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Super cute moment alert…
this little one was spotted singing her heart out in the role play house… who needs a microphone when you’ve got a stick of celery?!?! We love it when our little ones imagine objects to be something else and we love, love, love it when they sing their hearts out!!!!! xxxx
Remembrance Day
After a week of reflection, last week, and finding out about why poppies are worn and thinking about all the brave souls who help/have helped keep us all safe our children have enjoyed creating their very own interpretations of poppies in playdough, on the light boxes, in giant sensory trays and in paint and other …
Snip! Snip!
We love a good concentration face here at Jollies Our children are just so independent, focused and skilful when it comes to cutting, crafting and creating!! Xxxx
We’re going on a bear hunt…
…….We’re going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day… we’re not scared!! Free-Flow’s amazing imaginations led them to going outside on a superb bear hunt to really bring the story they’d been sharing together to life. The children created their own routes across different terrains outside and after travelling over grass and through …
Spinning and sorting with superb sensory sounds and sights!!
During outdoor play there were some very interesting toys on offer to explore that required lots of focus and hand/eye coordination… We saw some VERY excited faces when our children’s concentration paid off and their desired results were achieved!! Xxxx
A VERY special bus in our carpark…
We are bus obsessed at the moment and this bus must have been the best one yet… as the story bus came to visit us here at Jollies!!! A huge thank you to both Colin and Sally for bringing ‘Nelly’ to see us here at nursery… We loved climbing aboard and singing songs as Colin …
More adventures aboard the Jolly bus!!!
After their original bus journey a few days earlier; Free-Flow were soon back on their jolly bus again and even had their own tickets; only this time they managed to combine it with their other current obsession at the time… fireworks!! Whilst they were on their (imaginary) bus journey they spotted fireworks (amongst many, many …
The driver on the bus says ‘tickets please’….all day long!!
One of our friends in Free-Flow recently sparked up an interest in buses, so they soon all decided to get on and off their own Jolly bus as they went on their way to the seaside (their destination of choice!!). So chairs were swiftly found and arranged and a sign was placed as they needed …
Bonfire Night
From Chloe’s AMAZING (invitation to play) ‘firework tuff tray’ to the creation of ‘edible sparklers’ and dipping apples in chocolate before adding sprinkles; we are all about creating Bonfire Night traditions and memories here at Jollies… We hope you all have an amazing weekend with your families!!! xxxx
….And this week’s
bakers are…. Pouncing Possums!! After one of our little Possums parents told us that they got a toy kitchen for their birthday recently Natalie and Katie decided to follow this newly-found interest by adding a role-play kitchen into their room; in order to extend and follow on these current interests being exhibited at home. Needless …