Fine motor week - This week has been all about fine motor skills ! These skills are implemented in children’s everyday play and tasks. We have been encouraging babies to read books, put small puzzles together, press buttons on the noise machines, use sensory poppets all to work their finger muscles! All of the children’s favourite thing to do with the adults this week was reading stories! We used the paper back story books to encourage more focus on turning the pages and all

Our topic this week is touch. To kick this off, Miss Sarah took the children on a sensory walk through the forest to see what they could discover. They used a fir cone to store their findings. We found feathers, leaves, sticks, acorn cups, and conker cases. The children then used a variety of fantastic descriptive language to describe their objects, such as hard, prickly, bumpy, rough, soft, and crunchy! Miss Nikki’s session with Sid the Spider featured some more autumn disco

Our new topic over the next two weeks will centre around Autumn. We have discussed the changes that come with this season with the children. This week, the children thoroughly enjoyed our yoga session, where they explored various calming instruments, balanced balls between their feet, and demonstrated different yoga poses. Additionally, they had great fun during our music to movement session, playing various musical instruments to different songs while pretending to be dinosa

This week we have been having fun with our Maths topic from counting our fingers and toes, ordering from big to small, looking at numbers and their quantities, we played bingo and number matching games, we sang number songs and danced away, we counted each other 🐻 🐻 at circle time, we made number cauldrons for our Halloween display, some of the bigger bears helped to measure each-other and did some activities about time, we lined up and picked out bigger and smaller shadows

Fairies and dragons week This week we have done activities based on fairies and dragons ! What a fun week for all of our bear cubs to drive straight into 👏🏻 we also have the amazing miss Aimee joining us for a few weeks before heading into her Hampson baby room adventures ! Aimee is a crucial part to Clare’s little bears and an amazing person to add to any team ❤️ We have done many activities this week including: rice trays, mark making, story reading, fine motor practise,

Continuing our journey of 'All about me' making faces and talking about likes and dislikes, whose in our family. Also welcoming more new bears!! Our theme this week was sight, how we use our eyes to see the wonderful things that are around us, where they come from, and to take a closer look with our magnifying glass 🔍 We embarked on a looking walk armed with binoculars and magnifying glasses, where we encountered snails, mushrooms, a moth, a slug, and an eggshell. This spark

This week we have been very busy getting to know our bears 🐻🐻🐻 We would like to say a warm welcome to you all, our bears have been very brave and have been settling very well. We have been busy getting to know each other making new friends and spending quality time together 💜💜 We have been been spending time getting relaxing with our yoga session the children enjoyed playing with the sensory items and trying out different poses 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏼‍♀️they even practiced some deep

This week we have continued exploring our topic ‘All About Me’. The children have enjoyed drawing around their hands and discussing their favourite things (animals, colour, food, etc.). They have also enjoyed creating their own family tree and discussing who is in their families. This week we have also enjoyed Spanish; the children have really enjoyed learning new words and listening to new songs. We have also had superstar sports; the children have enjoyed pretending to be d

On Wednesday, the Bears ventured off site to a nearby woodland for their first outing. In line with our sight topic, we explored the landscape by observing our surroundings, looking up and down, as well as underneath and behind. Prior to our departure, the children received a safety briefing, and their behaviour was outstanding. Things we spotted Ladybird, dragonfly, yellow flowers, a bird box, a wonky tree, gigantic mushrooms, pinecones, leaves, berries, conkers, a redwood t

All about me week ! All about me week is a week in baby bears to introduce our new friends and get back into routine. This weeks activities have been based on everyone’s favourite things and spending time together! Now we are heading into the cooler months please remember coats/jumpers/hats/shoes or slippers and socks ! Our baby walks may be a bit chilly so we need to wrap up warm 👏🏻 Next weeks theme : Fairies and dragons 🐉

It was wonderful to welcome back our Hampson Bears and to hear about all their holiday adventures! Our current topic is ‘All About Me,’ which will continue into this week. The children have been eager to share their experiences with friends and staff, whether it involved a holiday on a plane or a visit to the park. The children created self-portraits by looking in the mirror to observe the colours of their hair and eyes. The children participated enthusiastically in our yoga

As we settle back in September with our Bears, we're excited to meet new families and build connections while supporting everyone's emotions. We begin our Forest with the forest rules, each taking a turn to look, learn and share the log rule as a group. Then afterwards a game of 123 where are you to hone listening skills We explored "All About Me" by creating portraits using mirrors to examine our faces and hair, along with some fantastic items from the forest. 🌳 We will con

We had a calm and leisurely week that seemed to pass quickly in the heat. Lotsnof water play, making bubbles with our feet was splashing fun. We crafted fairies and elves using elder and felt, and shared numerous stories while nestled in our shaded bean bag corner. It was wonderful to savour quiet moments as the heat increased, allowing for plenty of reflection with the children. We also enjoyed relaxing in hammocks. Miss Nikki brought in some enchanting fairies for the focus

This week, our theme has focused on healthy eating. It has been a very hot week and the children have coped so well considering. We've enjoyed plenty of water play, eaten ice pops to keep us cool and engaged with messy tuff trays to keep us busy. We apologise for the limited photos this week. Our main priority has been spending more one-on-one time with the children and ensuring their safety in this heat. Thank you for being so understanding in picking your children up early

This weeks post looks a little different as it is shorter - due to the heat we of course have been shut for half days and when the children have been in we have been solely focused on their wellbeing and temperature. To keep the babies cool this week we have been splashing in the pool everyday ! Some babies have been diving straight in and other are more happy with a hand splash but this is a great way for them to keep cool. We also have been treated to ice lollys ! Again som

💚🐻 HAMSPON BEARS PRESCHOOL 🐻💚 During our arts and crafts sessions, we have created sun catchers, ice creams, and crabs. The children have been having a great time with water play 💦 this week, especially in the garden, where they have enjoyed delicious treats to help them cool down 🍦 in the hot weather ☀️. Additionally, the children have participated in our music and movement sessions, mimicking the various actions in songs and experimenting with different musical instru

Over the past two weeks, our theme has revolved around individuals who help us. The children have shown great enthusiasm while learning about various professions, and we have had a wonderful time crafting our own vehicles using large cardboard boxes and a range of colourful paints to create their masterpieces! The children have demonstrated a keen interest in exploring different types of helpers in our community. We have delved into this topic through group discussions, readi

This week we’ve been busy busy exploring and making things for our special dads ! Here’s what we did in celebration of Father’s Day - Father’s Day rice tray = this tray was used for mark making and some of our oldest bears tried tracing a “d” for dad with staffs support ! They enjoyed sprinkling the rice and pushing it all about with the paint brushes 💚 My dad rocks tray = musical instruments to make our own music ! We had shakers, tambourines, bells and more to create any s

Last week was filled with sharing transition stories, practising lining up, taking registers, and encouraging self-service during snack time. Our leavers showed excellent progress, getting one step closer to their next adventure. We decided to take the plunge and put our skills to the test by making bread dough. We then added oil and our homegrown rosemary to create focaccia, and it was a success! The children developed their fine motor skills as they rolled, kneaded, stretch