Little Rays of Sunshine Daycare

Little Rays of Sunshine Daycare Here at Little Rays of Sunshine, we see the children at the heart of everything we do.

Today, we continued with our autumn theme and explored colours, textures and animals through play. The children enjoyed ...
02/10/2026

Today, we continued with our autumn theme and explored colours, textures and animals through play. The children enjoyed discovering different autumnal colours and textures while engaging in imaginative and sensory activities. We also explored a variety of animals, encouraging the children to develop their language, creativity and curiosity through play.

Last few days in Rainbow room!🌈
02/10/2026

Last few days in Rainbow room!🌈

Thursday and Friday in the sunshine room💕
02/10/2026

Thursday and Friday in the sunshine room💕

Today, in the raindrops room, we have been little independent investigators, exploring and discovering what was inside o...
30/09/2026

Today, in the raindrops room,
we have been little independent investigators, exploring and discovering what was inside our treasure basket. We really enjoyed having a look through all the different sensory objects, exploring their textures, shapes and colours. There were lots of bright, beautiful autumn colours to enjoy as we investigated and explored! 🍂🧡

Today in Sunshine Room, we enjoyed becoming independent investigators! 🕵️‍♀️ Inspired by our story of the week, The Gruf...
30/09/2026

Today in Sunshine Room, we enjoyed becoming independent investigators! 🕵️‍♀️ Inspired by our story of the week, The Gruffalo Granny , we made our very own mouse soup! 🐭🥣 The children loved exploring a variety of vegetables, using their senses to investigate them and becoming confident communicators as they talked about the different colours, shapes, textures and tastes. They also shared their experiences of which vegetables they enjoy eating at home.
The children then became curious creators as they made their own soup, following their very own recipes. 👩‍🍳 It was wonderful to see the children fully engaged in this hands-on experience, sharing ideas, making choices and developing their independence while having lots of fun! 🌟

🍂 Do you have any autumn treasures hiding in your garden? 🍎🌿We are looking for some natural resources to help fill our m...
29/09/2026

🍂 Do you have any autumn treasures hiding in your garden? 🍎🌿

We are looking for some natural resources to help fill our mud kitchen and would love to make use of any treasures you might have at home!
If you have any dried leaves, sticks, pine cones, conkers, acorns, twigs or other natural autumn treasures that you no longer need, we would be very grateful if you could share them with us. 🍁

We’d also love to hear from anyone who has fruit trees or berry bushes. Do you still have any apples, pears or berries growing that you would be happy for us to use? 🍎🍐🫐

The apples and pears could make some wonderful additions to our mud kitchen, while berries could be used for natural painting and colour mixing. 🎨

If you have anything you think our little explorers might enjoy, please send it our way!
Thank you for helping us fill our garden with lots of wonderful natural treasures. 💚🌿

🍂 Wellbeing Warriors 🍂This week, we have been Wellbeing Warriors, focusing on working together and exploring the world a...
29/09/2026

🍂 Wellbeing Warriors 🍂
This week, we have been Wellbeing Warriors, focusing on working together and exploring the world around us.
Our story this week has been Guess How Much I Love You in the Autumn, which has inspired lots of exciting autumn-themed learning. 🍁

Our focus has been Understanding the World, and we have enjoyed working as a team to make our very own playdough. We explored different smells and added ingredients such as cinnamon and orange, talking about how they smelled and how they made us feel.

We also made our own autumn leaf soup, using natural objects we collected and explored. We investigated leaves, sticks, pumpkins and a range of other autumn objects, using our senses to look closely, feel, smell and talk about what we discovered.

It has been a wonderful week of teamwork, sensory exploration and discovering the changes that autumn brings! 🍂🎃🧡

LRS2🤍All About Autumn 🍂This week, we have enjoyed becoming confident communicators as we explored the different items we...
29/09/2026

LRS2🤍
All About Autumn 🍂

This week, we have enjoyed becoming confident communicators as we explored the different items we can find during autumn. We used lots of descriptive words to talk about and describe the autumn items we discovered, such as spiky, soft, smooth, crunchy and rough.

We also developed our fine motor skills by using tweezers to carefully explore, pick up and collect a variety of autumn items. It was wonderful to see the children showing curiosity, sharing their ideas and using new vocabulary as they explored the seasonal changes around us.

Monday and Tuesday in Rainbow room🌈This week we are exploring our new autumn topic. We have been independent investigato...
29/09/2026

Monday and Tuesday in Rainbow room🌈
This week we are exploring our new autumn topic. We have been independent investigators exploring within autumn treasures as well as being curious creators using our natural materials to create a range of different marks🍂🍃

What a fun-filled day Sunshine Room has had today! 🥰🍂We have enjoyed exploring a variety of natural materials outdoors, ...
29/09/2026

What a fun-filled day Sunshine Room has had today! 🥰🍂

We have enjoyed exploring a variety of natural materials outdoors, talking about different textures and colours, and sharing our own experiences of where we have seen these natural treasures before.

We used all of our senses as we explored — listening to the satisfying crunch of the leaves 🍁, smelling the different herbs 🌿, and using our hands to investigate and discover lots of wonderful autumn treasures.

We also had a very special celebration today as we celebrated one of our friends’ birthdays! 🎂🎈 They kindly brought in a cake for us all to enjoy. We sang Happy Birthday together before sitting down for snack and listening to a lovely story.

What a wonderful day full of exploring, learning, celebrating and making memories! 🥰🍂📚

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6 Oxford Road
Hartlepool
TS255SR

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm

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+441429286332

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