Alphabet House Day Nursery West Bridgford

Happy Easter Everyone! 🌷🐇

We hope your day is filled with love, laughter, and lots of chocolate eggs!

Are you in need of some egg-citing activities to keep your little bunnies entertained?

These egg-cellent colouring pages are just what you need! Let the Easter fun begin!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mums and caregivers out there! 🎉👩‍👧‍👦

May your day be as special as you are. 💝 💐

Cheers to a New Year! 🌟

We trust you had a delightful festive season. Today marks the kickoff of our New Year's Resolutions. What exciting goals are you setting for yourself this year? Share your aspirations with us! 🎊📆

ABCs Made Fun - Exciting Ways to Teach Basics! 🎈🔤

Here are some fantastic and playful ways to introduce the ABCs in creative ways:

🎨 Artistic Letters: Get crafty and create each letter using different materials – playdough, buttons, or even leaves from the garden. Learning while crafting!

🎶 Alphabet Song Adventures: Sing the alphabet song while dancing, marching, or hopping around. It's a catchy way to remember those letters!

📚 Letter Hunt: Scour storybooks together and find objects that start with each letter. It's a detective game that enhances letter recognition.

🖍️ Letter Tracing: Use sand, shaving cream, or finger paint for tactile letter tracing. Sensory play meets learning fun!

🧩 Alphabet Puzzle Play: Solve puzzles with letter shapes. It's like piecing together the building blocks of language.

🚗 Car Park Phonics: Use toy cars to park on letters and say their sounds. A playful way to associate letters with their phonetic sounds.

🍰 Baking Letters: Shape cookie dough into letters for alphabet cookies. Learning with a delicious reward!

These activities sprinkle the joy of learning into everyday moments. Share your creative ABC adventures with us using . Let's celebrate the excitement of early literacy together!

Did you know that children have more tastebuds than adults? 🍭

Yes, it's true! Children are born with approximately 10,000 taste buds, while adults typically have around 5,000. These taste buds are the tiny sensory organs on our tongues responsible for detecting different flavours like sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

As we age, some of these taste buds naturally fade away, which is why children can be more sensitive to strong or bitter flavours. This is also one of the reasons why kids can be picky eaters. They might find certain tastes overwhelming that adults don't even notice.

So, the next time a child says their food is too spicy or bitter, it might be because their super taste buds are doing their job extra well! 😄

Crafty Fun for Developing Fine Motor Skills! ✂️🎨

Check out these wonderful craft ideas that'll have your little artists refining their skills while having a blast:

🎈 String Bead Necklaces - Thread colourful beads onto strings to create vibrant necklaces. It's a fine motor workout that results in beautiful accessories!

🖍️ Dot-to-Dot Drawing - Connect the dots to reveal hidden pictures. This activity hones hand-eye coordination while sparking the imagination.

🧵 Felt Shapes Collage - Cut out various shapes from felt and create a tactile masterpiece by glueing them onto a background. Precision and creativity in action!

🎀 Tissue Paper Flowers - Twist, crumple, and shape tissue paper into lovely blossoms. It's a delicate practice that yields delightful results.

🧶 Pipe Cleaner Creations - Bend, twist, and shape pipe cleaners into animals, letters, or abstract designs. It's a twisty challenge that enhances dexterity.

📦 Cardboard Box Creations - Transform cardboard into houses, cars, or anything your child dreams up. Scissor work and folding skills come into play!

These crafty adventures not only result in adorable keepsakes but also help develop essential fine motor skills that lay the foundation for future learning.

The children all had lots of fun on Halloween, they explored the pumpkins and what was inside. As well as finding the seeds and exploring them, the children have carved and decorated a pumpkin with their parents for our pumpkin patch. Some of the children came to nursery dressed up too.
The children also enjoyed a spooky eyeball spaghetti bolognese followed by witches brew jelly and then a party tea.

This playdough not only smells delightful but also provides a wonderful sensory experience for children. Enjoy your pumpkin spice-scented playdough playtime! 🎃🍂🍁

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup water
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Orange food colouring (optional)
Small pumpkin-shaped or Halloween-themed cookie cutters (optional)

Instructions:

Mix Dry Ingredients: In a medium-sized saucepan, whisk together the flour, salt, and cream of tartar.

Add Wet Ingredients: Add the vegetable oil, water, pumpkin pie spice, and a few drops of orange food colouring (if desired) to the dry ingredients. Stir until the mixture is well combined.

Cook Over Low Heat: Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly. It will start out very sticky and gradually thicken. Continue to stir until the mixture forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the saucepan. This usually takes about 3-5 minutes.

Cool and Knead: Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the playdough to cool slightly. Once it's cool enough to handle, knead it on a clean surface until it becomes smooth and pliable.

Play: Your pumpkin spice playdough is ready to be used for creative play! You can use small pumpkin-shaped or Halloween-themed cookie cutters to make fun shapes. Store any unused playdough in an airtight container to keep it fresh.

All ready for our open day. If you are looking for a nursery with lots of outdoor space and warm friendly staff, then feel free to come along today between 9:30am-2pm.

Imagination is the magical ingredient that fuels your child's learning journey. ❤️

We are pleased to announce that we recently had our Food Hygiene Inspection and got the highest rating. Well Done to Tracy for looking after our kitchen for us and providing a range of foods that the children enjoy on a daily basis.

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Alphabet House West Bridgford Nursery & Pre-School Open Day - 21st October We would love to invite you to our Nursery and Pre-School open day on Saturday 21st October 2023.