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Teamwork
Teamwork makes the dream work and also the perfect ‘dinosaur castle’!! Negotiating days and balancing ways spent imagining together here at Jollies xxxx
We’re definitely not TYRED here!!!
Boundless energy leads to determined little ones whose confidence and belief in their abilities leads to them challenging their bodies’ capabilities as they stretch and balance and climb! Gross motor skill developing ways and rising to the challenge days spent risk-assessing and exploring here at Jollies xxxx
Blocks and blocks of opportunities and fun to be had!!!
After closely observing her children and their current interests and the choices of resources they were selecting from around the room Latisha filled the mini activity table’s containers with…..blocks (before this they had been brimming with slime, water, shredded paper and water beads to name but a few of their previous contents…) Then she stepped …
Friendships rock our Jolly world
They make our days that little bit brighter, our jokes that little bit funnier, our puzzles that little bit easier, our play that little bit more imaginative, our games that little bit more fun and our hugs that little bit more special We are so lucky to share such warmth and fun with our friends …
Teamwork builds a train track!!!
A new train track was recently donated to Jollies so Tracey passed it Exploring Elephants way as she thought they would love it… and they definitely did!! Jade and Latisha set their children a challenge…. to see whether they could build the train track just like the one on the box?! Although their creation didn’t …
All in a day’s work…
Team Jollies have such amazing bonds with their children and this leads to them getting totally immersed in the fun as everyone learns, explores and develops through their play! Jade joined her children in sliding down the ramp outside in our huge garden area and they were delighted to have their extra special grown up, …
“Best Day Ever!!!!!”
That was how one of our little ones summed up our day at the farm! We have had a WONDERFUL day and we want to say a massive thank you to Aidy, our superb guide, who looked after us, kept us safe and shared his knowledge of all the animals on this working farm. The …
Stomp, Stomp, Roar, Roar….
It’s a mint eating dinosaur?!?! When Elise went outside with her children they made a dinosaur touch and smell sensory tray together… They got some bark for the dinosaurs to stomp over and through and they picked some mint leaves for the dinosaurs to eat and for the children to smell too; as they loved …
The Story Bus
Another lovely session on the story bus with Sally and co. Some fabulous actions and joining in with the stories and singing before we read our own choice of books in the hidey holes!
Green Fingers!!
Possums have been training to be top gardeners in our Jolly garden recently…They have been busy learning about looking after our environment by watering the plants around our garden! Natalie kept on filling up the watering cans and instructing her little ones about what to do and they all did a smashing job giving our …