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Walking to the allotments on Tuesday the children stopped to observe and talk to the men about traditional craftsmanship used to thatch a roof. At the allotments children enjoyed jumping off of boxes, helping to develop their gross motor skills, and planted spinach, using their fine motor skills. After measuring how tall the pile of […]

Thank you to everyone who came to our Valentines Day themed toddler group. It was lovely to see so many adults and children. Activities this week included: Bubble printing using cutters to print bubble hearts, then pop them. pink strawberry smelling playdough, filling baskets with heart shaped pasta, decorating magnetic shaped hearts and cardboard cut

Whatever some people may believe, there’s no such thing as the dog poo fairy. Tired of dodging dog poo on our visits to the allotments and park we decided to make signs and left them at all of the regular places dog poo is found. This week we delivered the start of our supervised toothbrushing

The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac. We used this book, and a Cbeebies video to retell the story and act it out using the animals (with various different endings). As it is the year of the snake children explored cooked spaghetti in green water to find snakes. Other activities to celebrate the

Helping Marj to pull up the leeks and compare size was a great way to engage the children with nature and help develop their fine motor skills. They were excited to take some home to cook. The dinosaur table fuelled the children’s imagination as they roared and stomped around the room. Trying a different technique

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See’s repetitive structure supports sequencing by following a specific, predictable order. As we read the story each page introduces an animal and children arranged pictures of the animals in the order they appear in, helping to develop essential skills in observation, and memory. Our first trip this year

This weeks cold spell provided an excellent opportunity to explore indoor winter activities. Creating snowmen with ‘fake snow’, sensory tray filled with wooden figures and salt for ice, a winter themed small world table, and tape resist snowflake painting. To keep active and warm we also brought the bikes inside for children to ride and

Entering the warm church the children sat at the front with Margaret, intrigued by the hand puppet with a squeaky beak she was holding. A lovely version of the Nativity story followed with lots of interaction with the children. Everyone joined in singing Christmas songs after. A hush fell over the church as children heard

Our last visit of the year saw the children collecting fallen leaves to make a wreath, decorating pine cones with elastic bands, playing Christmas bingo, and completing a Christmas hunt. All week the children were excited to roll the tombola drum and pick out the winners of the raffle. Besides playing on the ‘sleigh’ and

Lots of Christmas activities were available for the children to join in with this week. Loading up the sleigh, and delivering the presents was acted out over and over again. Making goodies for their Christmas box children decorated their Christmas cake and planted the bulbs into their painted pot. We played games of hiding jingle