Adesire to upgrade their setting’s pet rabbit to a horse might have been a pipe dream for the children at Cottage Day Nursery in Derby, but it did lead to an exciting visit from a pair of Shetland ponies.
‘We see how much the children gain from spending time with the nursery’s rabbit, and the proprietors are keen to get more pets. So we opened up the conversation to the children’s pre-school council. We printed off animal photos and they discussed what they’d like,’ says pre-school co-ordinator Steph Bull. ‘A pony resonated with a lot of them, probably because one of our favourite books is Sugarlump and the Unicorn [see Book corner].’
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