Chosen Treasures Early Years

Chosen Treasures Early Years An Early Years Setting where we create the right condition for learning to grow in a loving environm

🌍✨ Exploring “Anansi and the Pot of Beans” — A Caribbean Folk Tale Through Play!Our babies and toddlers have been diving...
05/06/2026

🌍✨ Exploring “Anansi and the Pot of Beans” — A Caribbean Folk Tale Through Play!
Our babies and toddlers have been diving into the colourful world of Anansi, the clever spider from Caribbean folklore! 🕷️💛
Through storytelling, sensory play, and creative exploration, the children have been learning about kindness, sharing, and problem-solving — all while developing early communication, fine motor, and social skills.
🍲 Welcome to Anansi’s Kitchen!
Our home corner transformed into Anansi’s Kitchen — a vibrant space filled with pots, beans, drums, and traditional textures.
Children explored scooping, pouring, and mixing beans, developing hand–eye coordination and early maths skills like counting and comparing quantities. 🧱 Sensory & Creative Play
Using natural materials like beans, sticks, and textured fabrics, our little learners explored touch, sound, and movement.
🌱 Outdoor Learning
Inspired by Anansi’s cleverness and resourcefulness, our toddlers took their learning outdoors! 🌿
They dug in the soil, planted seeds, and talked about how food grows — linking the story’s theme of beans to real-life experiences.
🎨 Creative Expression
Children used paint, glue, and colourful materials to decorate their own “pots of beans.”
They explored textures, colours, and patterns while developing fine motor control and creativity.

Paper maché Anansi Baloon Still in progress… 👀

🕸️ Anansi ModelsUsing our homemade dough, the children practiced their Fine Motor Skills by sculpting their own Anansi s...
26/05/2026

🕸️ Anansi Models
Using our homemade dough, the children practiced their Fine Motor Skills by sculpting their own Anansi spiders. They carefully added legs and googly eyes to bring their characters to life!

Our little scientists turned into ice explorers ! Their task was to rescue Mr Anansi spider from the ice as he could not...
15/05/2026

Our little scientists turned into ice explorers !
Their task was to rescue Mr Anansi spider from the ice as he could not get out!❄️🔍
They investigated frozen treasures, using tools and teamwork to melt, chip, and uncover surprises hidden inside.
This sensory play helped develop fine motor skills, problem-solving, and language as they described textures, temperatures, and changes.
So much excitement as they discovered what was trapped in the ice — science in action, curiosity in bloom! 🌈✨

Anansi the Spider Play Dough Models ! Creative fingers excellently moulded and crafted the playdough into wonderful Mr. ...
15/05/2026

Anansi the Spider Play Dough Models !

Creative fingers excellently moulded and crafted the playdough into wonderful Mr. Anansi figures.

It was amazing to see how just flour, oil salt and a few other ingredients could become an amazing activity used for learning!

We are ready to start a new core book…🔷Learning Theme:Traditional Tales from Around the World 🌎 Core Book:🕷️Anansi and t...
15/05/2026

We are ready to start a new core book…

🔷Learning Theme:

Traditional Tales from Around the World 🌎

Core Book:
🕷️Anansi and the Boastful Bullfrog 🐸

Learning Focus:
Develop life experiences and understanding of cultures through the story of Anansi and the Boastful Bullfrog — a traditional West African and Caribbean tale about wisdom, humility and clever thinking.

Linked Learning:
Exploring emotions and behaviour through storytelling

Exploring habitats and animals from different climates as well as different life stages.
-Counting frogs and spiders – early maths
-Pattern making and sequencing events in stories
-Role play and retelling using puppets and props
-Creating spider webs and frog crafts using fine‑motor skills
-Music and movement inspired by African rhythms
-Exploring maps and learning where the story originates

♦️Developing the Seven Areas of Learning:
Communication & Language: Retelling stories, predicting events, expanding vocabulary.
Personal, Social & Emotional Development: Discussing feelings, fairness, and humility.
Physical Development: Cutting, threading webs, and outdoor movement games.

Literacy: Story sequencing, identifying characters, and exploring rhyming words,mark making

Mathematics: Counting, sorting, and comparing sizes of frogs and spiders.

Understanding the World: Learning about African and Caribbean cultures and animals.

Expressive Arts & Design: Creating crafts, music including african drums and imaginative role play.

Home Learning:
We encourage parents and carers to:
Talk about the story’s message — why it’s better to be kind than boastful.
Explore maps together to find Africa and the Caribbean.
Create a simple spider web craft or frog collage at home.
Share stories from your own family or culture to celebrate diversity and imagination.

On Wednesday 22nd April we travelled all the way to the South Pole — without leaving nursery! 🐧✨The children discovered ...
24/04/2026

On Wednesday 22nd April we travelled all the way to the South Pole — without leaving nursery! 🐧✨
The children discovered fun facts about penguins, explored water and ice play, and acted out how penguins move, huddle and care for their babies.
Learning intentions: early science knowledge, physical development, teamwork and curiosity about the natural world.
A brilliant blend of learning and laughter

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿St George’s Day magic in the making! 🎨❤️From painting bold red crosses to building castles and acting out knightl...
24/04/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿St George’s Day magic in the making! 🎨❤️
From painting bold red crosses to building castles and acting out knightly adventures, the children brought the legend of St George to life.
We talked about the story of St George and the dragon, and why this day is celebrated across England.
Learning intentions: creative expression, early history awareness, language development and confidence through role play.
Tiny hands, big imagination.”

What a EGG-straordinary day at Chosen Treasures Early Years! 🐰✨Our annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Egg Hunt was a whirlw...
27/03/2026

What a EGG-straordinary day at Chosen Treasures Early Years! 🐰✨

Our annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Egg Hunt was a whirlwind of color, creativity, and pure joy! We are still beaming from all the smiles, laughter, and incredible effort our little ones (and their amazing parents!) put into making this day so special.

👒 The Grand Bonnet Parade

The morning kicked off with our highly anticipated Easter Bonnet Parade! From shimmering glitter and fluffy bunny ears to miniature nests filled with chicks and carrots, the craftsmanship was simply top-tier. We saw:

Yellow straw hats blooming with spring flowers.

Sky-blue bonnets topped with tiny hopping bunnies.

Creative tall green “grass” hats that stood out in the crowd!

To celebrate, we formed the most epic conga line ever seen! We danced and wiggled our way around the garden, singing a very spirited rendition of “Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose” at the top of our lungs! 🎶

🥚 The Great Egg Hunt

Once the parade concluded, it was time for the main event: The Great Egg Hunt! 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️ Our little explorers turned into professional detectives, scouring every corner of the outdoor play area.

Discovery: We found shimmering golden eggs hidden in the playhouse.

Teamwork: It was so heartwarming to see the children helping each other fill their baskets with colorful prizes and little toy surprises.

The Prize: Whether it was a plastic egg filled with a treat or a beautiful spring ribbon, the excitement of the “find” was written all over their faces!

❤️ Memories to Last a Lifetime

Days like today remind us why we love what we do. Seeing the children engage in sensory play, practice their coordination during the hunt, and gain confidence showing off their hats is what early years magic is all about. 🌟

A massive THANK YOU to all the families for supporting this event. Your creativity truly brought the spirit of Spring to our nursery!

Which bonnet was your favorite? Let us know in the comments! 👇

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EASTER COLOUR MIXING SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.Today the children explored the wonderful world of pastel colour mixing. We star...
25/03/2026

EASTER COLOUR MIXING SCIENCE EXPERIMENT.

Today the children explored the wonderful world of pastel colour mixing. We started off with a solid white base and slowly added more colours to the oil,milk and water base. It was so cool to observe the colours mixing in with each other! We even gave the Easter bunny a rainbow bath! 🌈🛁🫧 Using the pippetes to squeeze the water into the Easter eggs was a great challenge which helped to develop our fine motor skills.

Our trip to the bakery was very successful and enjoyable.The children had observed all different types of bread (crusty,...
25/03/2026

Our trip to the bakery was very successful and enjoyable.
The children had observed all different types of bread (crusty, loaf, bloomers, rolls,baguettes…) 🥖 🍞 and sweet pastries 🥐🍩. They look in to the bakery room where the saw the oven, trays, bakery trolleys and the cleaning station.
We also bought a wholemeal bread to share and enjoy with all our friends. 🍞🥐
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