Little Clouds Nursery

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

Our younger children have been very busy this week showing a keen interest in spring animals this week, the children have been feeding the animals by using spoons to scoop the cereal into their mouths. This has helped the children develop their fine motor skills🐑 🐖 🐮 🐴. We have also been developing our gross motor skills by using different resources to catch the flys.
We have been getting in the mood for spring by planting some different types of seeds to grow our own flowers 🌺 this allows the children to develop awareness of the world around them and taking care of living things ❤️.

Our older children took part in a bookbug session in the local woods, where we read we are going on a bear hunt and we found a bear 🐻 hiding in the trees 📕 🌳. We have also been developing our numeracy and gross motor skills by throwing balls into our flower tyres which relates to our spring learning experiences. We have also been taking part in group discussions about what spring animal we would like to be, as well as taking a keen interest in finding a ladybird 🐞 in our garden and looking after them, we took a keen interest in how many spots we could find on their body.

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

🌸 Mother’s Day Stay & Play 🌸

We had such a lovely time at our Mother’s Day Stay & Play session! Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate together. 💕

The children had so much fun making bracelets, creating and decorating delicious truffles, and enjoying our Bookbug session. We also had lots of pampering at the 'hairdressers', explored the sensory tuff tray, and made the most of the outdoors with free play in the garden. 🌿

It was wonderful to see so many special moments shared between the children and their mums. Thank you for making it such a warm and joyful session! 💐

We loved celebrating with you all. 💛

We currently have spaces available for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded places.

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

Our younger children have been exploring Aldi using a shopping list to tick off what they bought 🛒. This helped them develop awareness of their local community. They have also enjoyed taking part in our weekly booking sessions 📕 this helps develop children’s literacy development, developing confidence in groups and being expressive through stories and songs music 🎵 We have also been developing our creative skills by using glue and flowers 🌺 to make lovely pictures. We have also been keen to make our own binoculars to see what we can find in the garden 👀 Our sensory garden has been a big interest this week the children have enjoyed the music area developing awareness of sound and being expressive 🥁 and developing their sensory awareness on on sensory path.

Our older children have been taking part in baking session to make some yummy treats 😋 for our lovely mummies ❤️ By taking part in this learning experience allowed the children to develop an understanding of weighing and measuring and their overall numerical development 🧁 As part of our senses topic some of the children have shown an interest in using a senses checklist outside to see how many senses they can use ✔️ Some of the children have also loved the recent rainfall today using our mud area to jump in some very muddy puddles 💦 By using different loose parts the children have learnt to develop their awareness of risk as well as their gross motor skills. The children also worked very well to develop their problem solving skills by working together to make some nature play dough which was lots of fun. 🤩

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

Some lovely feedback from our families 🥰

SPREAD THE WORD - WE ARE HAVING AN OPEN DAY 🗣📣

Looking for the perfect start for your little one? Come and feel the warm, supportive atmosphere at Little Clouds Nursery during our upcoming Open Day!

​You will have the chance to:
✔️​ Chat directly with our passionate staff.
✔️​ See our facilities and safe play areas.
​✔️ Get answers to all your questions about settling in and our learning approach.

​📅 Date: Saturday 11th April
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
📌 Location: Little Clouds Nursery, Nigg Kirk Road, Altens, AB12 3DF

We currently have spaces available for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces.

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

Our younger children have been enjoying our sensory garden in particular having fun in our cosy shed, Our cosy shed has a fun chair swing, we like to use this space to read stories, sing songs using a range of instruments and using puppets, this helps develop our creative skills. 🎵 📖
We have started to plant different seeds learning about the cycle of a flower we can’t wait to see them bloom 🌺 Some of the children have been exploring the local community and whilst they have been out for a walk they have used checklists to see what types of transport they can spot 🚗

Our older children have been interested in exploring their senses we have done a taste test session some of us really enjoyed some of the unusual tastes 😋 We have been developing our independence skills and being responsible by allowing the children to be meal time helpers, they have the responsibility of preparing snacks and help set up the tables 🍴 We have also taken an interest in making some gruffalo playdough outside this helped develop our team working, fine motor, awareness of volume and measurement and our creativity skills 📏

Little Clouds Nursery currently have so aces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

The whole nursery have been celebrating world book day all week by dressing up as our favourite characters and reading our favourite stories 📕

Little Clouds Nursery currently have so aces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

Our younger children have been exploring the local area by taking part in a walk to the gramps to see the frogs 🐸 We have been also using our sensory garden to create our own hedgehogs 🦔 using playdough and loose parts to get creative.
We have also been developing our turn taking, fine motor and imagination skills by using a range of construction materials. Some of the children have also taken a keen interest in interest in developing their fine motor skills further by moving different transport vehicles in different patterns.

Our older children have been developing their fine cutting skills by cutting up magazines this has helped develop awareness of using scissors safely. The children have also been showing an interest in the body and have enjoyed taking part in a game to match up body features to their faces. We have also been having group discussions in regards to our family this has helped develop the children’s confidence speaking in groups ❤️

All of the children have taken part in a baking session this week making yummy focaccia all of the children got the opportunity to knead the dough, measure the ingredients and create their own portion to take home to enjoy 😋

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

Our younger children have taken a keen interest in animals this week using the shaving foam and paint to mark make and develop their expressive skills 🎨 we have also experienced using different materials to make our own love themed collages ❤️ Using paint brushes we have allowed the children opportunities to develop their fine motor skills to mark make in the shaving foam and glitter and we have also been really keen to read the colour monster story to help develop our understanding of emotions. 📕

Our older children have been developing their knowledge on body parts 🦴 as well as developing their independence with self serving and as well as developing our numeracy, turn taking and fine motor skills. This week we have had lots of celebrations with pancake day discussing what our favourite toppings are 🥞 and also having some yummy taste test sessions for Chinese New Year 🇨🇳 🍜

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

Look what we have been up too this week 😆

Our younger children have been getting very creative outside using shaving foam and paint to create their masterpieces 🎨 We have also been learning about shadows using our dinosaurs which has been lots of fun 🦖 and developing our awareness of animals further by playing games like snap this helps develop our memory and turn taking skills.

Our older children have been very busy this week, we have been for walks to the gramps to find the biggest puddle to splash in 💦 our younger friends also joined us for the walk .❤️ We have taken an interest in measuring our height as part of our all about me learning experiences 😊

The nursery has also begun learning about Chinese New Year by making our own dragon. 🐉 We can’t wait to learn more Chinese facts over the next few weeks.

We have also been making love potions and developing our awareness of the emotion love as it gets nearer to Valentines Day ❤️

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

Look what we have been up too this week ….

Our younger children have been keen to take part in another spa experience developing their sensory awareness as well as experiencing the textures of rice. We have also taken a keen interest in helping the animals escape the sand trap, by taking part in this experience has helped the children develop their fine motor skills and also team work. 🐅 🐘 🐒 We have also been geting creative by using different prints to make our own artwork. 🎨

Our older children have been celebrating our friends birthday by having a party which was lots of fun 😀 🥳 and developing our confidence with hosting group time ❤️ We have also had lots of fun embracing the weather recently ☔️ by taking part in our own outdoor checklists developing responsibility 😀

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965

❄️ Festive Fun at Nursery! ❄️

The children have been loving the recent snowfall — perfect for getting outside and building their very own snowmen! ⛄️ After warming up indoors, they continued the fun by recreating snowmen with playdough, supporting their fine motor skills, creativity, and imaginative play.

Some children let their imaginations run wild and crafted all sorts of wonderful creations, including adorable playdough hedgehogs 🦔

Others embraced the season by making gingerbread men, adding cinnamon for an extra festive touch 🤎

Our younger learners also joined in the festivities, using those important fine motor skills to unwrap pretend presents and using the colourful wrapping paper for collage work — lots of gluing, sticking, and sensory fun!

A magical mix of creativity, exploration, and festive cheer! ✨🎄

Little Clouds Nursery currently have spaces for children aged 0-5 years. We also offer government funded spaces. If you are interested, please send us an email at [email protected] or phone us on 01224 899 965.