Tonight the flittery fluttery fairies sprinkled their tinsel and magic everywhere to bring Christmas to Jollies…
We hope it will fill our children with awe and wonder when they next walk through nursery’s door….
Watch out as Frank (the HUGE green dinosaur) is back and he’s guarding his Christmas tree. Mr Snowman is ready to wave and there are polar bears and penguins on the loose!! Plus there are lots of Christmassy books to borrow in our little Jolly Lending Library too.
Thank you AMAZING fairies for bringing the magic and we can’t wait to see our children’s reactions in the morning….
Warning: mummies and daddies drop off may take a little longer…. Ooooops!!! Xxxx
What fun it is now that the evenings are drawing in to take advantage of the darkness and go out and explore light, dark and shadows with the torches.
It fills us with excitement, awe and wonder to shine the torches and turn them on and off and see what we can see (…. or not see as the case may be?!?! )
Happy days and light shining ways spent exploring here at Jollies xxxx
Emma and Tia got busy in our shop area outside yesterday. The Elephants children were exploring and interacting as they investigated the shop’s resources and Emma and Tia sensitively encouraged communication and conversation as they played together.
It might be turning colder, but our children’s ideas and interactions are still heating up!!
There’s no shouting “I’m a celebrity….” for us when it comes to outdoor play here at Jollies… we explore, play and learn whatever the weather whilst utilising all the different areas available to us outside… xxxx
Not only did you come and take some awesome photos of our children and their families recently, but you also inspired them to role-play their very own Jolly photo shoots afterwards with their friends (well done Stephen for being straight on it and following this interest and excitement and rushing off to locate the cameras!!)…. and boy did they all strike a pose!!
Then afterwards… they got creative in a different way by using Kelly’s discarded backing paper as a giant canvas for their artwork!!!
……..Utilising every wonderful experience, opportunity and moment here at Jollies xxxx
Today was our first trip up to the local Memory Cafe held up at the Two Pointers with some of our new Free-Flow group. It was very funny explaining to the children before they left that we were taking them to the pub!! We had some stories about when they have been there with their mummies and daddies and what they have eaten and where they have been sat etc!! We talked about walking super sensibly and crossing the road safely between Tracey and Nat Nat and using our great listening ears whilst we were out.
We have to say our children did us proud and they chatted confidently to their new friends there. Our children sat at tables around the back room and they played a range of games that we had taken up including pairs, snap, puzzles and a Gruffalo balancing game. The group also had Connect 4 and dominoes on the go which a few children joined in with.
We sat together and had a drink, some fruit and a biscuit and before we left we sang ‘Baa Baa’ and ‘The wheels on the bus’ and our new friends joined in too. It was so lovely to have a chat and answer their questions and begin to build friendship bonds with them all.
We are looking forward to our next visit in December where we will be dressed in our Christmas jumpers and we will sing in Christmas as we share some traditional songs and introduce a few more modern ones into a jolly sing-along! We can’t wait to continue to build those cross-generational bonds… xxxx
Imagination, friendship, creativity, negotiation, hand/eye coordination, turn-taking, conversation, idea development, counting, quantity exploration, sequencing, sharing, moulding, mixing, scooping, emptying and filling are just a few of the things on the menu….
Our children are literally cooking on gas!!!! xxxx
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