First adventures nursery

April 18,2019

Spring is here

By Gillian Mustard
Teddy Bear house
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Easter, fun, linlithgow, nursery, sensory

We have had a very busy week at Teddy Bear House. We have taken advantage of the good weather and been out for walks to the peel, palace and the loch. The man at the boat jetty gave us some special food to feed the swans and ducks. We were really excited! The children have […]

April 17,2019

Easter Fun

This week the children have been interested in caterpillars. They found lots of leaves in the garden with holes in them. We did some research about the life cycle of a caterpillar and how it changes into a butterfly. We learned a new song about a caterpillar. We have also been very busy with Easter

April 12,2019

Frogs and Tadpoles

This week the children on the second floor have been closely watching the frog spawn and the tadpoles. We have noticed that the frog spawn that we brought into the nursery last week has all hatched into tadpoles and we have been watching them grow bigger as the week has gone on. In the pond [&hellip

April 10,2019

A little visitor

By Gillian Mustard
Turret towers
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excited, kitten, linlithgow, nursery, pets

The Tweenie children had a little visitor today. Claire brought her new kitten ‘Oreo’ to meet the children. The children were very excited to meet him. If you have any pets at home and your children would like to bring them in to meet their friends in the Tweenie Room, please let a member of [&h

April 05,2019

Frog Spawn

Well our playroom feels a bit empty as our chicks have gone back to the farm. This week the children have been keen to check on the progress of our frog spawn in the pond. The adult frogs seem to have gone and left the spawn to hatch. Some of the children are curious to […]

April 04,2019

Tactile Experiences

The children at Teddy Bear House have been showing lots of interest in textures and tactile experiences this week. The toddles have been experimenting by painting with spaghetti to mark make and create beautiful pictures. They also had role play with the dinosaurs and all bran in the tuff tray. The

April 03,2019

Messy fun

By Gillian Mustard
Turret towers
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fun, linlithgow, messy, nursery, sand, water

This week the children have been experimenting with the properties of different materials. They have enjoyed adding sand to the water and vice versa. This has given the children opportunities to combine messy materials.

March 29,2019

Spring is here

By Gillian Mustard
Turret towers
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chicks, fun, linlithgow, nursery, spring

Well spring has certainly arrived and we have been finding lots of clues and signs with the older children. Our chicks hatched from our incubator – this year we had 6. They will be going back to the farm later today to be with their friends. We also found 8 frogs in our pond and […]

March 28,2019

Garden Fun

The babies and toddlers have loved playing in the garden this week. We have been playing ball games, reading stories, playing in our new wooden wendy house and exploring in our mini wood. We have been making fabulous Mothers Day crafts. Ellie’s mum came in to have a play this week and enjoyed sing

March 28,2019

The children in the Tweenie room have been very busy week this week. Thank you to all the mummies who have came to play and to Corinne the gardener for coming to plant with us. We also had a visit from the chicks that hatched out on the second floor and discovered frogs and tadpoles […]