The weather was kind to us as the rain held off and enabled our whole nursery to get out on a walk through the village together. We walked up to the park led by Chicken Steve who had clearly been practising his best chicken walk for us!! He was also EGGcellent at helping our children …
These two cheeky chappies had busied themselves transporting all the Easter items from around their room into the cosy area. They carefully arranged the different items all over the little sofa and they proudly told their friends and the grownups that they were ‘decorating for Easter’… What they created was brilliant! They then used what …
Climbing up onto the decking via the climbing wall before building and playing, under the cherry blossom, with bricks at the top? …… it’s a yes from us!! Xxxx
Bunnies, chicks, eggs and spring blossom blowing in the gentle breeze above us…. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Easter!! xxxx
Oh my how our caterpillars have grown… Cheeky Monkeys enjoyed having another good look at the caterpillars again recently to see how much they had grown and changed since they first got them and they were amazed at the changes they could observe!! Whilst having a close look at the caterpillars they also explored the …
In an open-ended creative way!! Will our children scoop, pour, mix, empty, fill, stir, pat, will they build a sandcastle, or make a sand pie? Will it be cups of tea all around? (as Terrific Twos have now incorporated their sand tray with their kitchen units) Or will the people/animals/creatures/aliens explore the islands/mountains,/jungles, or will …
Cheeky Monkeys enjoyed testing their bodies’ abilities recently by climbing on the stepping logs outside and trying super hard to keep themselves steady! Sometimes it was a little bit tricky so the children got a little help from Chloe (that’s the skill of a closely observing practitioner who knows just the right level of support …
It’s all the rage in the best B&Bs and we like to give our children opportunities to choose here at Jollies too! From selecting their cereal of choice, using the dispensers to fill their bowls, to pouring on their own milk; our children love to develop their independence skills as they express preferences, develop their …
Digging, sandcastle-building, sand pie mixing, squashing, squeezing, moulding, filling, emptying and transporting on a HUGE scale are just some of the things that have been occurring in our Jolly sandpit in the garden xxxx
We listening to stories Our children absolutely adore the Tonie boxes we have at nursery… These devices are such a brilliant way for even the youngest of children to make choices and express themselves. They are brilliant at showing cause and effect as our children choose their favourite story book character and place it on …