Category Archives: Forest Trekkers (Preschool)

Our Little Cherubs had a lovely surprise on Friday afternoon where they got to meet cheeky the hedgehog . Sandy gave a lovely little educational talk on how we can help protect our little friends, and left us some leaflets which we will chat about in circle time next week. Cheeky was a big hit…

At Little Cherubs, we started the week by visiting St Johns. Signs of Autumn were all around us so we collected the fallen leaves in as many shades as possible. We found orange, red, yellow, brown and even pink leaves! Exploring the environment can be a great way to teach children about the changing of…

Last week we brought the Preschool children into the glen for a Nature Scavenger Hunt. The children thoroughly enjoyed looking at the images on their papers and using their senses to look and listen carefully to their surroundings. They found so many things on the cards such as dogs, birds, pinecones, nests, bridges, flowers, something…

Next week is International Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day! We celebrated a little early by bringing our teddies to nursery for lots of adventures. We started our day with some homemade porridge and strawberries, the food of bears We then trekked through the glen, read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and had some fresh fruit. At…

As part of our development plan for the nursery this year we have made our Preschool free-flow and self-choice, which means the children are able to select the activities they want to do, when they want to do it. This allows them the freedom of choice, but has also had a dramatic effect on the…

** Climbing – Den building – Team work ** What a great morning up at the plantation for some physical exercise in the lovely sunshine. Our cherubs all worked really well together trying to repair some of the broken dens, all helping each other to carry the wood! What strong cherubs we have. The physical…

What a fantastic few weeks we have had at the beach. Beach School is a way of giving children in their early years the opportunity to learn, develop and and to be curious about the world around them. It’s an amazing opportunity to connect with the natural environment of the beach amongst the pebbles, sand,…

This week our Pre-schoolers took a trip to the beach where they could explore their surroundings and let their little imaginations run wild. They had a great time fishing for animals and rock pooling. Being at the beach provides so much opportunity for learning; learning about the tides, about sea life, promoting discussion and exploration.…

This week the children went on an animal hunt, they took some of their toy animals with them to hide in the wood. Miss Louise used the hot and cold game to help the children to find the animals, some were hidden high up in the tree’s and some low down in the grass and…

Little Cherubs Nursery in Union Mills has joined the Crisp packet recycling scheme and gone the extra mile by placing their Non biodegradable plastic into plastic bottles( Eco Bricks ) ! Manx Hedgehog Conservation Society went along to talk about the importance of protecting our environment & wildlife …. The charity will be supporting the…

The Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch have just opened their new premises in Peel. Our preschool Cherubs took a trip out today to have a look at the wonderful work they are doing. The plates in the picture below were painted by our cherubs and I’m sure you will agree! we have some budding artists…

What a beautiful day it was yesterday making our trip to the Arboretum all the more enjoyable! today’s visit was a bit wetter! but It was a fun filled 2 day’s where the children discussed the wildlife sounds around them, the colour’s of the ducks, chicken’s and birds. They also looked at what food they…

This week some of our cherubs went for a trip to Peel Lifeboat Station. Kat kindly showed the children around the lifeboat explaining what the lifeboats do and what an important job its is. She also took them up to the uniform room to try on the helmets and uniforms. They had such great fun…

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  

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

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

Foraging with children can be safe, easy, and fun. 🙂 When incorporated into role play children can learn from a very young age about the natural world and the plants around us. Today Michaela’s group loved the experience of searching the woods and looking at plants that can be eaten, and the best part!! pretending…

TT 🙂 nothing like the real thing..the children got to sit on the hot seat today! Thanks Peter

What a fun morning we have had at the park enjoying some fresh air

On the farm today 🙂 with Easter and the lambing season just around the corner Little Cherubs home made farm is a lovely way to bring the spring indoors  

Miss Michaela’s homemade ice chalk is the perfect art, sensory, and science activity. Bringing indoor and outdoor learning and exploration together keeps our little cherubs stimulated and interested

At Little Cherubs we focus on making our activities fun, interesting and totally hands-on!… Collecting and measuring rain water offers opportunities for learning about numbers, counting and calculating through practical experiences and at the same time developing their understanding of the world around them.

Developing a mathematically rich learning environment both indoors and outdoors provides children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting and to understand Shape, Space and Measuring. Natural materials that are found outdoors, such as twigs, conkers, chestnuts, shells and pebbles can be sorted and graded according to size or shape. At Little…

Our summer fun continued incorporating many of the early years learning goals. Creative & expressive arts by creating roll play area’s for the children to play in and use their imagination. Trips to the park that promote physical development that is inventive, adventurous and stimulating and lastly hands on activities that help our children to…

Practice week! and a lot of excitable children watching the bikes pass by the nursery. A trip to the grandstand to see all the action proved to be a roaring success

Keeping to the theme of Christmas the children had great fun making fake sensory snow. The look on their faces says it all