07/08/2026
This week at Nature's Nook, we have loved spending time outdoors and making the most of our garden. 🪴
🦕 The children enjoyed outdoor painting, with some bringing dinosaurs into their play and stamping their feet through the paint to create dinosaur footprints.
We explored the concept of heavy and light using natural resources from the garden. After picking a cucumber, the children used stones to compare which side was heavier, using lots of mathematical language such as heavier, lighter, balance, and measure throughout their investigation.
The children also created beautiful clay self-portraits using loose parts. This activity encouraged wonderful conversations about our eye colours, hair colours, and how we are all unique and special in our own way. 🥰
In the digging area, the children worked together to create a swamp. They showed fantastic teamwork as they dug a large hole and transported water across the garden to fill it, demonstrating cooperation, problem-solving, and determination. (There were lots of changes of clothes after this 🤣)
Our babies have been enjoying our new posting toy, which supports and develops the posting schema while encouraging fine motor skills and concentration. As always, water play has been a firm favourite, with lots of splashing, pouring, and exploring different containers.
Finally, we were excited to welcome some much-needed rain! Some of the babies sat on the decking with the practitioners, all snuggled under cosy blankets, listening carefully to the soothing sound of the rain as it fell from the roof and watching the raindrops splash below. It was a very wholesome, calming sensory experience that encouraged the children to slow down, observe their surroundings, and enjoy nature together. ☔️
