Children's Corner Childcare Leeds

Today we practised our fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination using tweezers and bumblebee pom-poms! 🐝

The children worked hard to squeeze the tweezers to pick up the bees and carefully transport them into the egg cartons. This fun activity helped to strengthen the small muscles in their hands and fingers, which are important for developing early writing skills, while also encouraging concentration and coordination.

The children loved the challenge and were so proud of their achievements! 🌟

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Children's Corner Childcare is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS and reference checks.

As we welcome in June and celebrate the bees this week, the children decided to create their very own bees using playdough 🐝💛

We have been talking about why bees are so important to our world and how they help flowers, plants and food to grow through pollination. Celebrating bees helps children learn about caring for nature and understanding the important role even the smallest creatures play in our environment 🌼🌍

The children rolled, squashed and shaped the playdough to design their bees while developing fine motor skills, creativity and imagination through hands-on play ✨

The Farsley babies have been exploring a wonderful Monkey Puzzle inspired jungle tuff tray 🐒🌿

The babies enjoyed discovering lots of different sensory elements while naming their favourite animals from the story. From soft textures to exciting jungle animals, the activity encouraged curiosity, communication and imaginative play as the children brought the story to life together 📚✨

Tuff trays are a fantastic way to support early learning as they create open-ended opportunities for children to explore, investigate and learn through hands-on play. Activities like this help to develop language skills, sensory awareness, concentration and creativity while encouraging children to follow their own interests and ideas 💚

For World Mental Health Week, the toddlers have been learning all about self-care and the importance of looking after our bodies and minds 💚✨

The children made their own natural face mask using banana, oats and honey before enjoying a calming spa experience with foot baths and gentle massages. The toddlers even enjoyed giving their friends massages too, helping to encourage kindness, care and positive relationships 🫶🍌🍯

These relaxing experiences support emotional wellbeing, communication and self-awareness while giving the children time to unwind and connect with one another.

Our Farsley toddlers have been taking a closer look at the trees outside and learning all about their different parts 🌳🍃

Using playdough, the children created their own trees, carefully adding leaves while talking about the properties of a tree such as the trunk and branches. This activity encouraged lots of imaginative play, language development and fine motor skills as the toddlers explored the world around them through creativity and discussion ✨

The babies have been busy exploring sand play, transporting sand between containers using their hands and scoops.

Something as simple as introducing another large container creates wonderful opportunities for schematic play, encouraging the children to move, transfer and explore the sand in different ways. These experiences help to support problem solving, coordination, concentration and curiosity as the babies learn through play and discovery.

This morning at Farsley Nursery, our toddlers have been exploring circles using different sized objects to create shape prints on paper 🔵🟠🟡

This fun activity helps to develop so many important skills including fine motor control, hand-eye coordination and early mathematical understanding as the children begin to recognise shapes, sizes and patterns. It also encourages creativity, curiosity and lots of lovely conversations as they explore and experiment together! 🎨✨

Our Valley View toddlers have been having so much fun learning all about colours through science 🌈✨

The children took part in a colourful fizzing experiment using pipettes and food colouring, carefully squeezing and mixing the colours while watching them fizz, bubble, and come to life before their eyes! 🫧🎨

Activities like this are a fantastic way to support early scientific thinking, develop fine motor skills, and encourage curiosity and exploration through hands-on learning. The toddlers loved observing the reactions, experimenting with colour mixing, and talking about the different colours they could see 💚💛💙