Little Grange Preschool

Celebrating the people who spoil rules and love unconditionally. 💛

Grandparents Day at Little Grange was full of hugs, stories, and the kind of patience only a grandparent seems to have an endless supply of. Watching our little ones proudly show off their farm, their friends, and their favourite ponies to the people who mean so much to them — that’s a morning we won’t forget.

Time with grandparents builds a child’s sense of identity and belonging, strengthens family connection across generations, and teaches values and stories that only get passed down this way. Plus, let’s be honest, grandparents give the best cuddles.

Thank you to every grandparent who joined us. You are so loved. 🌿

Little Grange kitchen is officially open. 👨‍🍳

Chef coats on, chopping boards out, full concentration engaged. Today’s menu: carrots, herbs, and an enormous sense of responsibility.

Cooking activities like this build fine motor skills through cutting and grating, introduce early maths through measuring and counting, encourage healthy eating by connecting kids to their food, and teach real, practical life skills — the kind that stick.

Bon appétit, small humans. 🌿

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Chicken Nugget has taken over farm security and is not accepting questions about the hat.

Just another day at Little Grange, where the ponies have main character energy and absolutely nobody is surprised anymore.

Sticks, pine cones, leaves — and absolutely no limits. 🍂

When the art table is stocked with things collected straight from the farm, something different happens. There’s no wrong way to paint a pine cone. No instructions to follow. Just colour, texture, and total creative freedom.

Process art like this is where imagination runs the show — and the results are always, without fail, magnificent. 🌿

Forest Friends were hiding all over Pete’s garden. 🦊

First we painted our binoculars on Wednesday — obviously essential equipment. Then we headed out to track down every Forest Friend we could find, collected their disc, and matched them back to our scavenger hunt sheet.

Sneaky fun that’s also doing a lot of work — visual perception and matching, focus and attention as they search, fine motor control when handling and sticking, and the deeply satisfying feeling of finding exactly what you were looking for.

The fox by the tree roots was a particularly good hiding spot. 🌿

Tiny plants, big responsibility. 🌱

Planting our autumn seeds in egg cartons, so as they grow we can plant them straight into the soil!

Something quietly powerful happens when a child plants something and knows it’s theirs to look after. They check on it. They remember to water it. They notice when a new leaf appears. That’s patience, responsibility, and wonder all growing in the same small container.

Watch this space. 🌿

Autumn has arrived and there are leaves to collect. Obviously. 🍂

The wheelbarrows came out, the raking began, and absolutely nobody needed to be asked twice.

There’s something deeply satisfying about a job with a visible result — and filling a wheelbarrow to the brim is exactly that kind of work. Little farmers in training. 🌿

Tuck Shop Friday just entered its autumn era. 🍂

Leaf cookies, little mandarin pumpkins, popcorn balls, hedgehog bananas and autumn leaf biscuits — all made with actual intention and an alarming amount of charm.

We can’t take full credit. Autumn did most of the creative direction. 🍁

Happy Friday, Little Grange! 🌿

And up the Faraway Tree we go. 🧚

Barefoot, stick in hand, off to explore and survey the land.

This is what outdoor play does — it turns an ordinary tree into an adventure, a stick into a magic wand, and a morning into something worth remembering. Nature hands children the best raw material for imagination, and they do absolutely everything with it.

Adventure awaits! 🌿