The Garden Classroom: The Next Journey
Hope you enjoyed our little film keep visiting our site to see how we transform our amazing Garden classroom. Thank…
Lovely Week Back After Summer Holidays
We have had a lovely week settling back in and spending time in our new Garden Classroom We decorated the…
Soil and Mud Play
Soil and Mud This is something that is available to children in large quantities and it’s great to see how…
Working Together To Preparing The Garden Ready For The Big Build
We had one last fun day at the end of the garden before getting the area ready for the work…
Planning The ‘Garden Classroom’ With The Children
We started our project by having lots of different discussions around our hopes and dreams of our Classroom I involved…
The New Garden Classroom: Planning and Preparation
Gardening has many benefits for children and adults alike. While their has great health and social implications, it also provides…
Composting
Guidance and Activity Ideas Composting is a natural process when natural materials (such as garden waste and food scraps) are…
ENGAGING GROWTH WITH ‘THE GARDEN CLASSROOM’
By Tracie Dowling Throughout my career as a Registered Childminder, I have incorporated holistic learning into my practices. Over the…
The benefits of outdoor play- How childminders use outdoor spaces to enhance children’s learning outcomes.
‘My greatest childhood memories are of playing outdoors. Running around, climbing trees, playing in my treehouse, making mud pies, using…
Talking About Homelessness With The Under 5’s
This week we have been talking sustainability goal 1 No Poverty. NCFE (pg 17) I provided the children with photographs…
When It Snows…. Craft
Today was the perfect day to start our Christmas Crafts because when we all woke up it had snowed!…
Blog: The Garden Classroom
Introduction Throughout my career as a Registered Childminder, I have incorporated holistic learning into my practices. Over the years this…
This Week In The Garden Classroom
We have loved getting outdoors and sowing some salad crops. We mixed the peat free compost, filled the pots, sowed…
Stanley Park
Today we had a lovely day at Stanley Park. We walked through the rose garden to the play park. Ayrn…
Ladybirds And Friends
We all absolutely loved the story sack ‘What the ladybird heard’ themed activity last week. We decided to extend our…
Our Spring Growing Has Started
Last week we sowed our first ‘Salad Pots’ First we needed to clean the pots to get rid of any…
What The Ladybird Heard
Today I read the story ‘What the ladybird heard‘ to the children. Jack asked me to get out the story…
Easter Fun Tray
Over the next few weeks we will be celebrating Easter. We started the celebrations by having a tray activity. We…
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