EXPLORING THE WORLD THROUGH CHILDREN EYES.
It is so easy to loose sight of all the magic in our world. Day to day we go through life, caught up in appointments and things to do, head…
STARTING SCHOOL MADE EASY! Part 6
Starting school is a huge transition for even the most confident of children. There are so many things that they will have to start doing for themselves and it can…
SUNFLOWER SEEDS…. PLEASE BRING THE SUN!
We are quite late on this I know but we finally planted our sunflower seeds. My eldest son took his cousin outside and helped him plant seeds in the planter…
PAINTING A GARDEN WITH TODDLERS.
The children have been using nature as inspiration for their painting today. They used different brushes and rollers to make marks on their paper that reminded them of the plants…
WHERE THE MOTORBIKES DRIVE!
This was a snapshot from out Autumn walk last week. A group of toddlers and pre schoolers all carrying bags and collecting treasures! That's not the photo i am sharing…
BUG IDENTIFICATION AND ON THE SPOT LEARNING!
Little "J" found butterflies and caterpillars at the weekend and his mum sent over a message and some photos to add to the "Bring and share" board. I planned for…
HARVEST TIME AND OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER CREATIVITY
Another sunny day and time to be outside. We took picnics, sharpies, blankets and drinks with us and went down to the Outdoor learning centre. We started by finding some stones…
AMPHIBIAN CLOSE UPS AND CRAFTS!
Amphibian Adventure day at the BBOWT nature reserve not far from us! We do love creatures and this time of year is fantastic for finding newts and frogs. We have…
EASTER HOLIDAYS 2015 DAY 3
Today we spent a day in the village. We enjoyed a morning of playing in the new Forest School area.One of the Parish Councilors came to drop off some logs…
THANKSGIVING WEEK DAY 2
Today we looked a little more deeply in to the Thanksgiving story. I shared the story of the Mayflower arriving in America with the children using our new picture book.…