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Concentration faces at the ready!!
When the tongue comes out you know our little ones mean business…… Threading ways and fine motor skill developing days spent concentrating here at Jollies (This is what early writing skills look like in Early Years as you can’t hold a pen if you haven’t got the finger strength and you need the hand/eye coordination …
Thank you lovely friends
Last week we posted about how we had bought some lovely new games for our Free-Flow children to play with after our friends at Midland House had given them some money as an Easter gift. Our children loved their new games so much they wanted to say thank you, so they wrote them a letter …
When outside is your happy place and you can live your best life there!!
From gigantic sandcastle making, trip-trapping across the wooden bridge, ‘horsey-horsey don’t you stop’ riding, peekabooing through the tunnel, to rolling and catching a ball… life outside is varied and amazing and EXHAUSTING!!! We think our children will definitely sleep well tonight after a VERY busy week… Happy Weekend Lovely Jolly People xxxx
Thank you, thank you, thank you for our Easter treats
Just before Easter weekend Free-Flow took a walk over to Midland House to visit our fabulous friends there. We took them a crocheted basket of Eastery treats and we sang some songs with them and had a drink, a biscuit and a natter. Whilst we were there some of our very kind friends gave us …
Strong Bonds
Having that special someone who is always looking out for you and understands you completely is what Jollies is all about. Our children have such strong bonds with their key people and this means they know that they are always there for a reassuring glance, a high five, a snuggly cuddle, a simple explanation, a …
That’s not my bunny…
No, it wasn’t, but it was most definitely Fiona’s!! Our Jolly children were so lucky yesterday as Fiona brought her lovely bunnies in to see them all. We were still bunny obsessed after our surprise visit from the Easter Bunny last week when he hopped in and delivered us all a chocolate egg, so Fiona …
A Truly Child-Led Display…
At Jollies our children are at the heart of everything that we do and their interests and passions drive our environment and the learning taking place and this ethos of taking their lead and letting them take the driving seat was illustrated beautifully recently when Kirstan’s children created their very own display. This was an …
It’s a match!!
Easter egg matching was lots of fun for Fiona’s children last week. They had to find the different halves of patterned eggs on the magna tiles and match them together to make the full egg! After some initial demonstration our children were soon running away with this task; they loved finding all the different patterns …
Mud, mud, glorious mud, nothing quite like it for……
Making marks?!? Jade noticed her children being obsessed with mark-making inside, so she decided to extend their interests outside too, but not in the conventional way… Exploring Elephants also love mud and naturally gravitate towards our mud kitchen when outside, so Jade combined marvellously messy mud with mark-making as she added water to the mud …
Our 2024 Easter Parade…
Well we have all been very lucky with the weather today as the rain held off whilst the whole nursery went out on a walk together, parading up past Woodlesford School and then we congregated in the basketball court to sing some Easter songs together! We had a fabulous chicken leading the way and he …