the magic of circle time!! Recently some of our Free-Flow children sat in a circle and participated in some ‘circle time’. Whenever they had the worm teddy, that signalled it was their time to talk and if they didn’t have hold of it it meant they had to listen carefully to what their friends were …
in preparation for our Jolly Pink Day next Friday (6 October). Your little one is invited to dress in pink (if they’d like to) and there will be lots of fun pink activities happening throughout the day (and probably earlier in the week too!) and there will be a donation box in the entrance hall …
Recently Imogen’s children started off outside setting up and completing obstacle courses where they went up the steps, down the slide, over the bridge, across the crates and walked the plank to finish their course off after first getting really low to crawl under the stand. This quickly changed when one little one slithered like …
Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo Baby Shark This little one found it highly hilarious to make her Baby Shark ‘get’ Ava xxxx
Jade and Ava noticed their children were trying to climb on everything within the room…. They seemed obsessed!! So what did they do? As every intuitive practitioner should, they got the soft play equipment out when they went outside to play so they could both feed their children’s desire to climb but in a safe, …
(…. and it’s ESSENTIAL we do too!!) Putting our bodies and balance to the test as we engage in movement play outside on the soft play mats… Fiona demonstrated, scaffolded and joined in too and her children were all moving in the most marvellous of ways as their coordination and control developed as pathways were …
This little one manipulated pegs effectively to place them carefully exactly where he wanted them on his board. Colours were discussed, emerging patterns were spotted and imaginations were used as the carefully-placed pegs were ascribed meaning as the desired picture was created! All this whilst little fingers were being strengthened and control and coordination was …
Last week we had firefighters with their fire engine and this week we have had a visit from our local police officers with their police van!! It was AMAZING… our children got to explore the whole van and see what it’s like to drive, through to what it’s like to be locked in the back!! …
Artistic ways and easel-loving days spent creating here at Jollies xxxx
We just adore these books as a nursery… for a book with so few words there’s just so much conversation to be had together What can be seen? What can be felt? What can be heard? And… where’s the mouse? Soooo many textures to be felt and so much discussion to be had… Which ‘That’s …