Nature’s Nursery Barn

Yesterday I participated in a course “supporting wellbeing outdoors”
I took a lot away from it that I hope to implement in our setting. ☀️ -Meg

Here are some activity ideas ❤️
Using natural resources for crafting such as candle making and flower arranging in frames
Yoga and mindfulness
Sanctuary building with trees, blankets and bamboo
Mud painting
Whittling sticks with potato peelers and toasting crumpets on the fire
Gratitude scavenger hunt
Making honey from dandelions
Making charcoals out of sticks to make pencils
Flag designing with flowers and leaves
Bird watching and identifying birds using the Merlin app
Crafting wreaths and crowns from willow
🧘‍♀️☀️🌿🪶🍯🌸

We have an opportunity for a apprenticeship within our setting ❤️
Become a level 3 early years educator ❤️

⏰⌚This morning in Pre-school, we have been interested in the time! Following their interests, we decided to make our own clocks.

The children talked about their favourite time of the day - "my favourite time is tea time" "I like bedtime because mummy reads me a story" "nighttime"!

We also talked about the different ways to tell the time such as a watch, a phone and even Big Ben! The children learnt about number and enjoyed counting out loud ⏰⌚

Learning about time helps children by promoting:

•Math readiness
•Independence
•Security and routine
•Patience and self-regulation
•Responsibility

In the moment 🩻🚑🚨

This morning the children were inquisitive about a replica Epi pen we have in pre school. This opened conversation with the children about why we have Epi pens and what they are used for. The children took it in turns to administer the
pen. Each asking questions and opening conversation.

It gave us some fantastic words for our wonderful words boards.
🚨 Allergy
🚨 Adrenaline
🚨Wind pipe

We followed on with activities such as labeling parts of the body, making X-ray pictures and learning about what is in a first aid kit.

We are recruiting
Level 3 practitioners £13.25 per hour

Congratulations to our April employee of the month... Lottie 💖

🌿 For being a good team player
🌿 For integrating well with the team
🌿 Having a positive impact on the children
🌿 Setting up exciting activities and always being smiley and positive

Lottie has been amazing new addition to our 2's and has worked super hard.

We are so proud of Lottie, well done! Enjoy your prize, you deserve it☺️

Preschool has been learning how to properly wipe their bottoms today, listening very well to Nina about how much toilet roll they should use, how many times they should wipe and where they should put the toilet roll once it wipes clean. 💩🚽🧻🧴