ away to go on their ‘holiday!’ The group bounced up and down whilst pretending to go over speed bumps and leaned whilst ‘going around corners’… Such fun is the life of the Early Years Practitioner… welcome to Jollies!! xxxx
Jess and her children enjoyed seeing RED today in preparation for Red Nose Day tomorrow…. They emptied and poured and splashed together and caught balls with the net as they explored their red-themed water tray! Xxxx
The dinosaurs are still stomping, but today it’s through a different terrain… no more painty feet… this morning it’s cereal to eat and crunch and ‘rain’ and pour and generally explore!! Our children are busy collaborating as they use the dinosaurs imaginatively and add different resources into the tray to facilitate and further their play …
it’s a dinosaur romp!!!! Stephen carried on following the current interests of his children as their love of all things dinosaurs continued… this involved painting with them this time though!! One little one requested to paint with the dinosaurs, so that’s exactly what they all did! An invitation to play was quickly set up and …
Independent ways and choosing days spent munching here at Jollies… (…. and as every moment is a learning one and a chance to develop our skills by using tongs to select our chosen pieces of fruit we were also working upon our fine motor skills and strengthening our fingers whilst having our snack!) xxxx