Buttercup Barn Day Nursery

🌿 Weekly Round Up 🌿

Nest 🫧
This week in Nest, we have been exploring different textures and using our senses through bubbles, sand and soap! We have also been developing our communication and language skills through baby role play, reading stories and singing with puppets. 📚🎶

Hedgehogs 🎶
Hedgehogs have been exploring emotions through music this week! Using instruments, we discovered how different sounds can represent our feelings, such as loud and fast for angry and slow and quiet for calm. We have also enjoyed making the most of the changing weather, jumping in puddles and getting messy in the mud kitchen! 🌧️💦

Foxes 🎨
Foxes have been exploring the changes in weather, enjoying outdoor play come rain or shine! We have also been getting creative with paints, using colours inspired by what we have spotted outside. Alongside this, we have been practising counting and number recognition through fun, hands-on play, counting objects to 10 and beyond. 🔢🌈

Badgers 💛
This week, Badgers have been having open conversations about feelings and their exciting next steps, including school and the Cabin. We have continued to strengthen friendships through group games in the garden, practising patience, turn-taking and following rules. We also enjoyed a visit to Forest School, where we worked together to build a shelter from the rain, using our bright ideas and problem-solving skills! 🌳🏕️

✨ What a wonderful week of learning, exploring and growing! ✨

Our children have had a wonderful time today enjoying our fantastic new play equipment! 🌟 From climbing and exploring to lots of active fun, there have been plenty of smiles all around! 🤸‍♀️🛝💚

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Weekly Rundown

🪺 Nest
We have been welcoming new friends into Buttercup and supporting them as they settle through lots of sensory play with balls and other exciting resources. We have also enjoyed sharing stories and books, exploring them independently and enjoying special story times together. 📚💛

🦔 Hedgehogs
This week we have been developing our gross motor skills through balancing, running and jumping. We have enjoyed soft play, dancing and learning new moves from our friends, as well as getting active in the ball pit! We also opened our very own bakery, using playdough to make and decorate delicious-looking cakes and biscuits. 🧁💃

🦊 Foxes
This week we have been using our senses to explore water play! We enjoyed smelling flowers, feeling shaving foam, listening to shells and exploring colourful water. 💦🌸 Outdoors, we have been building sandcastles, dancing with Edie and enjoying lovely snack picnics together in the garden. 🏖️🎶🧺

Badgers This week we have been enjoying a lovely picnic in the woods and getting creative with a variety of crafty activities. We have also been learning about dinosaurs through social stories, focusing on using gentle voices and gentle hands when playing and interacting with others. 🦕🌲

We have been learning all about the sea and the creatures that live in it, including fascinating jellyfish! 🪼 We created our own sea and beach scene, using our imaginations while enjoying lots of exciting messy play. 🏖️💦

✨ What a wonderful week of learning, exploring and making memories together! We are so proud of all the children and the curiosity they have shown throughout the week. 💛

✨ Weekly Rundown ✨

🌿 Nest
This week, our Nest children have been busy settling in and welcoming lots of new friends into nursery. We have enjoyed exploring trains and sharing a variety of books together, encouraging communication and language development while supporting the children as they build new friendships and become familiar with their surroundings. 🚂📚

🦔 Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs have loved taking part in building role play this week, dressing up in hard hats and using their imaginations to become builders. This encouraged teamwork, communication and creative play. We also explored our emotions through The Colour Monster, helping the children recognise, understand and talk about how they are feeling. 💛

🦊Foxes
Foxes have been building their independence this week as they prepare for their transition to Badgers. They have been practising self-serving, managing their belongings and exploring scissors through creative activities. The children have also enjoyed talking about their families, future aspirations and exploring textures, bubbles and descriptive language through sensory play. 🫧💚

🦡 Badgers
This week in Forest School, Badgers have been developing their teamwork skills through a range of exciting outdoor activities. The children worked together to create bug hotels complete with slides and pools, carried large logs to build a campervan and dens, and discovered worms while exploring the log pile. They also enjoyed working together on the tree straps, learning how cooperation and teamwork can help us achieve more while building confidence, communication and problem-solving skills. 🌳🐛💚

Wishing all of our families a wonderful weekend! We hope you enjoy some time together, make lots of happy memories, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back next week.

Weekly Rundown

Nest
This week, we have enjoyed getting creative by painting with toy cars, rolling them through paint to create colourful tracks and patterns while exploring different colours and textures. Story time has been a favourite, helping to develop language and listening skills, and we have loved dancing and moving to music, exploring different sounds and rhythms together.

Hedgehogs
This week, we have been exploring musical instruments and the different sounds they make, comparing loud and quiet, as well as fast and slow, to develop our communication and language skills. We also enjoyed a walk to our Forest School area, collecting leaves, sticks and other natural treasures to create beautiful hanging frames while learning more about the world around us.

Foxes
This week in Foxes, we have been busy creating portraits of our families and favourite things, encouraging lots of conversations about the people who are important to us. We have also been talking about different jobs and what we would like to be when we grow up. Outdoors, we enjoyed water play, sand play and exploring the leaves. We have been learning about different shapes through fun activities, sharing stories with puppets during story time, and ending the week with lots of dancing and creating our own exciting dance moves!

Badgers
This week, Badgers have been exploring, creating and learning through a range of exciting activities. We built obstacle courses in the garden, developing our balance, coordination and confidence through climbing, balancing and jumping. During group storytelling, the children used their imaginations to create stories together while listening to each other's ideas. We also designed and tested paper aeroplanes, comparing how far and fast they flew, before practising our mark-making skills by carefully colouring within the lines and creating fantastic pictures.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

🚽✨ Potty Training Tips & Tricks! ✨🚽
Potty training is a big milestone, and every child gets there in their own time. Look out for signs they're ready, keep things positive, and remember that accidents are all part of the learning journey. Celebrate every success, encourage regular potty visits, choose easy-to-manage clothing, and make it fun with stories, songs, and lots of praise. Most importantly, be patient and consistent—confidence grows with encouragement! 💙

Here are our top tips to support your little one:
🚽 Look for signs of readiness – Staying dry for longer, showing interest in the toilet, or letting you know when their nappy is wet or dirty.
😊 Keep it positive – Celebrate every success and praise their effort.
⏰ Offer regular potty trips – Encourage sitting on the potty every 1–2 hours, after meals, and before leaving the house.
👖 Choose easy clothing – Elastic waistbands make it easier for children to be independent.
📚 Use stories and role play – Books, dolls, and teddies can make learning fun and familiar.
💧 Encourage plenty of drinks – This gives children more opportunities to recognise when they need the toilet.
🧻 Teach good hygiene – Practise wiping, flushing, and washing hands together.
🏆 Reward encouragement, not perfection – Stickers, high fives, and kind words help build confidence.
🤝 Stay consistent – A similar routine at home and nursery can make all the difference.
💛 Expect accidents – They are a normal part of learning. Stay calm, reassure your child, and try again next time.