Category Archives: Learning topics

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…

This week we have had the most exciting mystery box… A selection of fossils to spark and inspire our little minds. We passed the fossils very carefully around our circle so we could have a feel and think about how they felt and how they looked. This prompted questions like “where did it come from?”…

𝔻𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕒 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕜…. 𝕋𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪, 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕛𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙. 𝔸𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔽𝔸ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℂ?!

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…

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…

This month we are learning about flowers and spring. So this weeks trips have been in the beautiful glen. We have been looking at the flowers and leaves in the glen (The trees are fabulous and have great hiding places inside!). We each had a plastic cup and collected flowers, leaves and natural items to…

This week at Little Cherubs we will be embarking upon an exciting play based experiment! As you know, our passion is outdoor learning and the use of natural objects within play, which is why we have decided to dedicate a week to precisely this! There will be no conventional toys being used at Little Cherubs…

What’s more exciting to children than minibeasts and their habitats? During our mini beast topic in June the children used their senses to look, listen and touch their way around their outdoor space – encouraging a sense of curiosity that could lead to adventures and imaginative play. We took a range of pictures to show…

Our forest school out door learning for this month also incorporated our animal theme. The children had so much fun expressing their feelings and imagination through role play as animals in the jungle.  

*********Topic of the Month********** *********The Changing Seasons********** KOW ( knowledge of the world) is one of the EYFS area’s that helps children learn about the world around them and the environment. This helps provide a good basis for early childhood education. One of the ways in which we have done this is to help them…

So! what have been up to this month? Choosing the topic “People Who Help Us” has kept us very busy indeed. There are lots of people who help us in the community and it’s great to learn about how they help us in our day-to-day lives. Some of these people help us in emergencies, like…

Autumn is a wonderful season for outdoor learning experiences. The changing colour of the autumn leaves is a great opportunity for exploring science, art and literacy with young children. This month we have encouraged the children to look carefully at leaves, discovering their different shapes. Can they find out which trees they come from? Do…