The Lodge childcare - Bickley

Wednesday was World Bee Day 🐝 and throughout the week we’ve been busy celebrating through lots of creative learning. Our Little Lodgers enjoyed creating their own bees using sponges and paint. We made also honey biscuits and explored bee-inspired messy play in the Rising Twos room. Our Preschoolers asked so many wonderful questions and learnt all about the important role bees play in sustaining people and the environment. 💛🍯







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Our Rising Twos enjoyed a lovely activity inspired by the story ‘Sharing a Shell.’ First they decorated their own shells. Then, we extended the activity, with our Little Lodgers cleaning the shells with Kelly to make them look brand new again! Well done, Little Lodgers! 🐚

This week at The Lodge, we explored the magic of water colour mixing 🎨 Our Little Lodgers used pipettes and squeeze tubes to mix colours and experiment during play. Activities like this support the development of fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and finger strength, all crucial to support early writing skills. Well done, Little Lodgers! 💧

Our Little Lodgers love being outdoors, exploring and interacting with their environment. When this Little Lodger found a tiny baby snail in the garden, he gently picked it up with so much care and curiosity! He found it a safe new home and said a sweet goodbye. 🐌Moments like these remind us how naturally children care for the world around them. We love seeing our little ones showing kindness and appreciation for nature every day. 💚

Our Little Lodgers love exploring the mud kitchen. You can see here how amazing they are at sharing and turn-taking! 🌷🪴 This was the perfect opportunity to develop new language skills alongside physical skills, as we spoke about colours and textures, and the natural world around us! 🌎 Well done, Little Lodgers!

Small table, big milestones 🩵 Potty training is a huge achievement for our Little Lodgers and we support our potty training superstars every step of the way! 🌟🚽