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A marvellous moment with a book and a bestie…
What a cute little moment Natalie captured recently when she spotted these two little besties relaxing in the reading area… They were enjoying looking at books together laid down on the cushions next to each other. They especially loved having a look through the Peppa books as they both enjoyed chatting away to each other …
It’s Slime Time!!!!
Stephen’s children had been loving sensory play so recently he took the slime outside into the garden for them to carry on exploring!! There were some metal spoons and bowls alongside the slime and our children soon put them to full use!! They liked to experiment to see whether they could scoop the slime into …
Roll on Autumn….
We are definitely feeling the autumn vibes as this exciting time of year arrives… the weather is a little crisper and the leaves that little bit crunchier!! So Natalie decided to explore playdough enhanced with lots of different autumnal items for her children to look at and talk about. Natalie and her little ones discussed …
Turning role-play into reality….
Last week Exploring Elephants thought they’d put their culinary skills to the test as they had loved playing in the role-play kitchen so much. They had all been obsessed with looking through the different recipe books in there and this had then progressed onto them creating buns in the play dough with Nat-Nat and so …
Play is our work….
….. and we take this very seriously indeed!! We work sooooooooo hard and we love mark-making, collaborating, communicating, creating and imagining together. All you need is some friends, some fab resources and a little bit of imagination and you are all set!! Collaborative ways and hard-working days spent together here at Jollies xxxx
Ready, Steady….. BAKE!!!!
Recently Natalie and her children were looking through different recipe books together in the kitchen role play area and they were pointing to all the different biscuits, buns and other delicious treats. This sparked some great conversation about their likes and dislikes and they enjoyed having a lovely chat together as a group. They then …
Snap Happy
We love it when our children’s imaginations roam free and they build and create and this ‘camera’ proved lots of fun for this little one and his friends xxxx
We love sharing books together….
Some lovely independent reading observed recently between these friends. They all did a great job at taking turns conversationally, pointing out different things spotted on each page and describing them to their friends and they just generally enjoyed discussing the story they were all busy making up together xxxx
Going totally quackers for wonderful water play!!!!
Whether it’s trying to hook a duck, making the best cups of tea ever, clanging and banging with pots and pans, scooping and filling and pouring with different containers and utensils, or just splishing and splashing and swooshing our hands around there’s simply no better way to keep cool than playing in a wonderful water …
Mmmmmm…. Decisions, decisions…..
after much deliberation satsuma ended up being the morning snack of choice as all three of Imogen’s little ones decided upon this when presented with the fruit box here at Jollies At nursery we like to involve our children in making choices and choosing what to eat for snack is just one way we can …