Fatherly fun
Settings across the country invited dads to spend time with theirchildren to celebrate Fathers' Day. Pippins Montessori Kindergarten inColchester, Essex, had fathers joining in yoga, cooking and a discussionabout dinosaurs, and East Staffordshire Children's Centre organised aspecial breakfast and football themed activities. At Teston andWateringbury Nursery group in Teston, Maidstone, fathers andgrandfathers took part in a kitemaking activity. Busy Bees Nursery inOldbrook held a Daddies Day breakfast, and Footsteps Day Nursery,Tamworth, Staffordshire, invited fathers to get messy playing with bakedbeans.
Picnic with Paddington
Little Acorns Day Nursery in Northampton held a Paddington Bear picnictea last month to raise money for Action Medical Research. The childrenbrought along their favourite teddy bear and made Paddington Bear hatsand bear biscuits and ate marmalade sandwiches.
Riding along
Children at Sparklers Pre-School in Annan, Dumfriesshire, have beenlearning about the traditional local festival, the Riding of theMarches, where the queen of the border is crowned. They made specialRiding of the Marches flags and enjoyed a personal visit from thosetaking part in the festival.
Pat the pets
Happy Jays Nursery in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, enjoyed a visit byanimals from their local Pets@Home store. The children were able to holdand stroke rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, a tortoise and a beardeddragon lizard and learned about their natural habitats and how to carefor them at home.
Just felt like it
Lincolnshire Montessori in Caistor invited local artist Wendy Chan torun a felt-making workshop for the reception children in June.Development manager Nathan Archer said, 'The children learned about thefelt and how, working with a soap solution, they could flatten thefibres and make a picture.'
Football artists
Even the babies at the Nursery on the Green in Frimley, Surrey, wereinspired by the World Cup when they made football-themed wall displaysusing footballs rolled in paint to create patterns.
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Pots of care
Marie Curie Cancer Care is inviting children to get their hands dirty bygrowing daffodils for the Mini Pots of Care fundraising initiative.Children can plant daffodil bulbs in the autumn, care for themthroughout the winter months and celebrate when their daffodils bloom byholding a Mini Pots of Care day. The activity is designed to reflect thework of Marie Curie nurses who provide care for patients with terminalillness in their homes. Register by 27 August atwww.mariecurie.org.uk/minipotsofcare.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Children from Clifton Tots in Bristol had the whole world in their handsunder the mirrored sphere by the reflective pool at the At-Bristolscience and discovery centre. Nursery staff organised the visit tofollow on from the children's interest in their reflections inpuddles.
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