January 18th is Winnie the Pooh Day! This day in 1882 A.A. Milne the author of the beloved children’s books was born. To mark the occasion we have been reading his stories together. This is one of our favorite quotes from the author: “Sometimes the smallest things take up the take up the most room […]
Brrrrr its cold out there! So Tess Bears have been painting mittens. Tess Bears are our youngest babies and usually finger paint but at this age we start introducing the use of paint brushes. We are so proud that our babies can already hold the brushes without any help! and here’s the finished product! Connect with us […]
Happy New Year and welcome back to the new term! This term’s topic will be dinosaurs! We’ve painted our mural and have been making lots of dinosaur inspired art! We will be learning all about the different species of dinosaur with activities, fact cards and stories. Connect with us to get all the latest updates from The Children’s Room! […]
We’ve been making calendars for the new year and decorating them with buttons, fabric, and lots of shiny bits and bobs! We also made a wall hanging using mixed media too! Connect with us to get […]
We read our Elf on the Shelf book at the beginning of December and since then our elf Elfed has been up to all sorts of mischief! He’s been found in the most curious places around nursery.. Elfed’s even been out and about with one of our teachers, he went to a Swans game and he helped […]
To raise money for Children in Need we have had a pajama day today at the nursery! Kath has been painting faces and the children have been painting, colouring, cutting and sticking their own Pudsies. Thank you for all the donations so far, we’re all very cosy in our pajamas if only we could wear […]
We are celebrating Diwali at The Children’s Room. Chiatra came in to do mehndi tatoos for the children and we have all enjoyed dressing in traditional Indian clothing. We made tea light holders with clay and the children had fun painting them. With stories, music and lit candles to represent oil lamps, we really have […]
For Bonfire Night we’ve made edible sparklers! To make these all you need is bread sticks, icing and sprinkles. You could also use melted chocolate instead of icing. We hope you all have a wonderful and safe Bonfire Night! Connect with us to get all the latest updates from The Children’s Room! […]
We couldn’t let the leftovers of all those pumpkins we carved for Halloween go to waste, along with the sensorial activities mentioned here we also made pumpkin soup. Everyone had a turn at ladling their portion out to take home with them in front of our Pumpkin Soup mural! Connect with us to get all […]
Before we carved our pumpkins we scooped them out and we used the left overs as a sensorial activity! The children loved the different textures. Here are some of our finished carved pumpkins we were also so pleased to receive a pumpkin carved with our logo, we think it looks wonderful! Connect with us to get […]
