Over the last couple of weeks in the Nest we have been encouraging the babies to practise feeding themselves using a spoon; trying to be independent. We have been building on skills through different activities and play; such as modelling using the tea set, feeding teddies, then adding shaving foam and rice so the babies could scoop and mix.
Read moreNew Year in the Nest!
First of all myself and Madi would like to welcome you all back and wish you all a Happy New Year! We would also like to welcome all the new babies into the Nest, and we’ve been popping down into the Warren for plenty of cuddles with our older children!
Read moreStay and Play
A massive thank you to all the families that attended our first Stay and Play. It was really lovely to get the chance to have a chat with you all regarding your children’s development and their time spent at Free Rangers.
Read moreForest School for Babies!
As you're aware at Free Rangers we take part in Forest school in every room, this includes the Nest. Thats right! Its not just the Den who take part in Forest School, its us babies too!
Read moreWhat can I see?
We've had a very busy week this week in the Nest! We've got a book of the week, its not just any book either, its a book made by Free Rangers! That's right Free Rangers have made a book, and the babies have loved it! The babies enjoyed spying through the holes to see what they can see...
Read moreHave I got something on my face?
Let’s get messy! At Free Rangers we often feed the babies using one spoon while the children experiment with another one. Building on this, in the Nest we have been working on the skills of feeding ourselves; being independent and experimenting in different ways to eat our food.
Read moreA day in the life of a baby...
We've recently had lots of new babies start with us up in the Nest! This is a very exciting time for not just the new babies and our older babies but for myself and Madi too! In the Nest we like to follow our babies routines that they have at home, to make this a home from home experience for them.
Read moreLet It Grow...
As a part of our Forest School activity this week in the Nest, we have been growing cress! We placed an egg box onto the table and placed a few pieces of cotton wool next to it, watching the babies as they made their way over to the table to explore.
Read moreSwimming with Sharks
An exciting water filled pat mat of an ocean scene containing floating foam sea creatures including whales, sharks, crabs, seahorses and fish has taken residents in the nest for the babies to explore.
Read moreFree Rangers Children Fleeing the Nest….Warren…..Burrow and…… Den
So the time has come when our little Free Rangers are leaving us to start their new venture of Primary School Education. Some of our children joined us in the Nest and have had a positive journey throughout Free Rangers and finalising their time in the Den.
Read moreForest School Fun!
As many of you know at Free Rangers we love to do a range of Forest School activities with every age of children, this varies throughout the rooms (as we wouldn’t recommend fire lighting with the babies!) In the Nest we love to take part in Forest School activities whether it be going for a lovely long walk along the greenway to see the horses and chickens or filling up the tuft spot with soil and letting the children mark make in it.
Read moreFun In The Sun!
Due to the high temperatures over the past week, in the Nest we have been trying our best to stay cool and have FUN! Not only has it been hot and sunny outside, but also very hot inside.
Read moreNew faces, new friends and new relationships.
Recently in the Nest we have had lots of new babies join us. This is a very exciting time for the babies as it means that they have lots of new faces to meet in the Nest including the other members of staff from the other rooms, they have lots of new friends to make within the Nest.
Read moreBring the Outdoors In
As you will all know at Free Rangers, we ‘LOVE’ to be outside, but we also try to bring the outdoors in, incorporating it into our play. This week in the Nest we have achieved this by exploring our new holistic bricks (Natural logs cut into different shapes and sizes).
Read moreBubbles, Gloop and Powder Paint!
As you’re all aware of at Free Rangers we love to get your children stuck in with absolutely everything! This involves getting your children very, very messy! This week is the Nest, we have been be taking part in many different sensory activities that involve getting messy!
Read moreShapes and Numbers
This week in the Nest we have begun to look at maths, trying to achieve an awareness of ‘Space and simple changes in Numbers’. The babies have enjoyed taking part in a range of activities such as number rhymes (singing songs based on numbers up to 3), puzzles – shape sorting, posting a variety of different sized balls down large tubes and using sensory materials (oats, sand and rice) to experience pouring and filling different sized containers.
Read moreWe've got a part-time vacancy in the Nest
We are looking for a Early Years Practitioner (maternity cover) to work in the Nest with children aged 6-12 months old. You will enjoy a calm working environment and be able to provide stimulating activities. A Key Person and an effective communicator, as well as having a love of the outdoors.
Read moreThis weeks activities in the Nest
This weeks activities, following the EYFS planning are, rolling balls in paint to experiment with making new marks and patterns, with a large variety of sensory balls, using powder paint in the tuff spot on a large scale and also in the big tray to encourage development of our gross motor skills...
Read moreThis week in the Nest
This week in the Nest we have been very busy, being very creative in making a beautiful card for our Lisa, using our hand and a variety of tools and resources such as, glue, paper to stick with, bingo pens, powder paint and markers.
Read moreChristmas in the Nest
This week in the nest we have been getting more and more into the Christmas spirt, decorating Christmas trees with glitter, glue and metallic dabber pens, making footprints with wellies in artificial snow adding glitter for that extra sparkle and investigating the cold textures.
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