Following the announcement of our Queen’s award in April, we are delighted to share an article written about Little Forest Folk by a journalist who visited us in May.
We’ve been bursting with excitement and now that it’s the Queen’s birthday and the official announcement day, we are absolutely delighted to finally share with you the news that Little Forest Folk has been given the royal seal of approval.
Following our being selected by Tatler as being one of the finest nurseries in the nation last month, we are now delighted to share with you an article written about Little Forest Folk by a journalist who visited us in our Wimbledon setting a few weeks ago.
Well, this weekend was the long awaited Nursery World Awards! It was a fabulous event and we were delighted to be recognised in such a large industry such as the early years to be one of the industry leaders.
Welcome to our forest this week, we have had a wonderful week learning all about birds. We hid pictures of different birds around the forest and with a tally sheet we hunted high and low recording each bird we found. With binoculars, telescopes and keen eyes we searched the trees and bushes for our real bird friends that share the forest space with us too. We found robins, black birds, magpies, wag tails and many more
The children have learned and learned and learned this week! At the start of the week, our lovely team were introduced to how to notice ‘the first signs of spring’, by looking for flower shoots, such as daffodils, snowdrops and bluebells. They also looked at tree and bramble branches to see if they could see any new shoots or buds growing.
Early in the week, they explored art inspired by the skies above us. Using mixed colours, they painted stormy scenes with different shades of white and purple. Thick paint was swirled across the paper to represent strong winds, encouraging the children to think about movement, weather and expression through art.
This week has been full of meaningful play, rich learning experiences, and lots of imagination as the children explored themes of caring, nature and storytelling. Through role play, sensory activities and outdoor exploration, our Little Forest Folk-ers have been developing their confidence, creativity and social skills.
Once upon a time, there was a lovely friendship adventure, secret messages on paper boats and hibernating bears! This week, we read, recalled and discussed ‘The Boy and the Bear’ book daily at circle time. We noticed the importance of sharing and the joy of spending time with others as we went through different seasons. We also learnt about the differences we find in nature and in the types of clothes we wear by observing the whimsical illustrations. When revisiting the lovely story, some children made connections and found out where Bear had been all this winter time and why! ❄️🌨️🏔️🧸
The forest is a place for magic and adventure and this week that is exactly what it was!
The children put their forest knowledge to the test and created their own maps of the space they enjoy every day. We started by speaking about things we could see around us and then used our memory to draw things that we see on the walk-ins or adventure walks. This led to some incredible maps of the forest all through the eyes of our little explorers!
