Kinderkare Nursery

February Half Term Activities!

Join us next week for activities based on our favourite books in the Children's Library and the Paddington Room, as well as trails to follow in the museum!

No need to book, just drop in, and join in!

Activities are aimed at ages 4 - 12 but all are welcome to come along and have a go

Help paying for childcare

Find out what help you may be able to get at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

🎈Kinderkare Nursery is 24 years old this week 🎈
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Are you struggling with your child and their advent calendar? You're not alone!

Young children have very immature brains. The frontal lobes of the brain, the parts responsible for something called 'executive functioning' are the most immature area. Executive functions include: behavioural control, emotion regulation, social skills, problem solving and impulse control. This part of the brain - and functions associated with it - don't mature until the late teens, into the twenties.

Advent calendars absolutely require mature executive function development. They require an understanding of the process of opening one door per day, they require an understanding of the social rules surrounding why it's not OK to open all the doors at once, they require impulse control (to not open the doors all at once) and they require emotion regulation when that is prevented. These are things that children really, really struggle with. Not because they are naughty, but because they are children.

Add to this, advent calendars involving chocolate bring a whole other degree of temptation, especially if these sorts of 'treats' are normally restricted in your child's diet. Because they aren't used to eating them intuitively, they don't know how to regulate them and once they start - they literally can't stop.

Does this mean you should avoid advent calendars until adulthood? No, of course not! But it does mean that you should reset your expectations about how your children will interact with them. What's the worst that would happen if they open all of the doors today?

Santa dates and times 🎅🏼🎄
Monday 29th November Intake
Wednesday 1st December lakeside/Hydepark
Friday 3rd December Wheatley
Tursday 14th December Armthorpe
Thursday 16th December Armthorpe
Friday 17th December Claylane

Doncaster Lions Charity,Service organisation

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Did you know a sparkler can reach a temperature of up to 2,000 degrees Celsius – 20 times the boiling point of water. And three sparklers burning together generate the same heat as a blowtorch! The Child Accident Prevention Trust recommend children under 5 years old should not be given sparklers to hold. For children over 5 you can use a carrot to help children hold them safely
https://www.capt.org.uk/fireworks

As the clocks go back an hour next weekend, it is a good idea to think about making small changes to bedtime for you and your family over the course of the next few days.

⏰Gradually start your evening routine later by up to 15 minutes a night starting with teatime and bath time
☀️Don't forget to wake your child up later the next morning if they haven't woken already to gradually change their body clock
✅Start this new routine around Tuesday or Wednesday this week so hopefully you and your child won't notice the changes.

If you need further support or advice about sleep routine please call the Single Point of Contact on 01302 566776 or book a virtual appointment via our ParentPlus e-clinic app.

🎈Places available🎈
Please contact us for more information or to arrange a visit
01302 349499