Muddy Boots Bournemouth

05/10/2026

🌿 BEFORE WE LEARN TO WRITE, WE NEED TO LEARN TO MOVE. 🤎

Before a child picks up a pencil, holds a pen, or sits down to write their name, there is so much important development happening first.

At Muddy Boots Nursery School, we believe that building core strength through movement and outdoor play is an essential part of preparing children for future writing.

✏️ But why does core strength matter?

Our core provides stability and support for our whole body. When children develop strength in their tummy, back, and shoulders, they are building the foundations they need for posture, balance, and controlled movements.

🌳 How do we build these foundations?

🪵 Climbing – Strengthening the arms, shoulders, and core while navigating natural challenges.

🌿 Balancing on logs – Developing postural control, stability, and body awareness.

🪣 Digging and carrying – Building upper-body strength and coordination through purposeful movement.

🐻 Crawling, crawling through tunnels & moving over uneven ground – Encouraging children to use their whole bodies and develop strength, coordination, and balance.

🏃 Running, jumping & climbing – Supporting gross motor development, stamina, and physical confidence.

All of these experiences help children develop the physical foundations that support later fine motor skills and writing.

We don't rush children to sit and write before their bodies are ready. We give them the time, space and opportunities to build the strength they need.

Because before we ask little hands to control a pencil, let's give little bodies the freedom to move.

🌱 Strong bodies. Confident movers. Growing writers.

For more information or to book a show around contact us at [email protected]

🌳 From little acorns, mighty oaks may grow.

01/10/2026

🌧️ There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather, Only Wonderful Opportunities to Explore! 🌿

At Muddy Boots Nursery School, we believe some of the best childhood memories are made in the wind and rain. ☔

For all of our children, rainy days are not a reason to stay indoors. They are an invitation to splash, discover, experiment, and experience the world in a whole new way.

🌧️ Learning through rainy-day adventures:

💧 Science & Discovery – Exploring where rain comes from, watching water flow, watch the wind moving your parachute, investigating puddles, and discovering what happens when we mix mud and water.

🪣 Mathematics – Measuring rainfall, comparing puddle sizes, counting splashes, and exploring volume through water play.

🌿 Physical Development – Jumping in puddles, balancing on logs, carrying buckets, and building strength and coordination through active outdoor play.

🎨 Creativity & Imagination – Creating mud kitchens, building shelters, making rain sounds, and turning the outdoors into a world of imaginative possibilities.

🤍 Wellbeing & Confidence – Experiencing the joy of being outside, developing resilience, embracing new sensations, and learning that the weather doesn't have to limit our adventures.

Sometimes, learning looks like a muddy coat, wet wellies, rosy cheeks, and the biggest smiles. Sometimes, it's standing quietly in the rain and listening to the world around us.

And sometimes, it's simply the freedom to be a child, get messy, and have fun. 🌧️🤎

We don't just teach children about the world. We give them the opportunity to experience it.

At Muddy Boots, we believe the outdoors is a place for curiosity, wonder, and meaningful learning in every season.

Because childhood shouldn't be put on hold when the clouds appear. ☁️🌈
Contact us today on 07561240511 to book in a show around for you and your child.

🌱 From little acorns, mighty oaks may grow.

27/09/2026

🌿 What Can Be Taught Inside, Can Be Taught Outside. 🤍

Toddlers don't need four walls to learn. They need time, space, freedom to explore and adults who understand that learning happens everywhere.

At Muddy Boots Nursery School, we believe the outdoors is not just a place to run and play. It is a place to discover, investigate, create, communicate, and grow. 🌱

✨ What can be taught inside can be taught outside.

🌿 Mathematics – Counting conkers, comparing sizes, exploring patterns with sticks, and measuring puddles.

🌿 Language & Communication – Sharing stories under a tree, singing in the rain, introducing new vocabulary, and having meaningful conversations as we explore.

🌿 Physical Development – Climbing, balancing, jumping, digging, carrying, and developing strength and coordination through natural movement.

🌿 Understanding the World – Watching the seasons change, discovering minibeasts, exploring nature, and learning how the world around us works.

🌿 Creativity – Painting with natural materials, building dens, making music with sticks, and expressing ideas through open-ended play.

🌿 Personal, Social & Emotional Development – Learning to take turns, manage challenges, develop confidence, build relationships, and discover the joy of doing things for ourselves.

For toddlers, learning doesn't always look like sitting at a table or completing an activity. Sometimes it looks like watching a worm, carrying a bucket, splashing in a puddle, or spending ten minutes trying to climb over a log. This is learning, this is slow childhood.

Our role as educators is not to fill every moment with instruction, but to create environments where children can explore, wonder, question, and develop a lifelong love of learning.

At Muddy Boots, we take learning outside because nature is not a break from education. Nature is an educator in itself. 🌳

For more information or to book a show around call us on 07561240511.

🌱 From little acorns, mighty oaks may grow.

23/09/2026

🎃👻 HALLOWEEN OPEN EVENT AT MUDDY BOOTS! 👻🎃

Come and discover Muddy Boots Nursery School at our special Halloween-themed Open Event! 🧡

📅 Saturday 31st October
⏰ 10:00am – 11:00am

Bring your little ones along for a morning of Halloween sensory fun, exploring our nursery, meeting our team and getting a feel for what makes Muddy Boots so special. 🌿🕷️🎃

✨ SPECIAL OPEN DAY OFFERS ✨

🎃 New families:
If you register your child with us on the day, we'll waive the £30 registration fee — that's an immediate £30 saving!

🤎 Current Muddy Boots families:
Know a family who would love to join us? Refer a friend and, if they sign up with us on the day, you and your friend will both receive £50 off the new family's second bill!

Come along, have some sensory fun, meet our wonderful team and discover the Muddy Boots way of learning, growing and exploring.

We can't wait to welcome you! 🎃🌿

🌱 From little acorns, mighty oaks may grow.

23/09/2026

🌿 Returning to Work? We’re Here for You and Your Little One. 🤍

Returning to work after having a baby can bring a mixture of emotions. Excitement, worry, and everything in between. It’s a big change for both you and your little one, and we understand that taking that first step can feel overwhelming.

At Muddy Boots Nursery School, we believe that every baby deserves a gentle, loving, and secure start to nursery life. 🤍

Our baby room is a place where:
🌱 Your baby can build a trusting relationship with their key person.
🌱 They can explore, discover, and develop at their own pace.
🌱 Their individual routines, needs, and cues are respected.
🌱 They receive comfort, reassurance, and lots of cuddles.
🌱 They are surrounded by a warm, nurturing, and family-like environment.

We understand that leaving your baby for the first time isn't always easy. That's why we take the time to get to know your child, build a relationship with you as a family, and work together to make the transition as gentle as possible.

You don't have to stop being your baby's safe place just because you return to work. We are here to support you, work alongside you, and ensure your little one feels safe, loved, and cared for while you're away.

From little acorns, mighty oaks may grow. 🌳

🤍 Muddy Boots Nursery School
Where little people feel safe, loved, and free to grow.

📩 If you're thinking about returning to work and looking for a nurturing nursery for your baby, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact us at [email protected] to book in a show around to come and see for yourself.

08/09/2026

🌱 Educated Educators, Extraordinary Childhoods 💚

Behind every confident, curious and capable child is an educator who understands how children learn, grow and develop.

Being an early years educator is so much more than caring for children. It is about understanding the why behind what we do and recognising that every interaction, experience and environment can support a child's development.

At Muddy Boots, we believe in educated educators who are always learning too.🌿

🧠 Understanding child development
👀 Knowing how to observe and recognise children's interests
💭 Understanding the power of play
🌱 Supporting children to become confident, capable learners
🤍 Building secure, respectful relationships
🌍 Providing meaningful experiences in nature and the wider world
🗣️ Supporting language, communication and social development
🧩 Knowing when to step in — and when to step back
✨ Reflecting on our practice and continually improving

Our educators don't simply teach children.

They listen, observe, question, encourage, nurture and create opportunities for children to discover things for themselves. And sometimes, being a great educator means knowing that we don't need to fill every moment, knowing the difference between interfering and interacting.

We can slow down.
We can watch.
We can wonder.
We can give children time.

Because when educators understand the importance of childhood, they can create an environment where children are not rushed through it — but are supported to truly experience, enjoy and flourish within it.🌿💚

View our website :https://muddybootsnurseryschool.com/bournemouth-nursery-school/ for more information.

08/09/2026

05/09/2026

🤍 Hygge for Our Babies 🤍

For babies, hygge is found in the little moments. 🌿
It is the warmth of a familiar voice, the comfort of a cuddle, the feeling of being safe and secure, and having time to explore the world at their own pace.
At Muddy Boots, we embrace hygge by creating calm, nurturing spaces where our youngest children can feel safe, connected and loved. 🥰

🌿 Hygge for babies can look like:

🤗 Lots of warm cuddles and responsive care
🕯️ Calm, cosy and peaceful spaces
🎶 Gentle songs, familiar voices and soft sounds
📖 Sharing books together in quiet, unhurried moments
🌱 Exploring natural textures, smells and sounds
👣 Time outdoors, noticing the world around us
💭 Following babies' cues and allowing them time to explore
❤️ Building trusting relationships through consistent, loving care
😴 Respecting babies' need for rest, quiet and sleep

Hygge isn't about creating a perfect environment. It is about creating a feeling of belonging because when babies feel safe, secure and emotionally connected, they have the confidence to explore, discover and begin building their understanding of the world.
Sometimes the most important learning happens when we simply slow down, sit close and be present. Call us on 07561240511 to view our baby room and meet our wonderful team. 🤍

31/08/2026

🌊 The Magic of the Beach 🌊

There is something truly special about taking children to the beach. 🌿💙

For us, the beach isn't just somewhere to visit — it is a place to learn, explore, wonder and simply be.

The beach offers children a rich sensory experience that engages their whole body and mind:

🐚 Discovering shells, seaweed, pebbles and treasures washed ashore
🌊 Listening to the rhythm of the waves and noticing the sounds of nature
🦀 Searching for crabs, rockpool creatures and signs of life
🏖️ Building with sand, stones, shells and driftwood
💦 Feeling the water, sand, wind and textures beneath their feet
👣 Moving across different surfaces, developing balance, coordination and strength
💭 Imagining stories, adventures and wonderful worlds
🧠 Learning about nature, tides, habitats and the world around them
🧘 Slowing down and enjoying the calming rhythm of the sea

And perhaps one of the greatest gifts the beach gives us is time.

Time to stop.
Time to notice.
Time to wonder.
Time to breathe.
Time to be together. 💙

Beach experiences beautifully reflect our belief in slow childhood — allowing children to follow their curiosity, explore at their own pace and find joy in the simple things.
At Muddy Boots, we don't just take children to the beach — we give them time to discover what the beach has to teach them call us on 07561240511 to find out more. 🌿

28/08/2026

🌿 Embracing a Slow Childhood 🌿

Childhood doesn’t need to be rushed.

At Muddy Boots, we believe children deserve time to wonder, explore, play, imagine, rest and simply be. 💚

A slow childhood means giving children the space and time to follow their own interests, become absorbed in play, enjoy the natural world and build meaningful relationships — without feeling that every moment needs to be filled or every experience needs to be hurried.

🌱 Slow childhood looks like:
✨ Watching a snail make its journey across the garden
🌿 Collecting sticks, stones and treasures from nature
💭 Getting lost in imaginative play
📚 Sharing a story together, with nowhere else to rush to
🌧️ Jumping in puddles and enjoying the weather
🧘 Finding quiet moments to pause, breathe and be still
🤝 Having unhurried conversations and connections
🌈 Having time to make choices, make mistakes and try again

These seemingly simple moments are where so much learning happens.

When we slow down, we give children the opportunity to notice more, feel more, connect more deeply and learn at their own pace.

Because childhood is not a race to the next milestone.

It is a time to be lived, enjoyed and treasured. 🌿💚
Spaces available in our pre-school room for September 2026, baby room for October 2026 and toddler room has limited spaces from April 2027.
Call us on 0707561240511 to secure your space