Ellison’s excellent close observation of her children playing in the role play area led to her following their interests and developing their physical fine motor skills and manipulation of tools… She spotted them trying to chop up the Velcro fruit in the role-play kitchen, but struggling, so she supported their play with demonstration and guidance …
Jade and Tia-Mae’s children have been loving the babies in their room and it turns out they have all been taking very good care of them too. Following their interests another element was introduced when they brought a baby bath with bubbly water into the room to create a fun bath time for the babies. …
Learning should be fun and turning it into a game and setting challenges is just the perfect way to engage our children. Free-Flow learnt all about colours and sorting (and counting!) them and raced and chased to do it in the speediest of ways too. Turns out their colour knowledge is fantastic and that they …
we simply love to explore!!!!! Recently our children have wrapped up warm and been filled with awe and wonder at the exciting weather they’ve discovered outside… They attempted to break the ice up that they found in the tray and then they sent the smaller pieces whizzing and sliding down the tubes to see if …
The perfect choice of fun snack here at Jollies xxxx
On Friday Free-Flow definitely had that ‘Friday feeling’… so they decided to bake a cake together with Imogen and Emma They found a recipe, followed it carefully; weighing out ingredients as they went and they even found out how to safely use the electric mixer to ensure all their ingredients were whizzed together and super …
Making choices and independence doesn’t stop at breakfast you know! Our children expressed their preferences and showed off their skills when they poured their milk and peeled their chosen fruit at snack time recently… what stars they truly are!! xxxx
Learning our colours through play… can there be a better way?! What fun our Exploring Elephants had as they learnt all about the colour blue whilst exploring their imagination and creativity with a very exciting ocean-themed sensory tray! xxxx
Exploring mixing colours again, but this time on a much larger scale!! Our children used a variety of brushes and rollers to move the paint around on their huge sheet of paper. They loved to discuss the colours they were all making together…everyone decided that when they had finished they had created a dark green/brown …
