We love exploring the outdoors with the children as we know that this helps us keep fit and remain healthy. Exploring the outdoors is also great for building children’s muscles, problem solving, stability and will help burn energy! Some of our settings have close links with local allotments an
A massive thankyou to everyone who joined us for some fun at nursery to celebrate Mothers Day! We enjoyed sharing our activities with you and having some nice snacks. Hope you all had a lovely Mothering Sunday.
We know at Little Scallywags that reading to children is really important at all ages. It introduces children to new vocabulary and sounds while also bringing comfort and reassurance by spending quality time together. Reading also promotes imagination and builds children listening, attention
We celebrated St David’s Day this week by doing lots of different activities. The children loved to explore daffodils by smelling them, making playdough from them and drawing how they look. The children even delivered bunches of daffodils to the local community – the local hospital was e
The children at nursery had a wonderful day celebrating Valentines Day. Our stay and plays were popular and we all had lots of fun taking part in some themed activities aswell as having a breakfast treat to share. Our Marston Green setting took a stroll up to their local cafe to have a sweet treat [
Children at nursery used their independent skills today by making some pancakes together. We measured, scooped, poured and mixed and after all our hard work, they turned out amazingly! We particularly enjoyed enjoyed tasting them afterwards – delicious! Happy Pancake Day everyone!
At nursery this week we celebrated the importance of Children’s Mental Health Week. Some of the children enjoyed having a Spa Day and enjoyed being pampered for the morning. We made links with the local community by drawing pictures and delivering them to the people in the local area – T
The staff and children have been gaining knowledge from new experiences today. Toddlers at our Marston Green setting decided to go on a walk to see where it would take them. They arrived at Marston Green Train Station! They sat for a while and watched the trains go by – they really enjoyed se
On Wednesday 31st January we asked staff and children to take part and join in with the fun to raise money for Disabled Children. Raising money will help the charity Crackerjacks who provide children with opportunities and experiences to fully access areas of the community and make friendships wit
To build the vocabulary of children we know that children need positive reading experiences. This helps children develop larger vocabularies, become better readers, and perform better in school. At Little Scallywags, we want children to have a choice over the books they want to read and so each room