I would like to take this opportunity to let you all know that I will be leaving Free Rangers. I have been at Free Rangers for almost 4 years and have gained further experience and made lovely friends along the way.
Read moreExploring our surroundings
This week in the Warren, we are encouraging the children to dress themselves in order for them to learn their body parts. We are doing this by placing out clothing such as trousers, wellie boots, hats, socks, and t-shirt’s on the floor, then asking the children where various body parts are then pointing to the hat for example, then asking them where it goes.
Read moreDevelopment in the Warren
Last week we found that a lot of the children had a high interest in the newspaper balls that we had put out in the tough spot. They were climbing in and out of the tough spot and using the cardboard boxes provided, then using the newspaper also provided to empty and fill the boxes.
Read moreChanges
In the Warren, we have decided to have a total change around of furniture in order to make the room more engaging for the children. We quite often have change arounds in our room.
Read moreFestive Fun In The Warren
This week in the Warren we have been celebrating Christmas week. We have set out lots of activities for the children to participate in such as bauble decorating, Christmas cracker colouring and making our own Christmas cards.
Read moreAutumn is on its way
This week in the Warren we have been putting on our wetsuits, wellie boots and coats, so that we can go outside and have fun in the rain. This is the time of year when the weather is starts to become colder and the leaves start to fall from the trees. Here at Free Rangers, we love this time of year. The weather is ever changing and with this, it brings new experiences.
Read moreWild at Heart
This week in the Warren, we have been very interested in animals. We have been going on adventures around the farm both looking at what animals we can find, as well as hunting for blackberries so that we can eat them for snack.
Read moreThis week in the Warren
This week in the Warren we have been busy with a range of various activities. Some of these include going for a walk along the cycle track on a hunt for some mini beasts, drawing on a sheet of paper on the floor having tummy time, going for a walk along the cycle track to the park and bouncing on the bouncy castle in our room.
Read moreWarren Children….Born to Explore.
This week in the Warren we have had great fun getting imaginative with the natural resources that have been on offer. We have been making soup using various natural resources such as grasses, sticks, leaves, flowers and seeds, as well as different sized pots and pans.
Read moreMaking new friends
This week in the Warren we have all been getting to know one another as well as getting to know our new environment. We welcome all the new children who have started with us and those who have moved down from the Nest to join us. We all know time moves so fast and that children grow up and develop so quickly.
Read moreFestive Fun
This week in the Warren we have been celebrating Christmas week. We have set out lots of activities for the children to participate in such as bauble decorating, Christmas cracker colouring and making our own Christmas cards.
Read moreWinter wonderland is here
As the weather has all the sudden turned colder, we need to ensure your little people are still warm on their many adventures in the great outdoors.
Read moreTwo steps forward, one step back
This week in the Nest we are having lots of fun looking at many books. We have taken interest in books with various animals in, and also the different noises they make.
Read moreIt’s raining, it’s pouring, but the babies aren’t snoring!
This week in the Nest, we have been having lots of fun exploring messy play, much like our friends in the Warren. We made some gloop using corn flour and water and decided to add lemon flavouring and colour to make it appeal to more of the senses. We have also incorporated balls, bowls, cups and whisks to splash and given the children an opportunity to actually sit in bubbly, glittery water. Although young, the children in the Nest can still expect a certain level of independence. The children were given an independence of choice and encouraged to explore the water in whatever way they wished. Some children wanted to put their hands in it and splash about whereas others were more than happy to climb straight in and have more of a paddle. Others weren’t keen and simply dipped their fingers in to the water.
Experiencing water outdoors last week was easy and this consolidated our learning further by allowing the rain to splash on our faces and hands and enable us to marvel at the rainwater meandering through the farm.
If you’d like to explore this further at home, try making rainbow puddles. You can do this by adding food colouring, powder paint or normal paint to puddles and watch them mix together. You could also add washing up liquid and splash around to make bubbles too.
If you’d like any other ideas please don’t hesitate to ask us. We are more than happy to help.
Have fun splashing…
Cat