It was so lovely to observe our Free-Flowers getting creative recently as they explored painting with different colours and brushes. They had such wonderful conversations together as they described exactly what they had created to each other. They ascribed such meaning to their creations and they were very specific about certain parts of their masterpieces and why they had selected certain colours or created things in such specific ways… They relished the process as they explored and created and their paintings were simply awesome too!!! xxxx

We are always talking about how to keep clean and healthy and how to look after ourselves as part of our everyday good practice and routines within nursery, but we know that sometimes children can feel anxious about upcoming visits to the dentist or they may be reluctant to brush their teeth at home on a morning for their mummies and daddies!

So to help reassure them and reinforce the importance of looking after our teeth we regularly share our dental box within rooms where our children can explore books about teeth and how to look after them and find out more about what dentists do to help them care for their mouths as well as practising tooth brushing on some GIANT sets of teeth.

Hopefully this fun way of exploring dental self care reinforces this practice at home as we like to do all we can to work in partnership with our parents and carers and support and strengthen links between home and nursery

Happy brushing everyone!!!! Xxxx

Albie, our Giant African Snail, popped out to say hello to our children with Imogen today…. He was feeling a little shy at first, but he soon warmed up…

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… can life be any more perfect?!?!

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It was time for a change around in Free-Flow last week… we like to mix it up a little and we can’t wait to see our children getting busy in their new Jolly Takeaway!!!!

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When your friend makes you the best strawberry birthday cake ever!!!

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Teamwork made the dream work as Terrific Twos shared and built together… xxxx

Our children are fascinated to observe the changes occurring in front of their eyes and finding out more about their lifecycle by sharing books with Imogen xxxx

Our light table has been all about the monsters in Elephants this week

Those pesky monsters have been hiding from our little ones and then appearing and travelling all over the place… xxxx

We are loving our construction cabin and its ability to let our imaginations flow through this exciting indoor/outdoor space….

It was collaboration and creative and critical thinking all the the way as our children planned, problem-solved, built and modified their creations… bobbins and reels were turning, but so were the cogs in our children’s minds as they focused upon their magnificent builds and their chosen tasks…. xxxx