Happy Hive Childminding

17/09/2026

This week we have been looking at Conkers!
🍁We started the week by going in a conker hunt,collecting some autumn treasures, and looking at things that are changing (including falling leaves, listening to the crunching sound of leaves and colour changes in leaves).
🍁The children have spent time this week grouping the conkers, and rolling them down our conker run practicing counting as they go.
🍁The children used their conkers to create beautiful art work but dipping them in paint and rolling them around on a tray, watching tracks, and seeing colours mix on the page. They then enjoyed using warm soapy water to clean the conkers and practice hand washing.
🍁The children have also decorated lovely Autumn leaf cupcakes to take home and share with families.
in addition to all this, we’ve still continued to sing rhymes, read stories, and explore some of the Autumn provisions that are sneaking into setting, with the mud kitchen always being a big hit.
🍁 Finally we ended the week with a trip to the play cafe to explore different toys, meet our friends, and embrace free choice play.
Next week we will be looking at Gruffalo’s Granny. 🎉

14/09/2026

A touch of Autumn appearing in the Happy Hive mud kitchen 🍂🍁🌻🪴

11/09/2026

Can’t wait for our copy to arrive! We Love the Gruffalo!

11/09/2026

This week we looked at Apples 🍎 🍏
🍏The children looked at and dissected apples, (learning the names of each part of the Apple,building our vocab),
🍎The children did Apple tasting and we are all a fan of an apple! 🎉👍🏻
🍏The children played in the apple pie scenery tray, where they practiced scooping, transferring and tipping into containers, using pincer tools to pick up apples, counted apples in each pie, and sorted apples into colours, shapes and size, as well as building on sharing and turn taking.
🍎The children visited a playgroup this week and we had a lovely time exploring cutting play dough, climbing, sliding, and playing together,
🍏This week the children played “What’s in the bag?” during circle time, taking it in turns to pick out an item and sing a nursery rhyme linked to the item.
🍎Some children visited the park this week, we also spotted our first fallen conkers!
🍏We’ve had lots of outdoor play this week while the weather has been dry.
🍎Some of the children worked together to bake Apple and Cinnamon muffins as well. The kitchen smelled amazing and the children have been eating them for snack time this week.
🍏We’ve also had lots of stories and singing too 🎶
Next week we’re looking at Conkers!

04/09/2026

First week of September ✅
🍁This week we took at trip to Eureka! Where the children explored and learned so much through play!
🍁The children have baked Chocolate brownies, ham and cheese bread rolls, and some children made their own pizza.
🍁some of the children visited the local play hub and discovered some lovely role play toys.
🍁 we’ve had singing and stories as well.
The children have taken this week to settle back into routines, next week we begin all things Autumn, starting with Apples!🍏 🍎

13/08/2026

13/08/2026

Week 4 of the summer holidays ✅
This week we really have just been trying to survive the heatwave!
This week we visited Worsborough mill Reservoir, New Millar Dam and our local park.
Back at home we made nature wands, painted plant pots, and enjoyed all the water play activities including; ‘witches brew tea making’ in the mud kitchen, we’ve explored marine life in the water tray, and we had the paddling pools out to cool off.
We also looked at the Solar eclipse and the children made their own Eclipse pictures outdoors with chalks. ☀️🌒🌚
Iced lollies have been the saviour this week! 🍦🧊

08/08/2026

Week 3 of the holidays ✅
We have visited Cawthorne park, and our local park this week.
The children have also enjoyed making loom band bracelets, making fizzy potions, making beautiful artwork, and painting outdoors with puffy paint, there also been plenty of music, singing, dancing, stories and games. 🥰🐝

03/08/2026

Week 2 of the Holidays ✅ This week we enjoyed making bath bombs, visiting the sculpture park and local park, playing board games, free choice play, and getting creative.

24/07/2026

Week 1 of the holidays, done. ✅
Headed to the coast for the day, ventured out to Pugneys and enjoyed a play date. ⛱️🏝️🎉