Humpty Dumptys Kindergarden

🐛 Caterpillars (Baby Room) 🐛

We’re excited to share a lovely creative activity happening in our Caterpillars room! 💛

Our children are currently exploring their personal, social, and emotional development by making their very own sensory bottles. These special bottles are designed to help them feel calm, safe, and connected.

To make them even more meaningful, we’d love to include photos that are special to your child—this could be family members, pets, or anything that brings them comfort and happiness. 🏡🐾

You can support us in whichever way is easiest for you:
✨ We can provide a bottle for you to take home and decorate together
✨ Email your photos to us at [email protected]
✨ Upload photos via Ovivio (Blossom)

These personal touches will make such a difference and help create something truly special for your child. 💫

Thank you so much for your continued support—we can’t wait to see the children enjoying this activity!

Humpty Dumpty Supports Autism Awareness!

On Thursday 2nd April, Humpty Dumpty is helping support Autism Awareness Day and we’d love everyone to join in! We’re asking if you can bring your child in wearing blue to show support and help spread awareness.

It’s a simple way to get involved and talk to children about being kind, understanding, and celebrating everyone’s differences.

Thank you for helping us support such an important cause 💙

What a flipping flippin’ fabulous Pancake Day we had in baby room! 🥞✨

Our Caterpillars celebrated this yummy occasion by diving straight into a wonderfully sensory adventure inspired by everyone’s favourite treat – pancakes! 😋💛

Our tray was filled with gloopy, stretchy oobleck that seemed to have a mind of its own. One minute it was runny and drippy… the next it turned solid in their tiny hands! 🤭 Our little ones were completely mesmerised as they scooped, stirred, squashed and splashed using spoons, whisks and even real lemons. It was busy, buzzy and beautifully messy! 🥣

And then came the lemons… 🍋

Oh my goodness! A few brave little ones had a tiny taste and WOW — the sour surprise brought out the most amazing funny faces! 😆 We saw squinty eyes, puckered lips and lots of laughter as they reacted to the zingy flavour. 🍋⚡️

This sensory celebration supported the EYFS framework in so many exciting ways:

🌟Communication and Language – We introduced fun new words like mix, squash, gloopy, sticky and sour.

🌟Physical Development – All that scooping, squeezing and stirring strengthened little fingers and supported hand–eye coordination.

🌟Personal, Social and Emotional Development – Exploring new textures and tastes built confidence, curiosity and resilience in a safe, nurturing environment.

🌟Understanding the World – Watching the oobleck change from liquid to solid sparked early scientific thinking as the babies investigated cause and effect through hands-on exploration.

What a wonderfully messy, magical morning full of learning, laughter and lemony surprises! 🥞🍋

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk

🌈✨ Children’s Mental Health Week ✨🌈

This week at Humpty Dumpty’s we’ve been busy exploring ways to understand our feelings, find calm, and look after our wellbeing 💚

🐛 Caterpillars discovered the magic of sensory bags — squishing, sliding and exploring textures to help regulate big emotions and find a moment of calm.

🐞 Ladybirds enjoyed a soothing self-care water tray, complete with gentle play, relaxation time, and even mini face masks! A lovely way to explore self-care and mindfulness through play.

🦋 Butterflies took their wellbeing into the woods! On a peaceful nature walk, they collected sticks and natural treasures to create their very own worry dolls — a beautiful way to talk about feelings and let go of worries.

Through these experiences, the children have been learning how to recognise emotions, develop calming strategies, and understand the importance of looking after their mental health.

These activities link closely to the EYFS framework:
💬 Personal, Social and Emotional Development – managing feelings and behaviour
🌿 Understanding the World – exploring nature and environments
🎨 Expressive Arts and Design – creativity to express thoughts and feelings

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk

This week in the Baby Room, our little ones enjoyed a magical celebration of National Story Week through lots of sensory, messy and hands-on experiences inspired by much-loved traditional tales. 📚✨

Our babies didn’t just listen to stories… they lived them!

We huffed and puffed our way through The Three Little Pigs as the babies built houses with wooden blocks and different materials for example lollipop sticks and spaghetti. They squealed with delight as they knocked them down again and again! 🐷

Then came the wonderfully messy fun of Goldilocks and the Three Bears! Bowls, spoons and porridge everywhere as little hands scooped, mixed, patted and squished. The babies loved feeling the different textures while hearing familiar story words and joining in with the experience through their senses. 🐻🥣

All of these amazing experiences supported key areas of the EYFS:

🌟 Communication & Language – listening to story words and engaging with familiar tales
🌟 Physical Development – building, grasping, scooping and exploring textures and objects
🌟 Personal, Social & Emotional Development – exploring confidently alongside others
🌟 Literacy – building an early love of stories and books
🌟 Mathematics – exploring size through big and small bowls, spoons and furniture
🌟 Understanding the World – investigating materials, textures and objects through sensory and small world play
🌟 Expressive Arts & Design – sensory exploration and early imaginative play

What a wonderful week of laughter, learning, storytelling and gloriously messy fun in Caterpillars!🐛👶🏻

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk

❄️✨ Snow Day Magic — Learning Through Winter Wonder! ✨❄️

This week the caterpillars had the most magical experience — adventuring out in the snow! With cosy suits, warm hats, and curious smiles, they explored the crisp, sparkling world around them. Little hands reached out to touch the fluffy snow, tiny boots crunched across the ground, and joyful giggles filled the air as snowflakes landed softly on their cheeks. ☃️

This wasn’t just a fun winter experience — it was a rich learning opportunity, closely linked to the principles of Birth to 5 Matters.

🌟 Sensory Exploration & Curiosity
Babies explored new textures, temperatures, and sounds — developing their early understanding of the world through hands-on discovery.

🌟 Physical Development
Moving across snowy ground encouraged balance, coordination, and gross motor skills as babies crawled, toddled, and stepped through new terrain — strengthening their confidence as active learners.

🌟 Communication & Language
We used rich vocabulary such as cold, snowy, crunchy, soft, and sparkly. Practitioners modelled language through conversation, singing winter songs, and responding to babies’ gestures and sounds.

🌟 Personal, Social & Emotional Development
Shared smiles, reassurance, and gentle encouragement supported secure relationships and emotional wellbeing — helping babies feel safe to explore and try new experiences.

The snow may melt… but the memories — and learning — will last much longer. ❄️🤍

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📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk

From everyone here at Humpty Dumpty’s we wish all our families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄✨

Toddler Christmas Fun in Full Swing!🎄

Our toddlers have been busy throughout December exploring lots of festive Christmas activities and loving every moment! ✨

We got creative with Christmas stamping, helped decorate our Christmas tree, and practiced our skills by cutting Father Christmas bread — such wonderful hands-on learning. 🎅🏻✂️

The fun continued with magical Christmas crafts, including making a snow globe, exploring a melted snowman tray, ⛄️ and creating beautiful Christmas cards to share with loved ones. 💌

So much sensory play, creativity, and Christmas cheer packed into one joyful day!
Our room is full of smiles, sparkle, and festive magic 💫

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk

🚂✨ “All aboard!” ✨🚂

Today at Humpty Dumpty’s Kindergarten, we hopped on The Polar Express and took a magical journey straight into the heart of Christmas spirit 🎄

With music playing and imaginations running wild, our little passengers climbed aboard Humpty Dumpty’s specially decorated role-play train, with their very own golden ticket! Through snowy landscapes as they enjoyed hot chocolate topped with cream and sprinkles (because “It’s hot! Hot! HOT!” ☕😄). As well as happily munching on a homemade gingerbread biscuit. 🍪 There was laughter, excitement, and just the right amount of festive silliness as we embraced the magic of the season.

Caterpillar fun continued with extended play as they explored a hot chocolate gloop messy tray, squishing, stirring, and discovering new textures, making the whole experience cosy, creative, and full of festive joy 🎨

As the story reminds us, “The thing about trains… it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on.”
And today, our children jumped on board with excitement, curiosity, and joy ❤️

Moments like these help create magical memories while supporting learning through play—true to the heart of the EYFS and the spirit of Christmas ✨

🚂🎄 “Just remember… the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” 🎄🚂

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk

Christmas Magic in Our Preschool Room!🎄💫

Our little elves had the best time exploring Christmas activities throughout December. Tiny hands were busy unwrapping toys with big excitement and even bigger smiles 🎁😊

We got creative with festive sensory fun too — making a Gingerbread Man out of Weetbix, crafting a candy cane using rice and shaving foam and exploring lots of different textures along the way!

These playful activities support fine motor skills, creativity, and plenty of Christmas cheer
So much learning, laughter, and festive fun all in one room! 🎅🏻🎄

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk



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In the Caterpillars Room, the children have been joyfully exploring the magic of Christmas throughout the month of December with a wonderful variety of festive activities. They loved decorating their very own Christmas tree, carefully hanging colourful baubles and sparkling tinsel while learning all about the festive period. 🎄 ✨

The caterpillars also got creative, making their own Christmas cards, personalised calendars and adorable sock snowmen to take home ☃️

Their festive adventure continued with a special trip to the garden centre, where they searched for twinkling Christmas lights and beautiful decorations which left them surrounded by bright displays, shining ornaments, and the warm glow of holiday cheer, they had a fantastic time discovering the sights and sounds of the season together. 💖

What a festive December it has been!

📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Call: 01603 866477
🛜 Website: www.humptyskindergarden.co.uk