Christmas dinner number 2 was a success. Festive tunes filled the air as we donned our party hats ready for a feast! Well done to all the sprout munchers!!!

Putting the mmmmm into our mud kitchen!!!!

Fiona’s children got busy making ‘hot chocolates’ in our mud kitchen… yummy!!

The best bit though… was that she promised her children real ones later in the afternoon!!!

Creating imaginative, magical and memorable moments… it’s just the Jolly way!!! Xxxx

On Thursday afternoon last week the whole of Free-Flow had a lovely visit up to the memory cafe at The Two Pointers!

They started off by singing some Christmas songs to the lovely ladies and gentlemen there and they definitely brought Christmas cheer and joy to them all!

They then sat together on the benches in the outdoor area of the pub, where they had a cheeky biscuit and a drink of water for their snack!

Suddenly Christmas music boomed through the speakers and it even started snowing!!!

It was just so magical and everyone had a little Christmas dance whilst the snow floated down on them all! It was magical and the best bit was… it raised some pennies for Candlelighters too in the process.

We’re fairly certain that your children would LOVE to show you how to make it work (as we talked about how it brought us so much fun whilst raising money to help people who are poorly) and they’ll giggle as they show you the ‘naughty elf’ button too!!! You might even manage to squeeze in a cheeky Christmas drink whilst they dance in the snow!!! It’s a win/win we feel…)

This is what Jollies is all about, bringing joy to the community and having LOTS of fun along the way!! xxxx

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

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 lovely friends out there in the wider community with whom we can create some very special bonds

Bring on the Christmas cheer!!! xxxx

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

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 geode and then using the hammer to pop it open! Lots of big cheesy smiles and laughs erupted when the gems popped out! They were excellent at identifying the colours and shapes of the different gems that emerged. It was soooo exciting and they loved telling Katie all about the “diamonds’ that were hidden inside as soon as they had chiselled them out! Super investigating and wonderful fine motor skills were revealed to complete this mission!!!!

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

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 tools. Then they all created lots of different pictures whilst letting their imaginations flow. There were soooo many creations; from painting racing cars to painting presents they would like for Christmas!

The group also wanted to see what colours they could create by mixing different paints together and they soon discovered that mixing blue and yellow together made green and this was especially useful as they didn’t have any green paint to use initially… so why not get mixing and create it themselves?!?

The children all really enjoyed doing this together as a big group and they created a wonderful painting with their amazing teamwork and experimentation skills! Xxxx