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I like driving in my car…
With a push from a friend I will go far!! We are loving playing with the ride on/push along vehicles at the moment and we take turns and share well whilst whizzing and honing our physical skills, control, core strength, coordination, balance and spatial awareness!! BEEP, BEEP… coming through!!!! Xxxx
Love it when a plan comes together!!!
Stephen observed one of his little ones being very busy and super creative with the construction set! He asked him what he was making and he said “a big, big boat”. A friend then intervenes and helps him to extend his boat further, by sharing ideas and thoughts about how they could build it even …
We are mathemagicians!!
Recently our oldest children have been working upon their fine motor skills and training up their mathematical minds with Emily! Using tweezers they explored a sensory tray filled with tissue paper, feathers and ribbons. They were aiming to uncover both marbles and… numbers!! The numbers 1-7 were hidden throughout the tray. Once they found them …
Squishy, squashy, craziness!!!!
Recently Laura and her Possums decided to have a VERY messy morning… They used their senses to touch, feel and smell the crazy foam. They all enjoyed squishing it between their fingers and some of the group did this with their toes too!! Their most favourite thing of all to do though was to put …
Spreading Independence
Alice and Emma helped develop their children’s independence skills at breakfast time recently… at Jollies the learning starts from the moment our little ones step through the door The children developed their hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills as they used their knives to spread their butter over their toast. They manoeuvred knives with care …
We are so proud of our lovely Elise….
Massive congratulations to Elise who has just been sent her Level 2 certificate. She has done so brilliantly on her childcare journey so far and she’s whizzing straight on to her Level 3 which we are certain she’ll complete in no time We have loved Elise being part of our Jolly Family for the past …
A hive of activity!!
After enjoying their breakfast recently Exploring Elephants’ role play house soon became a hive of activity when the group naturally gravitated towards it. They all took to looking after their ‘Baby Gruffalo’ and they were taking it in turns to nurture the baby and take care of their house… there were just so many chores …
Letting our little ones go…
It’s never an easy thing to do and we are going to miss them terribly, but when parents and carers express the impact we’ve had upon their children throughout their Jolly journeys it simply makes our team’s hearts smile “We would like to express our gratitude for the time and dedication you have shown over …
Re-fuelling in our Jolly mud kitchen…
After a hard morning’s work (tyre) mountain climbing there was only one thing to do… have a quick pit stop to refuel by frying up a feast in the (mud) kitchen…. Mmmmm yummy!! Climbing days and collaborative cooking ways spent playing outside together here at Jollies xxxx
The tiger who came to tea!
At Jollies a came to … Our children have been loving Stephen’s new area where stories can really come alive!!!! xxxx