Tic Toc Nursery School

Exploring different materials (soft, fluffy shapes) with their hands, which supports development through:

1. *Sensory exploration*: Feeling varied textures stimulates tactile awareness and sensory integration.

2. *Fine motor skills*: Manipulating textures helps strengthen hand and finger muscles.

3. *Cognitive learning*: Recognizing different feels builds sensory discrimination and awareness.

4. *Creativity*: Engaging with textures encourages imaginative play and sensory art experiences.

5. *Social interaction*: Sharing the activity with a caregiver promotes bonding and communication.

A safe, engaging way to introduce texture‑based sensory play for early learning.

Our theme this week is books!

Learning can be fun!

Sensory play and painting...

This week theme:Shapes🩵🟡🔺🟧🔷

Today in Thrass, we did some fine motor skills! Cutting, colouring and glueing! 🖍️✂️

A big birthday shout-out to our wonderful staff members celebrating their birthdays this March! 🌈

Thank you for the love, patience, and care you pour into our little learners every single day. Your dedication helps make Tic Toc Nursery School such a happy and special place. 🧸💛

We hope your birthdays are filled with smiles, laughter, and of course a little extra cake! 🎈🍰

From all of us at Tic Toc - Happy Birthday! 🎉✨

This Week’s Theme: Colours! 🌈🎨

Red, blue, yellow and green - this week our little learners are exploring the wonderful world of colours! 💛

Through art, play, songs, and creative activities, children are learning to recognise, name, and mix colours while building observation skills and imagination. 🖌️✨

Because every day is brighter when you learn in colour! 🌟

A look at what our Grade R's were busy with today...

This week, we are learning about summer!

Our toddlers had so much fun yesterday with a matching and sorting activity🥳, using an elephant illustration and three coloured balloons (white, blue/teal, red) with bottle‑cap tops that was placed matching the circles next to the elephant. The toddler placed the string‑attached balloons and moved it to the correct position.

It benefits toddlers by developing:

1. Fine‑motor skills – manipulating the caps and pulling the string strengthens hand‑eye coordination and finger dexterity.
2. Cognitive skills – matching colours or shapes improves recognition and problem‑solving ability.
3. Sensory awareness – feeling the different textures of the caps and string adds sensory input.
4. Language development – naming the colours or animal encourages vocabulary building.

This was an extremely beneficial activity for our little ones 😎

Choosing the Right Nursery School Matters 🌈🏫

Finding the perfect nursery school for your little one is a big decision - and it’s about so much more than just location or cost. 💛

Here are a few important things to consider:
👩‍🏫 Qualified, caring teachers who create a safe and nurturing environment
🧸 A stimulating learning space filled with age-appropriate activities
🤝 Positive teacher-child interaction and small class sizes
📚 A balanced programme that includes play, learning, creativity, and rest
🛡️ Safety and cleanliness as top priorities

The right nursery school should feel like a second home - a place where your child feels happy, secure, and excited to learn every day. 🌟