we ALL rings! Fascinating to watch this little one so very focused on getting as many rings hooked on the tree as possible. Great for their hand/eye coordination as they carefully placed them on, but also great for developing their core strength and balance as they naturally reached and stretched to grab more rings to …
We can’t wait to add this weekend’s fabulous find into our ‘Fox’s Socks’ story bag… previously we’ve posted when we’ve found some fabulous fox coasters and a wooden fox to accompany the array of socks and story book within this bag… but now our little ones can have fun popping the different socks on their …
Fiona was busy sat updating her children’s memories books when one little one came up to her, sat on her lap, started looking at all her photographs, before picking up the glue stick and, after some careful modelling and demonstration by Fiona, she was soon busy sticking them into her book… Our older children love …
We love it when our children imagine another object to be something else that they’d much prefer it to be. Imagination shone through here as the block became a phone and then it was cue nearby Jolly grownup to scaffold and extend as a wonderful conversation ensued… they didn’t have a block to hand, but …
We are OBSESSED with jigsaw puzzles… Look at how clever we are at matching the pieces to their corresponding spaces Xxxx
Cute moment alert…. This little one spontaneously swayed from side to side and smiled as they sang their little heart out… lots of mooing and oinking was heard!! Can you guess the song?! Xxxx
We love working in close partnership with our local primary schools and as part of our transition process for our big school leavers we invite their class teachers in to visit them here at nursery. It is great for the teachers to see their future children in a setting in which they are totally comfortable …
What a feast these two created for Stephen in our mud kitchen! On the menu today for Stephen was…. ‘cabbage’, ‘rice’ and a cup of ‘hot chocolate’…. Yummy xxxx
A wonderful morning spent here when this little one drew their lovely family and proceeded to tell NatNat (in detail!) who each person was and they positively glowed as they talked about them with such excitement and pride! Arty days and conversational ways spent together here at Jollies xxxx
Who knew shiny, shiny things could bring so much pleasure to our little ones?! Their key people did clearly; as they’d observed them spontaneously looking in the room’s mirror and giggling as they loved looking at their gorgeous reflections… So the ultimate shiny ‘tuff tray’ was set up to extend their current observed interest xxxx