Cocoon Childcare

🦖🌋 Dino Week Adventures Are Underway! 🌿🦕

This week we are stomping into Dinosaur Week after our Kimmage Junior Preschool children showed a huge interest in all things prehistoric and with National Dinosaur Day coming up on the 1st of June, it was the perfect time to explore! 🦴✨

Today the children became little paleontologists and habitat builders as we created homes for both land 🏜️ and sea 🌊 dinosaurs!

For our land dinosaurs, we mixed flour, salt, and water to make soft salt dough which became our sandy dinosaur world. The children loved squishing, rolling, and pressing the dinosaurs into the dough to discover the different shapes and footprints they could make 🦕👣

For our sea dinosaurs, we created a sparkling lagoon using water, paint, glitter, and rocks ✨💧 The children explored the textures and materials while using their imaginations to build underwater dinosaur habitats.

This activity encouraged:
🦖 Sensory exploration
🖐️ Fine motor development
🎨 Creativity and imagination
💬 Language and discussion
🔍 Curiosity about the world around us

We can’t wait for more roaring fun throughout the week! 🦕🌋💚

A favourite weekly visitor has become a huge source of inspiration in Dodderbrook 🚛💚

What started with waves at the window has grown into a thriving waste management company, where recycling, organisation and teamwork are at the heart of every collection ♻️✨

Today the team in Artane celebrated Alba’s last day before she jets off to get married next week 💍✈️🥂

We hope you have the most amazing day, Alba, and wish you both a lifetime filled with love, laughter, and happiness ❤️✨ We can’t wait to hear all about it when you’re back! 💕👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️

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🦸‍♂️💥 Superhero Day at Cocoon Clonsilla 💥🦸‍♀️

Our little heroes (and big heroes too!) recently dressed up for a very special cause, supporting the amazing work of LauraLynn Children’s Hospice 💛

From capes to masks, they celebrated kindness, courage, and community while raising funds for children and families who need it most.

Every superhero has a superpower… ours is helping others ✨❤️

Bracelet making took over our Blessington Preschool room with so much focus, creativity and excitement ✨🧵💛

Careful threading, colourful patterns and thoughtful little design choices soon turned into friendship bracelets and special keepsakes for loved ones 💖

The happiest sounds filled our Naas garden today 🌊🚤🫧

Laughter, splashing waves and floating boats turned water play into one big bubbly seaside adventure together ☀️💛

Colourful butterflies, messy hands and lots of artistic fun in our Blessington Junior Wobbler Room 🦋🎨

Simple moments of swirling, dabbing and mixing colours soon transformed into beautiful handmade decorations 💛✨

A sweet little world of bees and blooms in Naas 🐝🌼
Scooping, sorting and filling the honeycomb spaces created so many lovely moments of discovery and fun 💛✨

Growing smiles and healthy habits in our Ballincollig Junior Preschool room 🦷🪥✨

Lots of excitement filled the room as we brushed away the “sugar bugs” and explored all the ways we can keep our teeth healthy and strong 😁💛