Little Oaks Childminding

I am currently on maternity leave, I am not checking messages on a regular basis, I currently do not know when I will be returning to work.

We LOVE puddles 💦

We changed up our week this week, we went to forest school on Monday. We made rainbow bread to toast and listened to story about a Nightingale. First time having a go at archery for Lucas.

Tuesday we went to Home Farm at Attingham and fed the new lambs and Dave the goat. The kids loved all the animals and ride on tractors.

Wednesday we enjoyed some time at the allotment helping out including podding some beans ready for planting.

A few photos from our week.

We’ve been to Attingham Park and had a picnic in the deer park 🦌

We’ve been back to RAF Cosford museum to see the new Chinook helicopter 🚁

We went and fed the ducks at Dothill nature reserve 🦆

And today we’ve been to Wrekin Forest School where we’ve planted potatoes and made chocolate orange brownies which we cooked on the fire 🌳

This afternoon we’ve made Mini eggs cookies 🍪

We’ve been enjoying the sunshine this week, lots of fun activities. The garden equipment came back out and we’ve been to the playground.

We got creative in the garden with paints and canvasses….paint splattering, using sponges and forks to make different marks.

We’ve baked cakes for Mum’s 🧁

I’m now looking forward to a couple of days off 😎

First forest school of the year! It’s one of our favourite places to be, the kids have missed it 🌳😀

A few photos from our week of fun!

Jam splats and lemon wedges - pancake counting 🥞 part of our pancake cake themed day.

First we counted the number of dots on our pancakes, we when needed to match the right number of jam splats or lemon wedges to that number. For Nell I also progressed it to ‘if I gave you one lemon wedge, how many jam splats would you need to get to five’.

Play dough pancakes followed by the real things 🥞

We started the week with a half term treat, a circus skills day at . The girls had a go on aerial hoop and hammock and enjoyed plenty of jumping on the arch mat.

At home we’ve built train tracks, castles, worked on our balance and colouring matching.

Today the sun shone so we headed back outside to and explored dens, climbed trees and wandered through the snowdrops

It’s and here are a few favourites of ours. All are great kids days out!

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Wrekin Forest School & Adventure Centre (1,2)
Attingham Park NT (3,4)
RAF Cosford Museum (5,6)
The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Blist Hill (7)
Boscobel House (8)
Dothill Local Nature Reserve (9)
Dudmaston Estate NT Comer woods (10)

It’s been a wet week ☔️ but that hasn’t stopped our fun!

We’ve enjoyed making Valentine cards and playing in the sensory tray with coloured rice and pasta. We’ve been to two playgroups and to the library. One of the favourite games to play at home this week has been ‘shopping lists’ which is a great memory game.

Today we’ve been to Jungleland, everyone loved going on the train, then we went to a cafe for lunch and now we are home keeping out of Storm Eunice’s way whilst enjoying a film as a treat 🤩

Puffy paint Valentine hearts ❤️

We’ve packed in the fun over the last 3 days.

Exploring the dens in Comer Woods, playgroup and today we’ve been back to RAF Cosford. It’s a firm favourite ✈️

It’s a short week for me this week, I’m looking forward to a couple of days off 😀

⛩Chinese New Year⛩

Tiger hand puppets 🐯 and Toilet roll lanterns 🏮

Wow what a week!

Dothill to feed the ducks and a play in the playground.

for lots of outdoor fun and activities.

Cosford (again!) it’s definitely a favourite place to go.

for Mini Mammoths this morning, a new playgroup for us. Great fun being able to explore the museum and interact with the exhibits.

Fiddly Fingers - Threading

We’ve been working on our threading skills this week with our colourful spiders 🕷 and Hey Duggee blocks. A great skill for working hand strength and dexterity, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination

Happy Nell, some baking trays and cupcake cases 🧁 play doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated to be lots of fun!

A few photos from our week of fun. We’ve been for stomps in the woods and fed the swans, we’ve been to playgroup and today we spent it at Cosford ✈️

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookies 🍪

A super easy recipe to do with little ones.

100g oats
100g caster sugar (use less if you prefer you biscuits not too sweet)
100g peanut butter
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
30g chocolate of your choice (I didn’t have any chocolate chips so we used chocolate spread this time, worked just as well swirled through)

Place everything in a bowl and mix together. Roll into balls and place on baking tray. Cook for 10-12 mins at 190 degrees.

Will make between 12 and 14 cookies.

Fancy dress play has been a firm favourite for the start of this week!

Paper plate Dinosaurs 🦖🦕

Is there anything better than splashing in puddles?!! 💦

Percy the Park Keep trail at today, we’ve played in the mud, raced wheelbarrows, had our first picnic of the year and had a play in Percy’s hut!

Merry Snowman Christmas 🎅🏼🎄⛄️🎁

The last make before the holidays was these wonderful pompom snowmen

Bottle tops Christmas wreaths ♻️ the first of this weeks makes. This is a great one for talking about recycling with kids. The girls enjoyed working on their threading skills which is great for fine-motor skills development.

A few photos from our week, we’ve made snowflakes and lollipop stick Father Christmas 🎅🏼, baked cakes, and had a fun morning at soft play. One major highlight was seeing Roy the window cleaner!

Toilet roll Snowflakes ❄️🧻 this weeks Christmas make

The last ToriArts Studios playgroup of the year, the girls spent the hour Christmas crafting away 🎅🏼

Painting Robins at forest school earlier

Playgroup Christmas - Nativity⭐️ and meeting Father Christmas🎅🏼

🎅🏼Giant Christmas baubles for this weeks make🎄

A few photos from our week 🎄

🎄Our first Christmas make of the year, lollipop Christmas trees🎄

🎄Everyone loved picking their colours for the pipe cleaners and decorating their trees in sequins, glitter and pom-poms🎄

This week we’ve seen Christmas decorations and displays🎄, had fun in soft play, been to two playgroups where we had lots of fun crafting, we’ve dressed up in fancy dress, coloured in snowmen☃️ and made paper snowflakes❄️ and we’ve been to forest school 🌳

Den building, tall towers, watercolour painting, play groups, feeding the ducks and stepping stones just some of our fun this week.

Nell and me have a last minute day off so we are off to see Nanny and Grandad. Happy Friday everyone 🤩

A few photos from our week 😀

🍂🍂🍂 Bonfire making for toasting marshmallows in the park the other day. Made out of leaves and twigs 🍂🍂🍂 the best fun can be had outside! 🍂🍂🍂

Our week of fun 😀

ToriArts Studios
Attingham Park NT
Wrekin Forest School & Adventure Centre

🎆Remember, remember, the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot 🎇

We have been learning this afternoon about Guy Fawkes, bonfires and fireworks. We have enjoyed making our toilet roll fireworks and our bonfire pictures from leaves and sticks collected from forest school this morning.