At the start of the week some of Stephen’s children enjoyed exploring with the coloured wooden blocks, building with them and spontaneously talking about the colours they were using and matching them with their friends’ ones as they played… So Stephen decided to extend this current interest further by introducing the blocks into the paint! …
It was definitely a yes from Jessica as this little one treated her to a delicious hot chocolate complete with wooden ring ‘marshmallows’…. (Although Jessica was a little shocked when she asked how much it would cost at the cafe and was told £5!!!!! …. Good job she’d been saving up all her pennies!) Creative …
Tomorrow morning’s drop off may take a little longer than usual as tonight some fabulous (pizza munching) fairies have flittered into Jollies to bring tinsel, sparkle, cheer and magic to us all……. Watch out for Frank (he’s the gigantic dinosaur) as he’ll be waiting to say a big hello when you walk through our Jolly …
By playing musical instruments we… develop a sense of rhythm learn to discriminate between different sounds develop our motor skills strengthen our grip/grasp/hand strength develop our hand/eye coordination learn about cause and effect enable our creativity to flow respond to others around us learn how to take turns and share experiment with movements and their …
Natalie observed that her children had been obsessed with using certain toys within the room as telephones and they were holding them to their ears and talking intently to the other person on the line. They appeared to be having some great conversations…. so to extend this interest further and enable even more children to …
…… or at least the cogs are!!! Our sensory room is a space which is a ‘blank canvas’ that can be adapted to suit the needs and current interests and fascinations of all our children from our very youngest to our oldest by bringing in the most appropriate boxes of resources to set up within …
This recent wintry weather has brought us all so much fun!! ….From bringing the snow inside to create a magical winter wonderland to exploring the snow and ice outside. We have loved scooping, pouring, sliding, scraping and throwing! Today the snow was mostly gone but we still managed to find some amazing icy pieces so …
What a fun-filled time we had last week when we dressed in yellow, pyjamas and spots to support Children in Need. Our children took part in so many yellow, spotty, crazy activities and we can definitely say Jollies was well and truly Pudsified! Thank you Team Jollies for bringing the fun and thank you to …
Role-playing ways and the happiest kind of days spent pretending together here at Jollies xxxx
Just one VERY happy little one riding his ‘donkey’ Imogen around… Oh the life of an early years practitioner… our children’s wishes are our commands!! xxxx