Kids Cottage Childcare

🌞JULY🌞

We have had the most amazing July.
The weather has been fantastic and enabled us to get out outside and explore so much.
We have been visiting the seaside lots and even took a ferry ride to point clear where the children collected lots of shells that we took Home and painted.
We have enjoyed meeting friends at the park and meeting our new starters for September.
The children have been watching and watering the cucumbers that we have been growing. They were very excited to pick and eat the first one which we all chopped up and had for snack. 🤗
We have had lots of water play to keep us cool, and we have also explored the new sensory rooms which are themed and have air-conditioning, so great to go and hide in when it’s too hot outside 😊


Lovely trip to the woods this morning with our friends. 🌳
The children had so much fun searching for the Gruffalo and were so excited when we found his den.
Although I think they were a little relieved that he had gone out for the day. 😂
Lots of Team building skills learned today and climbing and balancing.
We also collected stones on our walk which the children threw in to the river at the end to make wishes. 🪄

☀️ JUNE☀️

We have been so lucky with the beautiful weather throughout June. The children have loved spending their days outdoors, enjoying water play and learning different ways to keep cool in the sunshine.

This month we have been learning all about sea creatures, exploring ice through sensory play, and discovering how it melts and changes. We have also been developing our understanding of shapes and colours, incorporating them into a wide range of fun, hands-on activities.

As we move into July, we will continue making the most of the warm weather by taking our learning outdoors, exploring nature, and enjoying lots of exciting summer activities together.😎

🐞MAY🐞

This month we have learnt all about bugs. Bugs are out in force everywhere in the garden and a few of our little ones were a bit apprehensive about sharing the outdoor space with them. So we have been learning about lots of different types of bugs and how they are not as scary as they look.
We have also been looking at farms and farm animals and growing our own cucumbers from seeds. We have also been watching the tractors go past in the field next to the garden. They have been planting potatoes 🪴 
The children have enjoyed using the spray bottles to water the plants and discovered using them on the water play Mat to uncover animal silhouettes .
We have also made lots of our own bugs and monsters using home-made Play-Doh.
Great activities to build the children’s fine motor skills.
We visited Colchester zoo and got to see the new baby chimpanzee 🥰 we all love going to the zoo, we always meet our friends there and make a day of it, the children never tire of the train ride 🚂



🌺APRIL🌺

This month, the children have been spending lots of time outside in nature learning about spring.
We have learned about frog life cycles and how important bees are 🐸.
We even have our own little bee colony living in the garden and the children enjoyed watching them going in and out of the little beehive. 🐝
They have been exploring playing in the mud and water as we explored different sensory trays, learning about the different environments that animals live in . 


🐣EASTER 🐣

The children had lots of fun over the Easter holiday break.
The younger ones always love it when the school children come back to visit.
They enjoyed lots of Easter crafts and an Easter egg hunt in the garden. 😃

Worried about your child’s speech or language in the run up to September?

Maybe they’re hard to understand, struggling to express themselves, or you’re stuck on a waiting list wondering what to do next.

This summer we’re offering free short-term support sessions with supervised Speech and Language Therapy students at our clinic in Elmstead Market.

Parents will receive practical strategies, tailored activities, and ideas to support communication at home.

Ideal for children with
- unclear speech�
- language delay�
- communication difficulties�
- school readiness concerns�
- long waits for SLT services

Three free individual sessions available this summer!
6th July - 24th July OR 27th July - 14th August

Lots of families are waiting a long time for support - these sessions aim to provide practical help and ideas in the meantime.

Get in touch, or make your referral following the QR code.

🌸MARCH🌸

This month the children have been learning about
Space, dinosaurs, The Hungry caterpillar and making Mother’s Day cards.🚀🪐🦖🐛🦋💖

We have been spending lots of time outdoors exploring the new plants popping up, bugs emerging from hibernation and enjoying the warmer days.🐞🐝🌷

We visited our friends to see an animal experience where the children got to see different pets up close and learn about them.🐢🐍🐹🐰🦎

We have also been out in the community, visiting local parks and playgroups too.🛝

We went to explore our local sensory room, which the children enjoyed so much.
So many great learning opportunities and experiences.

Some of the children have been working on their fine motor skills, doing puzzles and learning to trace.
Getting them ready to transition into reception in September 🧩✍️

We are looking forward to celebrating Easter with our school friends next week and have lots of exciting activities planned ☺️