The Rainbow Nursery

Enjoying ice pops in the warm weather🌞❤️

Baby Room activities this week 🤩🥰

Blue oobleck and sand ocean play 🌊🐟🐙

The children explored blue oobleck and sand ocean play, using their hands to investigate different textures and materials. They enjoyed squishing, scooping, and making marks in the sensory tray while developing their fine motor skills and sensory awareness.

Put the fire out using water 🔥💦🚒

The children took part in a fun water activity where they used water to put out pretend fires. This encouraged hand-eye coordination, problem-solving skills, and an understanding of cause and effect as they watched the water extinguish the flames.

Painting England flags for the world cup ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

To celebrate the upcoming World Cup, the children enjoyed painting England flags. They explored colour and mark-making while taking part in a themed creative activity that encouraged self-expression and participation in a shared event.

Squidging paint under cling film 🫟🎨

The babies enjoyed squidging paint under cling film, exploring colours, patterns, and movement in a safe and sensory-rich way. This activity encouraged curiosity and supported early creative development.

Feeding animals using spoons and plastic cups 🐷🐶🐐

The children engaged in imaginative play by feeding toy animals using spoons and plastic cups. This activity supported fine motor development, hand control, and nurturing skills while encouraging role play.

Painting Tinfoil 🖌️🧑‍🎨

The children explored painting on tinfoil, discovering how paint moves and spreads across a shiny, reflective surface. They enjoyed experimenting with colours and marks while developing their creativity and sensory awareness.

Today, the toddlers enjoyed a sensory rescue activity where sea animals were frozen inside blocks of ice. Using spoons as tools, the children carefully chipped, scraped, and tapped the ice to help free the animals. They showed great curiosity as they explored the cold texture of the ice and watched it melt in their hands. The activity encouraged fine motor skill development, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving as the children worked out the best ways to rescue the sea creatures. Throughout the experience, the toddlers used language to describe what they could see and feel, while learning about sea animals and their habitats in a fun and engaging way.🐠🐬🐳🐙

Please look out for your childrens leaving party invitation and graduation ceremony tickets!!🥳🎉❤️,
please note we are limited to 2 adults per child due to space, we look forward to seeing you all and celebrating our little preschoolers🥳😃❤️

This week in pre school we have been focusing on healthy eating and how to look after our bodies, today we have been cutting up our own healthy fruits and talking about how they are healthy, what they feel like, what they smell like and how they grow. 🥔🍎🍉🍅🌶️🫑

What we have done this week in baby room 🦕🚧🫧🥣🐷🎨

Dinosaur Swamp Play 🦕🦖

Children explored a dinosaur swamp created with coloured water and dinosaur figures. This sensory activity encouraged curiosity, imaginative play, and early language development as practitioners introduced descriptive words such as “wet,” and “splash.” The water texture supported sensory exploration while handling the dinosaurs helped develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Painting Ice 🖌️🫟🎨

Babies investigated ice blocks using paint and brushes. They observed how the ice felt cold and watched the colours mix as the ice melted. This activity promoted sensory development, early scientific thinking, and creativity. Children were encouraged to explore cause and effect while strengthening their grasp and coordination through painting movements.

Bubble pop 🫧

Children enjoyed exploring and popping bubbles as they floated through the air. This activity encouraged physical development as babies reached, stretched, crawled, and moved to chase the bubbles. It supported hand-eye coordination and visual tracking skills as children followed the bubbles’ movements. The experience also promoted communication and language development through laughter, excitement, and the introduction of new words such as “bubble,” “pop,” and “float.” The sensory nature of the activity created opportunities for engagement, curiosity, and social interaction with peers and practitioners.

Clean the Muddy Pigs 🐷 🐖

Toy pigs covered in mud ( hot chocolate and cold water ) were provided alongside clean water, sponges, and brushes. Children enjoyed washing the pigs clean, developing fine motor skills through scrubbing and squeezing. The activity supported imaginative play and introduced simple concepts of care and hygiene. It also encouraged concentration and problem-solving as children worked to remove the mud.

Foam, Silver Bowls and Spoons 🥄 🥣

Children explored soft foam presented in silver bowls with a variety of spoons. They scooped, stirred, and transferred the foam between containers, supporting sensory exploration and fine motor development. The reflective bowls captured children’s attention and encouraged visual investigation. This activity also promoted early mathematical concepts such as filling, emptying, and quantity.

Soil and Diggers 🚧🧱👷‍♀️

A tray filled with soil, toy diggers, and construction vehicles provided opportunities for exploratory play. Children used the diggers to scoop, push, and transport soil, strengthening hand muscles and coordination. The activity encouraged imaginative play, problem-solving, and an understanding of the world as children explored different textures and learned about construction-themed resources.

Today the children have enjoyed a Maths lesson with Dan, learning counting skills, shapes, ordering and categorising objects in groups alongside sharing and turn taking. Well Done Pre School 🥇😃

Happy Lohri!
Wishing everyone celebrating a joyful Lohri filled with bonfire warmth, blessings, and new beginnings.
May this festival bring prosperity and happiness to all! ✨💛