Little Ones Childcare

At Honiton....Our book of the week is Gruffalo’s Granny, the children are very excited to read the book, we have made animal props out of wooden spoons to explore as we read the story.

Outside in our curiosity tray we will be learning all about autumn, exploring baby pumpkins, twigs, conkers, pine cones and different coloured leaves alongside weighing scales and tape measures so we can measure and weigh our natural resources.

Inside we will be doing leaf printing or rubbing, you can choose what to-do whilst exploring paint, we will mix red and yellow to see what colour we can make.

If anyone goes on a woodland walk, please collect pine cones, leaves and twigs to bring if for our autumn tray.



This week we spent lots of time exploring the playdough using the tools and cutters to make lots of shapes and patterns.

At Budlake....Next week our book of the week is going to be the leaf thief as we’re heading into autumn, our number is 4 and our sign is autumn. In the creative area we’ll be finding patterns, exploring textures and having conversations about the month of October and all the changes we might notice. Our activity will be leaf printing. We are going to find leaves from the garden to use and leaf shaped sponges with lots of colourful paints. In the garden we are going to play games such as the Bear game. This is where one child hides an item and all the other children have to use their listening and problem solving to skills to find out who’s hiding the item. we’ll need to take turns and follow the instructions were given. This game is similar to the squirrel figuring out who is taking his leaves! Halloween is approaching so we are also going to start decorating nursery!!

This week we loved taking part in a ladybird hunt were we found them hidden all around the garden, we loved showing off our knowledge of what we know about animals, where they live and what noises they make.

At Whipton....At Whipton this week, our Book of the Week will be The Leaf Thief.

We will talk about the different colours, textures and sounds of autumn, noticing how the leaves change colour and fall from the trees and learning about the animals that are getting ready for the colder months.

Our Makaton signs of the week will be ‘autumn’ and ‘squirrel’. Our number of the week will be 7.

We will be getting creative with a variety of exciting autumn experiences. The children will have the opportunity to make their very own autumn soup, using a selection of natural resources such as leaves, twigs, conkers and other autumn treasures.

We will also head outdoors for an exciting autumn nature hunt, looking carefully at our surroundings and seeing what we can discover.

Our weekly focus will be based around Supporting children to understand the importance of sharing resources and taking turns with their friends. We will encourage children to wait patiently, use simple language to ask for a turn, understand that everyone gets a turn, and begin to manage their emotions when they have to wait.

Last week, we absolutely loved exploring emotions and feelings through stories, discussions, play and creative activities. The children enjoyed learning new Makaton signs linked to emotions and developing their confidence in expressing how they were feeling.

""Children step into this nursery and immediately feel that they belong. Staff know them so well that every moment becomes an opportunity to help them thrive. They quickly spot any barriers to learning and act straight away, shaping precise, individualised support that lets children achieve alongside their peers. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and those facing other barriers to learning, feel fully included because staff use visual and auditory prompts, signs and gestures, which deepen understanding and keep every child involved. Warm, respectful relationships instil in children a sense of security, celebrating their individuality and fostering emotional wellbeing.""
What a quote!! How proud are we !!

Little Ones Childcare @ Budlake are celebrating today after their Ofsted report was published. The first of the Little Ones chain to be inspected under the new Ofsted framework, we are thrilled to be given such a glowing report. This report reflects the hard work of our team, the dedication of our head office team and maybe most importantly, how amazing our children really are! Well done to Esme and the Budlake team. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/EY233576

At Budlake....this week our book of the week is what the lady bird heard. Our word is clever and our sign is to listen. Inside one of our activities will be matching animal pictures to the different sounds they make. We’ll have pictures of all the animals from the story and use animal lotto games to give us the animals sounds so we can pair them up. We are also going to use the pictures to help us recall the story and put the animals in the same sequence as they are in our book. Outside we are going to have a ladybird hunt. There will be a certain number of ladybirds hidden all round our garden ready to find. We will have to use team work, independence and problem-solving skills – as this is still what the big room are working on; and our counting skills will be put to the test to make sure we find the correct number of ladybirds!

 

Last week we really enjoyed our sensory farm tray; there were lots of different textures to feel and we could use all our senses to explore the tray. We loved being able to recreate our own pets and talk about them to our friends. We’ve had so much fun using the bikes in the garden and building lots out of lego! We were able to make a temporary sensory room which we absolutely loved playing in this week.

At Bovey....this week, our number of the week is going to be number 3 and we are going to be reading the book ‘everyone’s equal’. During the week, we are going to be participating in different golden rules activities including kind hands and sharing toys and games with our friends. For our preschoolers, we will have discussions and give them a simple introduction to different cultures and how this is practised in different religions.

During focus time, we will be doing activities including baking, problem solving and colour recognition. During our music and movement sessions we will be playing the traffic light game, parachute games and exploring the garden space like animals.



Last week, it has officially turned to the season Autumn. We have been reading the leaf thief and our number of the week has been number 2. During the week, the children have painted hedgehogs and owls, created masterpieces with leaves and sticks, as well as painting the leaves and sticks too! The children have had so much fun getting messy with the paint.

At Honiton....this week our book of the week is Colours with a ladybird. Our number of the week is 4 and our Makaton sign of the week is colour. We will be learning about colours and shapes.

Inside we are going to be exploring playdough as this is something the children really love to do. We will be using different shape cutters to make our creations and we will be learning to recognise different shapes in our play. Outside we will have a rainbow rice tray to explore different colours. We will be talking about the different colours we see in the environment and our favourite colours.

Our focus for the week will be our routine. We will be focusing on what happens when and what comes before and after those times.



Last week we have been learning about recycling. We have really loved reading our story ‘the life of a little cardboard box’. We’ve used junk modelling to create some masterpieces by gluing and sticking items together and outside we’ve used cardboard to be so many things. One of our favourite’s was making robot heads with them.

At Whipton....At Whipton this week, our book of the week will be Kindness Rules! and we will be exploring a wide range of emotions and feelings through stories, discussions and play. The children will learn a variety of Makaton signs linked to emotions, helping them express how they feel using both words and signs.



Our number of the week will be 6, and we will enjoy playful counting opportunities indoors and outdoors. We will continue to focus on our Golden Rules, supporting the children to practise good sitting, good listening, walking feet, kind hands and being kind to their friends as they continue build positive relationships.



To deepen our learning around emotions, the children will take part in activities such as exploring emotion monsters, creating feelings faces with playdough, acting out kindness scenarios in the role‑play area, and using colour‑mixing trays to represent different feelings.



Last week, we absolutely loved immersing ourselves in The Tiger Who Came to Tea; the children were so engaged retelling the story in the role‑play area, making cups of tea in the water tray, exploring orange and black playdough, and using their imagination to recreate key moments from the book. What a lovely week!

At Bovey....this week, it is officially autumn so we are going to be reading the leaf thief. Our number of the week is going to be 2. Throughout the week, the children will be able to explore our sensory autumnal tuff tray both inside and outside. These will have lots of autumn objects in. Whilst the children are exploring the tuff trays, we will be helping them to understand the season change and that they will expect to see the weather change, leaves change colour and fall off the trees. In the small world area, the children will be accessing arts and crafts resources, in which they can paint with sticks, leaves, acorns and conquers and then paint these objects too.



Last week has been national recycling week so we have been learning all about the materials that we recycle. We have been organising them into materials in the ‘bins’ aswell as making a big recycling unit that the children can sort the materials out. The children have also participated in junk modelling in the construction area where they have decorated milk cartons, cardboard boxes and plastic bottles. they children had so much fun with the cardboard boxes, they turned them into robot heads!

At Whipton....At Whipton this week, our story of the week will be The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and the children will enjoy themed invitations to play such as making cups of tea in the water tray and exploring orange and black stripy rice just like the tiger. We will also spend lots of time in the role play area using our imagination to retell the story.

Our number of the week will be 5, and our Makaton sign will be tiger.

Our weekly focus will be on our Golden Rules, helping the children practise good sitting, good listening, walking feet, kind hands and being kind to their friends as they build positive relationships.

Last week, we absolutely loved learning all about construction; the children were so engaged using the diggers, exploring textured trays filled with cereals and oats, and building both indoors and outdoors. They experimented with stacking, balancing and designing their own creations, showing fantastic curiosity, teamwork and imagination throughout a brilliant week of hands‑on learning.