Learning to identify and manage risk is such an important part of early education. At Little Cherubs we hope to pass on to all the children the skill of identifying risks for themselves and being able to process and decide on the outcome that lessen the risk. Discussing how deep the river is ? how…
This morning’s wintery walk to the Forest 🌲🌳❄️ This morning Miss Louise and Miss Teagan’s groups went to gather sticks and leaves. They have been learning all about the changes in seasons-what happens to the leaves and what makes them change colour 🌿☘️🍀🍁🍂
Our little trekkers and babies went for a lovely wintery walk this morning. We had a lovely time splashing in puddles, throwing leaves that had fallen from the trees and gathering leaves to make patterns in our homemade playdoh back at nursery 🌳🍂🍁❄️
We love muddy puddles! And today’s puddle was the biggest we have seen 💙 We just couldn’t resist going out for a splash and what fun we had 🌂🌧💦💧☔️
Exploring the environment in Autumn can be a great way to teach children about the changing of seasons and provides an opportunity to make observations on colour, shapes,size and sound. Leaves, twigs and interesting stones can be found almost anywhere and a nature walk through the woods is a great way to find them
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood illness that can affect adults. It usually clears up by itself in 7 to 10 days. Check if it’s hand, foot and mouth disease The first signs of hand, foot and mouth disease can be: a sore throat a high temperature, above 38C not wanting to…
Today all of our preschoolers went to the forest to explore 🌱🌲🌳💚 fresh air helps to stimulate the brain and so enhances our learning opportunities. We had a bug hunt, a train (in the bird hut) a river walk and explored the wheels, and headed back to nursery in time for Miss Jades delicious cheese…
Today’s wonderful wild adventures 💚🌲🌱🌿🌳 Today we ventured a bit further out and investigated the stream, where the children initiated fishing activities with sticks and pots. We also took a closer look at the old wheels and Brooklyn decided it must be part of a monster truck. As the wheels are now rusty we feel…
Today’s Little Trekkers exploring the outdoors at the bird observation hut 🦅🦉 We had a fantastic morning using the magnifying glasses to hunt for bugs (we found woodlice, a crab, and apparently! peppa pig was also hiding in the log) ☘️🌱🌿We love our job!
Congratulation’s to Rianne and Louise on passing their Levels 2 & 3 forest School qualification’s. Both Rianne and Louise have worked very hard to achieve this. Forest Schools are an inspiring way to teach children while linking outcomes to the EYFS Curriculum. It’s a great way to encourage learning whilst boosting self-esteem outside the class…
Today’s Forest Trekkers
Something very exciting and wonderful happened today when our Forest trekkers went exploring. Ever so slightly hidden under a mound of mud (which miss Rianne was digging away) we spotted something old and rusty-We dug it out of the ground. We came up with some rules (getting the children to risk assess-after Rianne and Louise…
Today’s adventures in the Forest We had lovely warm juice in our brand new mugs and squeezed our own oranges into our juice. Yummy! The children mixed their own paints using beetroot powder and mustard powder and painted natural materials that they found- pine cones- a ginormous stick even the table! What beautiful colours they…
At Little Cherubs we follow the Forest school ethos and believe child led play out doors provides the best outcomes for children. Today we had a dilemma, our slide was full of rain water when we arrived! ‘How can we go on the slide now?’ ‘Where did all the water come from?’ ‘The leaves are…
Last week me (Miss Rianne) and Miss Louise went to Peel beach on a Beach School Training course. The course curriculum was on risk assessments, beach games, safety, learning resources and lots of other exciting things that we will be using when we take our Little Cherubs to the Beach. These are the photos we…
Today’s exciting adventures in the woods with Miss Teagan’s group 🙂 This morning the children explored their new base and we talked about boundaries and the red tape which show areas we can’t cross. We secured the slide to a chopped log which they absolutely loved! There was someone on the slide for the entire…
Here are some photos of the outdoor learning that has been going on over last week and today 🙂 Today we took the children to our piece of land that we will be using to do our outdoor learning. We started the session by taking a walk around the land with the children and getting…
This morning a group of our Preschoolers went on an exciting adventure to Archallagan plantation (the spider park). We managed to get 3 wellies stuck in puddles but that certainly didn’t stop us having fun! The children invented an ice cream shop, a jail and the wellie monster
Our baby cherubs and preschoolers have been enjoying some time outdoors exploring our natural environment. They have had such a great time!
Thank you to all the parents and children who attended Little Cherubs Graduation, it was a very sweet and emotional ceremony. We will miss them all and hope you will bring them back to see us in their new school uniform’s
Combining education with outdoor enjoyment results in effective learning and lasting memories. A recent educational trip to the musuem with our preschoolers was a great hands-on, fun-packed day that the children enjoyed and hopefully won’t forget
Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your child’s senses while they play. Water is a great sensory activity which can give your child hours of fun
The days spent at little cherubs don’t get much better than this! Miss Teryn’s group having a great time enjoying the sea and sand, a little trip to peel life boats afterwards
What a beautiful day 💥💥 our baby cherubs enjoying the sunshine at the park!
Another fun week of free and unstructured play in the outdoors. At little cherubs we believe that promoting curiosity and stimulation helps to boost children’s problem-solving skills where it has be proven that children will be smarter, better able to get along with others, healthier and happier when they have regular opportunities for free and…
Recently we took all of our little cherubs strawberry picking and what a fantastic week it was! lots of red faces on the way home 🙂 and some delicious strawberries picked for mum & dad. Providing these outdoor opportunities for our little cherubs enables them to connect with the living environment. Regular hands on experiences…
Rianne Corkish – “Productive afternoon making signs for our soon to be registered forest school! I love my job! 😍💚🌲🌱little cherubs nature kindergarten”
First Aid training today with St John’s ambulance. Interesting and very informative course!
Our Easter Egg Hunt was a success! It was a perfect day for the woods where the children made their Easter baskets to put their hidden Easter Eggs in
The outdoors is a fun place where stories and songs can be shared, circle time outdoors with our baby cherubs was a great way to spend this lovely sunny morning. Music and movement outdoors gives children a great sensory experience and helps develop their co-ordination.
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