Little Painters Childcare

Using hammer, golf tees & polystyrene 🔨

* Develops fine motor skills and hand strength.
* Improves hand-eye coordination.
* Encourages concentration and perseverance.
* Supports safe tool use and risk awareness.
* Promotes turn-taking & cooperation.
* Introduces mathematical concepts through counting & positioning.
* Explores cause and effect (hitting harder/softer)
* Builds confidence and independence.

Celebrating diversity, inclusion and belonging! ❤️
Everyone is welcome here 🌈

Love is love ❤️🧡💚💙💜

We have been busy bees this week 🐝
We have learnt lots of 🐝 facts, & even enjoyed honey tasting 🍯

We have been learning all about hedgehogs for ‘hedgehog awareness week’
The children have enjoyed making their own spiky hedgehogs, and finding out lots of interesting facts through a variety of activities!
🦔🦔

This month we have been celebrating National Pet Month, we have been learning how to look after animals properly, and learning about what pets need to stay healthy…like exercise, clean homes, and visits to the vet etc

We have been sharing stories about our own pets, & learning how to be gentle and kind to animals.

Let’s celebrate pets by being caring, responsible, and loving to all animals! 🐶🐱🐟🐭🐀🦎🐇🐈

Happy St George’s Day! 🐉
Little Painters really enjoyed the St George’s parade & making their own flags! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🐑 Feeding Lambs 🍼

We are learning to care for animals!

🌱 We gently feed the lambs milk
🧠 We learn what lambs need to grow
💬 We talk about what we see and do
❤️ We show kindness and care

Number recognition - find the correct number of eggs 🪺 using fine motor control & hand-eye co-ordination

Well done to our litter picking Little Painters!
Not only are we joining the Great British Spring Clean campaign (March 13 to March 29, 2026)
We are also learning new skills! 🗑️ 👏🏻

• PSED: builds responsibility, teamwork, and pride
• Communication: introduces new vocabulary and discussion
• Physical: develops fine and gross motor skills
• Understanding the World: teaches care for the environment
• Maths: counting, sorting, comparing
• Expressive Arts: inspires creative activities

Overall: promotes environmental awareness and active, meaningful learning.

Thank you to all my Little Painters for sharing your books & costumes for world book day! 📕

Lanky Len & the ladybird 🐞
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