Munchkins Nursery & Preschool Great Baddow, Chelmsford

Our Munchkins had lots of fun creating and exploring obstacle courses in the garden using our large-scale loose parts! 🌿🪵⚖️

The children worked together to build different courses with increasing levels of difficulty, encouraging them to take risks, solve problems, and test their physical skills in a safe and exciting way.

Loose parts play provides endless opportunities for creativity, critical thinking, balance, coordination, and teamwork — and our Munchkins loved challenging themselves and each other throughout the activity! 💪😊

You’re Invited To Our Brand New Nursery:
Welcome To Munchkins’ Billericay Open Day! ✨

Choosing a nursery is a big decision — come and see what makes ours so special! Step into a setting where childhood is celebrated, learning is natural, and every child feels at home 🌱

• Discover our beautiful, all-new outdoors spaces
• A warm, home-away-from-home environment that supports emotional wellbeing
• A holistic curriculum
• Brand new, thoughtfully designed interior spaces
• Strong partnerships with parents — supporting the whole family

🌼 Explore our indoor and outdoor spaces, meet the team, and picture your child thriving here – be among the very first to see the new Munchkins!

📍 Munchkins Nursery, 14-18 Grange Rd, Billericay, CM11 2RE
🗓 Saturday 25th July
⏰ 10:00am – 02:00pm

As part of May Mental Health Month, our Munchkins explored the power of a hug through a colourful and meaningful activity inspired by emotions and connection. 💛🌈

The children used different paint colours on pieces of paper, which we then taped onto their tops. They each found a friend to share a hug with, and when they stepped back, they were amazed to see the colours had mixed together from their hug! 🫂🎨

This lovely activity encouraged the children to think about kindness, friendship, emotions, and how positive connections with others can make us feel happy and supported. It was wonderful to see so much laughter, excitement, and colourful creativity throughout the experience. ✨

Our Munchkins enjoyed a lovely creative activity making playdough faces using natural resources. 😊🍃🌸

We displayed different emotions on the table, including happy, sad, and frustrated faces, and the children spent time noticing the different expressions and talking about how they looked. Using leaves, sticks, flowers, and other natural treasures, the children then created their own playdough faces and explored emotions through play. ✨

Our Munchkins got creative by making their own natural paintbrushes using twigs, leaves, and other natural resources they found whilst out on a walk. 🌿🎨🍂

The children used their handmade brushes to create beautiful pictures and explored how the different leaves and materials made unique patterns and marks compared to ordinary paintbrushes. It was a fantastic way to encourage creativity, curiosity, and exploration through nature-based play. ✨

We had a wonderful Open Day last weekend and would like to say a huge thank you to all the families who came along — it was lovely to meet you all! 💛✨

We enjoyed showing everyone around our nursery and sharing what makes Munchkins such a special place for children to learn, play, and grow.

If you would like to come and see our nursery for yourself, you can book a showround through our website — we would love to welcome you! 😊

https://munchkins-nursery.co.uk/great-baddow-chelmsford

🌱 Ready for a fresh start this spring?
Join us at Munchkins Chelmsford (Great Baddow) for our Recruitment Morning on 23rd May, 10am–12pm 🤎🌿
This event is hosted in Great Baddow, with career across our settings ✨
Whether you're new to Early Years or experienced, come and explore what your future at Munchkins could look like 🌱
Why Munchkins?
🌿 Flexible working options
🤎 A warm, home-from-home atmosphere
🍃 Supportive Early Years professionals
🌼 Up to 37 days paid holiday
🌱 Discounts with 60+ brands & experiences
🍂 Real career progression opportunities
🌿 £500 holiday voucher
🎁 Successful interviews will receive an Amazon gift card
✨ …and more
Come along, meet the team, and discover the Munchkins difference 🤎🌿
👉 https://munchkins-nursery.co.uk/recruitment-morning-great-baddow-2026-may

Some of our team attended the Essex Early Years Conference 2026 this weekend! 🌟

They came away feeling inspired, full of new ideas, and excited to bring fresh approaches into practice across our settings. Continuous learning and development are so important to us, and it’s always fantastic to see our team so passionate about providing the very best experiences for children. 💡📚

We’re looking forward to putting some of these new ideas into action! 😊

The children had lots of fun exploring a water potion tray, mixing, pouring, and creating their own colourful concoctions through sensory play. 🧪💦🌿
Using different tools and natural resources, they experimented with textures, movement, and imaginative play while developing fine motor skills, curiosity, and communication with their friends.