At Jollies our children are at the heart of everything that we do and their interests and passions drive our environment and the learning taking place and this ethos of taking their lead and letting them take the driving seat was illustrated beautifully recently when Kirstan’s children created their very own display. This was an …
Easter egg matching was lots of fun for Fiona’s children last week. They had to find the different halves of patterned eggs on the magna tiles and match them together to make the full egg! After some initial demonstration our children were soon running away with this task; they loved finding all the different patterns …
Making marks?!? Jade noticed her children being obsessed with mark-making inside, so she decided to extend their interests outside too, but not in the conventional way… Exploring Elephants also love mud and naturally gravitate towards our mud kitchen when outside, so Jade combined marvellously messy mud with mark-making as she added water to the mud …
Well we have all been very lucky with the weather today as the rain held off whilst the whole nursery went out on a walk together, parading up past Woodlesford School and then we congregated in the basketball court to sing some Easter songs together! We had a fabulous chicken leading the way and he …
These two friends were spotted sitting down and doing some singing together. One was the ‘daddy’ and one was the ‘mummy’. They then enjoyed singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to their baby and, of course, to Humpty Dumpty too! They were giggling away as they worked their way happily together through their repertoire of songs as a …
Chloe observed her children closely and realised that they were all LOVING the transport area whilst also being obsessed with solving jigsaws too!! So she thought why not mix the two together and have a go at matching up all the transport pieces to their corresponding insets!! The children worked together and did this with …
After absolutely loving the roadway inside Fiona, Blue and Kirstan’s children were enabled to follow their interests outside, but on an even larger scale! Together they assembled and explored their very own ‘road’ and it provided a wealth of challenge, as not only was there a roadway to balance upon, but also the roadway encompassed …
Playing in the transport area before going for a quick ride with your bestie!! xxxx
one HUGE space… sooooooo many possibilities!! Little bodies get to move on the largest of scales as balance is tested, capabilities are explored, spatial awareness is developed, core strength is improved, movements are honed, decisions are made, challenges are set, imaginations are fired up, collaboration grows and creativity oozes from every role-playing moment! You’ve just …
Well… in Beth’s case she became a ‘bus’ as her children ‘drove’ away to go on their ‘holiday!’ The group bounced up and down whilst pretending to go over speed bumps and leaned whilst ‘going around corners’… Such fun is the life of the Early Years Practitioner… welcome to Jollies!! xxxx