18/10/2024
Today, we celebrated World Singing Day with an exciting activity for the children. We set up a stage where they could explore performing and try singing or speaking into the microphone. As expected, our little stars were initially shy and nervous, but they showed incredible bravery by stepping out in front of their friends. It was a fantastic achievement, and a beautiful display of growing confidence!
It was heartwarming to see how they supported each other, and the stage became a space for not just performances, but for building self-esteem and nurturing friendships.
10/10/2024
Today's activity! The space ✨
02/10/2024
An autumn-themed tuff tray with red lentils, spoons, leaves, play mushrooms, and a hedgehog can offer several learning opportunities for toddlers:
Sensory Exploration: The different textures of lentils, leaves, and mushrooms help stimulate their sense of touch. The bright colors of the lentils and leaves engage their sense of sight.
Fine Motor Skills: Using spoons to scoop lentils helps toddlers develop hand-eye coordination and strengthens their fine motor skills, which are essential for writing and self-feeding.
Imaginative Play: Play mushrooms and hedgehogs encourage imaginative storytelling. They may create their own scenarios involving woodland creatures, developing creativity and language skills.
Cognitive Development: Sorting and counting leaves, mushrooms, or scooping lentils introduce early math concepts like counting, comparing sizes, and categorizing.
Language Development: Talking about autumn objects like leaves, mushrooms, and hedgehogs expands their vocabulary. They learn words related to nature and seasons.
Cause and Effect: Scooping and pouring lentils helps toddlers understand cause and effect, learning that actions (like pouring) lead to results (lentils moving from one place to another).
02/09/2024
Today's Activity: Exploring Coconuts for World Coconut Day! 🌴
Hey kids! Today, we’re going to have some fun learning about coconuts because it’s World Coconut Day!
Touch and Feel:
We’ll look at a real coconut! Feel its rough shell and hear the water sloshing inside.
Tasting Time:
Let’s try some coconut water. It’s sweet and refreshing! We can also taste some coconut pieces—yum!
Story Time:
We’ll read a fun story about a coconut tree and how it grows tall and strong by the sea.
Coconut Play:
We’ll roll a coconut like a ball and see how far it goes! It’s like bowling but with coconuts.
Today is all about coconuts—touching, tasting, and playing. Let’s have fun!
13/07/2024
Dear Parents,
Thank you for attending the graduation ceremony and for the generous gifts! Your support and involvement have created wonderful memories that will be cherished. It has been a joy to work with your children and see them grow.
It has been a privilege to be a part of your children's journey. We are grateful for the trust you placed in us and for the wonderful moments we've shared.
With gratitude,
Childcare Happy Day
10/07/2024
Early years learning about Dinosaurs 🦕 🙌 Recent activities 😀
24/06/2024
Using cardboard body parts and features to create a full body offers several learning benefits for children:
Fine Motor Skills Development:
Manipulating cardboard pieces to fit together enhances children’s hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
Spatial Awareness:
Children learn to understand how different parts relate to each other spatially, fostering an early grasp of geometry and spatial reasoning.
Anatomical Knowledge:
Assembling body parts helps children learn the names, positions, and functions of various human body parts, promoting early anatomical awareness.
Problem-Solving Skills:
Figuring out how to connect the pieces requires critical thinking and problem-solving, as they must determine the correct order and orientation.
Creativity and Imagination:
Children can explore their creativity by possibly customizing or imagining how these parts come together, which also supports artistic expression.
Cognitive Development:
The activity supports cognitive skills such as memory (remembering where each part goes), sequencing (understanding the order of assembly), and logical thinking.
Language and Communication:
Discussing the parts and their connections can enhance vocabulary and communication skills, as children describe what they are doing or collaborate with peers.
Teamwork and Collaboration:
Working with others to assemble the body can teach cooperation, sharing, and teamwork.
Confidence and Independence:
Successfully assembling the body boosts children’s confidence and encourages independent learning and self-efficacy.
Concept of the Whole and Its Parts:
Children gain an understanding of how individual parts come together to form a complete whole, which is a fundamental concept in various areas of learning.
These educational benefits make such hands-on activities a valuable tool in early childhood education, combining physical, cognitive, and social development elements.
09/04/2024
Today we are learning about birds in spring 🐦🦉🐦
Introducing toddlers to birds in spring can offer several benefits, including:
Learning Opportunities: Toddlers can learn about different bird species, their behaviors, and habitats, fostering an early interest in nature and science.
Sensory Exploration: Birdwatching engages multiple senses, such as sight and sound, helping toddlers develop observational skills and spatial awareness.
Language Development: Talking about birds and their characteristics can enhance toddlers' vocabulary and language skills as they describe what they see and hear.
Emotional Development: Connecting with nature, including birds, can promote emotional well-being and empathy in toddlers as they develop a sense of wonder and appreciation for the world around them.
Cognitive Stimulation: Identifying birds and observing their behaviors stimulates toddlers' cognitive abilities, including memory, attention, and problem-solving skills.
Overall, introducing toddlers to birds in spring provides valuable learning experiences and promotes a deeper connection to the natural world.
16/02/2024
Home Corner and Dramatic Play with a little touch back in time ⏳
The home corner area provides comfort and is a cosy environment where children feel safe, and comfortable and feel like being at home. 🏠 It is an important part as children develop many skills by acting in various roles or bringing experience from familiar scenes.
Dramatic play encourages and teaches children to self-regulate emotions and actions as they tend to act impulsive. By engaging in dramatic play, children have a fun experience with their friends as well as learn to follow rules, stick to them and coordinate their impulses.
12/02/2024
Children can learn a variety of things from a forest-themed play setup with animals, pinecones, and pine needles. Here are some examples:
Nature Awareness: They become more aware of the natural world around them by interacting with forest elements like pinecones and pine needles.
Creativity: Engaging with the materials allows them to use their imagination and creativity to create stories and scenarios involving the forest animals.
Fine Motor Skills: Handling small objects like pinecones can help develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Sensory Exploration: Feeling the textures of pinecones and pine needles provides sensory stimulation and helps children learn about different tactile sensations.
Language Development: As they engage in pretend play with forest animals, children may naturally develop their language skills by describing the animals and their actions.
Scientific Concepts: They may learn basic scientific concepts such as the life cycle of trees, the habitats of forest animals, and the role of pinecones in seed dispersal.
Social Skills: Playing with others in a forest-themed setting encourages cooperation, sharing, and communication, fostering important social skills.
Environmental Awareness: Through play, children can develop a deeper appreciation for nature and gain understanding of the importance of preserving forest ecosystems.
Overall, a forest-themed play setup can provide numerous learning opportunities while also fostering a love for nature and imaginative play.
26/01/2024
A collection of recent winter activities! There is so much learning, joy, imagination, curiosity and exploration!
12/01/2024
Learning initiate sounds W is for Whisk
We engage children hands-on by introducing a playful activity involving a whisk and eggs. We create a simple recipe like scrambled eggs, emphasising the letter "W" for whisk. We use colourful visuals, involve them in the process, and narrate the steps enthusiastically. We reinforce the letter association through the game related to whisking. Other learning opportunities for whisking eggs include developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and sensory awareness.
10/01/2024
Winter prints displays in educational settings can teach children various things. They can learn about different winter animals, such as polar bears, penguins, or snow owls, fostering an understanding of biodiversity and habitats. Additionally, they might explore winter landscapes, weather changes, and seasonal activities, encouraging discussions about climate and seasonal variations. Such displays can also introduce concepts like hibernation, migration, or adaptations animals undergo in winter, offering insights into biology and ecology in an engaging way.
09/01/2024
Arctic tuff tray invitation to play and explore brings excellent benefits for children. 🧊🧊🧊
Playing with ice helps children develop their fine motor skills, such as their grip strength, hand-eye coordination, and dexterity. Exploring ice stimulates all senses, including touch, sight, hearing, and (sometimes!) taste.🧊🧊🧊
Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity.
Children develop various skills and processes such as problem-solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.
We added some arctic animals to explore in addition to the ice🧊🐻❄️🐧🐻❄️🐧🐳
12/12/2023
It's time to shine! Here is our special Christmas singing session with stage and microphones! Is going to be so much fun!
11/12/2023
Today our children enjoyed snow play! What are the benefits? Cognitive abilities - Problem-solving as they explore the texture and properties of the snow. Mathematical concepts - Counting or patterning with the accessories. Language skills - Introducing new vocabulary related to the activity such as 'soft,' 'smooth,' 'cold,' 'white,' etc.