Let’s Make Play Dough
Let’s Make Play Dough: Salt Dough Recipe: There are many different recipes for making play dough, but we have used one which requires...
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Apr 9, 2020
Friday Fun Day!
Its Friday! Or as we have now renamed it FUNDAY! It’s Easter bank holiday weekend and the weather forecast looks good! (Yaaay!) So lets...
Apr 8, 2020
It's Story Time!
This is another anytime, anywhere activity. Children of all ages love story time and it's a wonderful opportunity for you and your child...
Apr 7, 2020
Let's Get Painting!
Painting is a way for children to convey ideas, express emotion, use their senses, explore colour and explore process and outcomes. It...
Apr 6, 2020
Rhyme Time!
Lets sing rhymes and action songs! Rhyme time is a fantastic way to support your child’s all-round development. Its easy, its free, and...
Apr 3, 2020
Water Play!
Splish...splash...splosh! Children love to explore and play with water, but it can be daunting for you providing this within the home....
Apr 2, 2020
Friday Fun!
Well done, you survived the week and got to Friday! We hope you had lots of fun along the way. Have you enjoyed and tried our daily...
Apr 1, 2020
What Can You Hear?
What can you hear? An activity to develop your children’s listening skills... When doing any of these activities ensure you minimise...
Mar 31, 2020
Let's Make Music!
Leading on from yesterday’s 'Lets Make Sounds' activity you could now introduce other objects to make music. Good objects for making...
Mar 30, 2020
Let's Make Sounds!
Using our voices, hands, feet and other body parts lets see what sounds we can make together! For Babies Making sounds naturally happens...
Mar 27, 2020
Hide and Seek!
Hide and seek is a a fantastic game to play, as it can be adapted for every age and can include the whole family! You could play around...
Mar 27, 2020
One for the weekend!
Try to make the weekend different to the week, even when isolating at home. Loosen up your routine and make Saturday and Sunday all about...
Mar 26, 2020
How Can We Support You?
Starting on Monday we will be sharing daily ideas on how to keep your children busy and entertained whilst away from nursery. If there's...
Mar 25, 2020
Establishing A Routine
Today we are sharing some helpful tips and advice about establishing a routine and practicing good habits at home, throughout isolation....
Mar 24, 2020
Introducing... Nursery At Home!
In light of recent events and the current 'Lockdown' we have been placed under, we know that many of you will be spending lots of time at...
Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus Update
TUESDAY 17TH MARCH Following the latest Government advice, we will continue to remain open until further notice. However, the following...
Feb 18, 2020
Borrowash Toddlers - Heuristic & Water Play
Today we checked in with Borrowash toddlers to see what they were getting up to. Some children were enjoying water play 💧💦 while others...
Feb 16, 2020
The Big Babble Episode 3 - Outdoor Play
Christie and Shelby discuss the benefits and challenges around Outdoor Play and how we as a nursery believe it plays a huge role in Early...
Feb 11, 2020
A Morning At Alfreton Nursery
Today we went to see what #TeamAlfreton were getting up to this sunny Tuesday morning! Some of the babies were exploring crafts and small...
Feb 9, 2020
The Big Babble Episode 2 - Being A Male Nursery Nurse
We are joined by Jordan, preschool senior at our Alvaston Nursery and one of just a few male practitioners we have across our teams. In...
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