Once a week one of our rooms takes its turn to make pudding for the whole nursery. This is a great opportunity to reinforce hygiene and safety messages, introduce the concept of weighing and measuring, follow instructions as a recipe is worked through, develop understanding of sequencing; what is done first and what comes next, …
To start with we’ve opted for a refresh of the garden side… lots of pressure washing, sweeping, weeding, cleaning, sorting and throwing away, refreshing of sand and bark (and lampshades!! ) and adding new and exciting resources into the garden to enhance our areas. We are very lucky at Jollies to have a HUGE outdoor …
This other morning this little one was sat in the book corner and was busy looking through the ‘That’s not my…kangaroo’ book. Alice observed that she was VERY excited to see the nearby toy kangaroo that looked just like the pictures in her book! She seemed to really enjoy the sensory aspect of this book …
Free-Flow were loving the pirate ships and figures so much, that when they spotted an empty box there could only be one outcome for it… Stephen grabbed some scissors and facilitated their ideas as it was soon transformed into their very own HUGE pirate ship! They set sail towards future adventures, looking for treasure through …
When the tongue comes out you know our little ones mean business…… Threading ways and fine motor skill developing days spent concentrating here at Jollies (This is what early writing skills look like in Early Years as you can’t hold a pen if you haven’t got the finger strength and you need the hand/eye coordination …
Last week we posted about how we had bought some lovely new games for our Free-Flow children to play with after our friends at Midland House had given them some money as an Easter gift. Our children loved their new games so much they wanted to say thank you, so they wrote them a letter …
From gigantic sandcastle making, trip-trapping across the wooden bridge, ‘horsey-horsey don’t you stop’ riding, peekabooing through the tunnel, to rolling and catching a ball… life outside is varied and amazing and EXHAUSTING!!! We think our children will definitely sleep well tonight after a VERY busy week… Happy Weekend Lovely Jolly People xxxx
Just before Easter weekend Free-Flow took a walk over to Midland House to visit our fabulous friends there. We took them a crocheted basket of Eastery treats and we sang some songs with them and had a drink, a biscuit and a natter. Whilst we were there some of our very kind friends gave us …
Having that special someone who is always looking out for you and understands you completely is what Jollies is all about. Our children have such strong bonds with their key people and this means they know that they are always there for a reassuring glance, a high five, a snuggly cuddle, a simple explanation, a …
No, it wasn’t, but it was most definitely Fiona’s!! Our Jolly children were so lucky yesterday as Fiona brought her lovely bunnies in to see them all. We were still bunny obsessed after our surprise visit from the Easter Bunny last week when he hopped in and delivered us all a chocolate egg, so Fiona …