04/06/2026
☀️🌼 What We’ve Been Up To in May at Tiny Shephards Childcare 🌼☀️
What a fantastic month we’ve had! May has been full of sunshine, adventures, learning, laughter, and lots of fun with our friends! 🥰🌈
🌳🍃 We’ve made the most of the beautiful weather by visiting local parks, exploring the garden, and spending lots of time “relaxing” in the sand pit 🏖️ (although our little ones are always busy digging, building, and creating! 😄).
🤸♀️🏰 We also enjoyed some of our regular activities, including Leap Frogs, where the children had the chance to get active and develop their physical skills. The bouncy castle and soft play shapes were a huge hit, encouraging climbing, balancing, jumping, and plenty of giggles! 😆💪
🚶♀️🌊 Outdoor Learning Adventures 🌊🚶♂️
As part of our outdoor learning experiences, we enjoyed a lovely walk along Bognor Prom with our childminder friends and the children in their care. 🌞👫 We spent time running along the promenade 🏃♀️🏃♂️, collecting shells and stones 🐚🪨, watching the dogs go by 🐕🐾, and taking in the sights and sounds of the seaside. We stopped for a tasty snack 🍎🥪 and even enjoyed a cheeky Mini Milk ice lolly 🍦😋 — the perfect treat on a sunny day!
🚜🐑 Our trips to Aldingbourne were packed with exciting experiences. During one visit, we spent much of our time exploring the small world area, dressing up as veterinarians 🩺🐶, police officers 👮, firefighters 🚒, builders 👷, shopkeepers 🛒, and more. Another visit saw us meeting the animals 🐐🐰, building with the large blocks 🧱, and racing around the tractor track 🚜💨.
🌲🍂 For Outdoor Learning Week, we explored the forest area, climbing 🧗, balancing ⚖️, searching for bugs 🐞🔍, and discovering nature all around us 🌿🍄. Every visit included a picnic with friends 🧺🍓 and plenty of time to run, play, and explore before heading home. 💚
🧼🫧 This month we also learned about the importance of keeping clean through our handwashing activities. We had fun washing the “bugs” away 🦠🚿 and learning how clean hands help keep us healthy and happy! 🙌✨
🌞💛 Sun Week 💛🌞
Our Sun Week focused on the colour yellow 💛🌻 and taught us all about staying safe in the sunshine. We explored activities about sun safety 🕶️👒, why we wear hats, and the importance of applying sun cream 🧴 to protect our skin while enjoying the outdoors. ☀️😎
🐝🌼 Bee Week 🌼🐝
Bee Week brought lots of exciting sensory experiences! We explored sensory trays filled with soil and flowers 🌷🌱 for the bees to visit, used tweezers to carefully move bees into honeycomb shapes 🍯🐝, enjoyed splashing in water play 💦, and got creative making bees with paint 🎨, handprints 🖐️, coloured pasta 🌈, and pinecones 🌲.
💦🐟 To finish off our wonderful month, we enjoyed fishing for ducks and fish in the paddling pool 🦆🎣🐠, splashing in the water 💧😄, and making the most of the warm weather with our friends. ☀️👫
🥰 It has been lovely watching the children learn, explore, create, and grow together throughout May. We are so proud of all their achievements and can’t wait to see what adventures June will bring! 🌈✨
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