Mary's Little Lambs Educare

Exploring Emotions Through Art! 🎨💛

Today the Grasshoppers got creative painting happy, sad, angry & surprised faces!

This activity helped them:
• Name + understand different emotions
• Express feelings through art
• Grow language + fine motor skills
• Build empathy for others

Early emotional learning = confident, resilient kids 💕
We’re so proud of our little artists! 🌈

Hygiene Day at MLLE 🪥🦷

We’re excited to have welcomed Dr Amina Sedick and Mr Meshay, Oral hygienist, from Dennehof Dentistry to our school for Hygiene Day!

They taught our learners all about good hygiene habits and how to keep their smiles bright and healthy 😁

Thank you, Dr Amina Sedick and Mr Meshay, for sharing your time and knowledge with us!

📍Claremont Dental
154 Belvedere Road
Claremont
Cape town
7800
Call:021 683 1237
WhatsApp: 0767058007

Student Practical Experience Opportunity at Mlle

To Learn, To Grow, To Contribute, To Inspire

Mlle is offering a practical experience placement for students looking to gain real-world skills in a supportive, hands-on environment.
We provide mentorship, guidance, and the opportunity to work alongside experienced team members on day-to-day tasks.
Open to students studying towards teaching NQF levels.
Contact to apply or request more information. Email your CV and a short intro to email below
: [email protected]

🌟 Shape & Colour Play in Grasshopper Class! 🌟

Our Grasshoppers had so much fun exploring shapes and colours with a hands-on playdough activity!

As they pressed, filled, and created different shapes, they were strengthening fine motor muscles and hand-eye coordination ✋🎨🔺.

It was also a chance to practice shape recognition, concentration, creativity, and problem-solving - all while learning through play.

Well done, Grasshoppers! 💚🐞

🌾🐄🐑🐓🐷 In FARM ANIMALS WEEK IN THE CATERPILLAR CLASS! 🌾

Our little ones did a Baaa-rilliant job this week learning ALL about farm animals - what they eat AND what amazing things they give us!

Cows give milk, sheep give wool, chickens give eggs, and pigs help keep the farm healthy 🥛🧶🥚🌸.

They got creative making woolly sheep crafts in 5 steps: tracing ✏️, gluing wool 🧶, cutting ✂️, adding eyes 👀, and decorating 🌟.

While having fun, they built fine motor skills, scissor and pencil control, hand-eye coordination, and creativity 💪🎨.

Our Caterpillar class had a blast creating colorful patterns by pasting little paper squares onto big shapes! ✨🎨

While they worked, they were building:
-Fine motor skills and finger strength for future writing
-Hand-eye coordination and concentration
-Creativity through color and design choices
-Shape recognition and spatial awareness

And working together around the table meant lots of sharing, teamwork, and chatter too! 🌈🖍️

Our little Grasshoppers had so much fun roller painting over a bird stencil for our “Birds” theme! 🐦 🎨

Beyond just being fun, this activity helped our 3-year-olds build:
✨ Fine motor skills: from gripping and rolling the paint roller
✨ Hand-eye coordination and control
✨ Creativity and self-expression
✨ Focus and concentration, while following the stencil shape
✨ Sensory exploration through paint and texture play

It’s amazing how much learning happens through play. 💙

Register now for Mary’s Little Lambs Educare🥳🐑
Join our loving ECD centre for kids 18 months to 5 years 🤗.
📍Pinelands
📅 Open mid Jan – mid Dec.
📲 Scan the QR code for info or email us.
📞 Contact Mariam 083 305 6274 / Junaid 082 467 6042 to arrange a viewing.
ℹ️ Request info pack https://maryslittlelambsedu.wixsite.com/creche

THIS WEEK: HEALTHY BODIES & HEALTHY FOODS! 🍌🥕

Our little caterpillars learnt so much this week! 💪🌟
🍎 Eating colourful fruits & veggies
🥛 Drinking water, not sugary drinks
🏃 Moving our bodies & playing outside
😴 Sleeping enough to grow big & strong
🙌 Washing hands before we eat

So proud of every single one of them! 💚

🦋✨ The Grasshopper class had a blast making butterfly patterns with linking cubes! By matching colors and placing cubes correctly, they built fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, color recognition, and problem-solving. The activity also boosted concentration, spatial awareness, and early math skills through counting and patterning 🌈🧩.

Hands-on play like this builds confidence and strong foundations for learning 💛.