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Lent with love
Our little Jolly lending library is restocked again and ready and waiting for you to borrow a book or two throughout the coming week… We know you’ll all have so many books at home already, but sometimes it’s nice to mix it up a little and share a new one together! Please feel free to …
Love is in the air
February is the month of love and we definitely love our families, our Jolly Family, our friends, our wonderful village and we just generally LOVE life!!!! Here’s to amazing times with our nearest and dearest and holding them close and cherishing their love, as it definitely makes the go round and our days just that …
Exciting spaces and the imagination races
…….. Learning through well-planned, purposeful play, it’s just the Jolly way!! Xxxx
Independent souls!!
Even our youngest babies like to give things a go for themselves… this little one started to get to grips with the spoon and persevered as they were determined to be independent!! Lots of prior scooping and filling in the messy tray, lots of shape sorter play, lots of tackling of insert puzzles, lots of …
A little trip out in the car
It was off to the beach for Imogen and her little friends recently… their boot was packed with all the essentials, but the children were mostly focused upon ensuring they had packed the snacks!!! xxxx
Strong bonds
Our children love their key person here at Jollies and they are the first person who helps them settle into nursery life and they are the extra special person who is there for both them and their parents/carers. Yet in a short space of time they usually have a bond with ALL the lovely Jolly …
Perfect progression…
Ellison’s excellent close observation of her children playing in the role play area led to her following their interests and developing their physical fine motor skills and manipulation of tools… She spotted them trying to chop up the Velcro fruit in the role-play kitchen, but struggling, so she supported their play with demonstration and guidance …
Scrub a dub-dub… bubbly babies in a tub!!
Jade and Tia-Mae’s children have been loving the babies in their room and it turns out they have all been taking very good care of them too. Following their interests another element was introduced when they brought a baby bath with bubbly water into the room to create a fun bath time for the babies. …
Racing to learn our colours…
Learning should be fun and turning it into a game and setting challenges is just the perfect way to engage our children. Free-Flow learnt all about colours and sorting (and counting!) them and raced and chased to do it in the speediest of ways too. Turns out their colour knowledge is fantastic and that they …