This week we have exploring our lemon smelling play dough, using different shaped cutters and rolling pins. The babies have been using their hands to manipulate the play dough, squashing squeezing and poking, developing our fine motor skills.
Read moreUsing our amazing minds!!!!
This week in the Warren we have been focusing on engaging our brain to be able to solve problems, working through puzzles, trying to complete the wooden shape sorter, and using the number and shape stacking bricks.
Read moreGrowing up!!!!
We are moving to The Burrow for the next part of our Free Rangers adventure. We have had lots of fun in The Warren with Lou, Laura and Cat, but as we have developed and progressed we are now ready for something more, to be able to have more freedom, between indoor and outdoor play.
Read moreWonderful Water
Wonderful water, we have been exploring different coloured water, red, yellow and blue. We had lots measuring utensils including jugs, funnels, spoons, cups and bowls.
Read moreForest School Fun
For our Forest School sessions over the last three weeks, we have had a strong exploratory impulse. We have explored pumpkins, using our senses, smelling the fleshy inners, and touching the different parts of the pumpkins, the slimey inners, as well as the small seeds and the smooth outer skin.
Read moreHalloween Spectacular
This week we have been exploring and creating friendly pumpkins. The children have had a strong exploratory impulse this week exploring different textures of the pumpkin, the smooth outer skin, the slimy fleshy inner and the slippery seeds.
Read morePost box fun
This week we having been posting letters! Using our fine motor skills to push the letters through the slot of the post box. The children have been problem solving, working out how to post a letter and then retrieve them, by carefully lifting the lid of the post box.
Read moreMessy Play
This week in the Warren we have been using various parts of our bodies to explore messy play. We have explored shaving foam and tea grains.
Read moreThe Warren - Finding our feet!!!
We have been finding our feet the past two weeks, exploring our new room and surroundings. We have all settled in to The Warren really well, getting to know our new friends and carers.
Read moreBlackberry Monsters!!!!!!
This week the children have been making blackberry pies. First of all we all went on a hunt around the farm to find the biggest, yummiest blackberries, trying them along the way, we all had extra big blackberry smiles.
Read moreMeeting New Animals
This week we have been meeting some new friends which are two Guinea Pig’s called Coco and Pops as well as a Cockatiel called Bobby. Meeting new animals supports the children’s learning as it can encourage communication and language as some children were using language such as “Guinea Pig”, “Bobby”, and “Bird”.
Read moreRisk Benefits for the children
This week on Forest School we have been focusing on climbing with confidence and being able to manage their own risks. This is found in the early year’s foundation stages under physical development.
Read moreKey person
In the warren every child is allocated a key person this is either Cat, Laura or me Louise. We make it our mission to bond and form a strong relationship with our key children, being about to understand all their needs and interests in order to be able to further their development according to their individual interests
Read moreA breath of fresh air
Last week, every day, we took the babies for a walk along the greenway. The babies freely explored and walked around this outdoor environment consisting of hedgerows, green fields and an resurfaced railway track joining Radstock to Welton.
Read moreForest School in The Warren
Forest school for the babies is sensory based and this may take the form of activities such as exploring different natural materials like clay, leaves, bark, sand, water and tea leafs, to name a few. We like to provide the babies with new and exciting experiences like visiting the pond and talking about the habitat, splashing in the puddles and exploring the farmyard.
Read moreCircle song time
Circle song time is an activity that The Warren enjoy and look forward to, this is a big part of our routine we do it twice a day. Why do we do it twice a day?
Read moreWelcome to The Warren
Firstly I would like to welcome all the new children and their families to The Warren. Our Blog will hopefully give you an insight into all the exciting things our children get up too during their time with us. Visiting the farm is an activity we engage in frequently as it offers the children a wealth of learning opportunities.
Such as:
- Gaining a deeper understanding of their immediate nursery environment
- Relating books in pictures to a real life context e.g. Gary the Goose, farm machinery
- Linking key concepts about the world in which we live e.g. wool comes from sheep, some foods grow in fields
- Negotiating uneven terrain and therefore developing their physical capabilities
- Splashing in puddles is simply great fun!
Although the rain may be getting some of us down it hasn’t dampened the spirits of our warren children who have very much enjoyed splashing in the puddles when out and about. The children run out of the door in search of the biggest puddle and laugh in excitement with their peers.
Louise