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A trip to see the trains…
Train obsessions are no joke in Cheeky Monkeys (they take ALL kinds of transport VERY seriously ;)) but to feed their children’s obsession a little bit more the lovely Cheeky Monkey grown ups thought why not take a little trip across the road to the train station to watch real trains in action!!! Our children …
Pom-pomtastic!!!!
Tia continued on with developing the fine motor skills of her little cheeky monkeys! By experiencing invitations to play that enable them to practise their fine motor skills our children are able to develop their hand/eye coordination further and this helps us out when it comes to learning how to write in the future as …
Free the animals!!!!!
Cheeky Monkeys have been working on their fine motor skills with Tia, using their fingers to carefully free the animals from the tape. They were very soon being closely observed ‘picking, pulling and peeling’ them free!! The problem of how to free them was all theirs to solve and they soon found the most effective …
…. When ‘Happy Land’ is your happy place
….But you’ve also got a super whizzy transport area, sensory shelves, dressing up and a crunchy, glittery seaside to pique your interest too!!! Enabling, enticing and inspiring environments bring the fun to Cheeky Monkeys and their Jolly grown-ups clearly know their children’s interests well and are on a mission to follow them as they help …
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside…..
If we can’t get to the seaside then the beach can come to us!! Giant sandpit playing days and castle building ways spent loving life here at Jollies xxxx
From caterpillars to butterflies
Magic happened in front of our very eyes here at Jollies as our eggs turned into caterpillars, which turned into chrysalises, which turned into butterflies…. AMAZING!! This life cycle was incredible to watch and the excitement and anticipation built as we waited patiently for each stage and our children loved getting up close and personal …
Fun in the rain!
Of course those who ventured out, rather than up, had a rather marvellous time too… It’s always about friendships and fun whatever the weather here at Jollies!!!! Xxxx
On a wet and miserable day….
……what better way to brighten our spirits than taking a trip up the stairs to our marvellous multi sensory room Ellison took her Cheeky Monkeys up to explore and, after independently navigating the stair mountain expertly first, they then set to exploring this exciting sensory space… They observed the bubbles and colours changing, they flicked …
Paint pens… AMAZING!!
Creativity and fine motor came together to form the perfect blend as masterpieces were created by Cheeky Monkeys using the paint pens… xxx
Sharing special times spent with our families here at Jollies…
This little one melted Fiona’s heart this morning with the total joy she could see in her face whilst she was telling Fiona all about her holiday photos that they were looking at together on the tablet. She talked about each one individually; ‘the crab goes pinch, pinch’, ‘I smashed ****’s sand castle and she …