by Heather Young | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog
Whether you hear the term being used within the nursery setting, see it online whilst researching fun activities or you’ve heard it being mentioned in the health care environment, sensory play is a term you might hear a lot when you have a young child. Sensory...
by Jessica Lawrence | May 12, 2022 | News
As part of our Sow and Grow programme, the children at Charnwood have been looking at different flowers. They have observed pictures of flowers by a famous artist, and then made their own flower pictures from tissue paper! Flower pots were also arranged by size, with...
by Jessica Lawrence | Sep 2, 2021 | News
After one of the children went on a camping break away, Kiddi Caru in Bedford took inspiration from their weekend and transformed one of their areas into a mini campsite complete with tent, campfire, and picnic area. The children enjoyed using binoculars to hunt for...
by Kiddi Caru | Jun 8, 2021 | News
The babies had a wonderful time exploring shredded paper! They loved dropping the paper and watching it fall as well as listening to the rustling noises that it makes. It was a great activity for the children to develop their gross motor skills and hand-to-eye...
by Kiddi Caru | Jun 2, 2021 | News
The babies at Charnwood Day Nursery received a variety of sensory tubes filled with different objects. From natural materials such as rose petals and fir cones, to brightly coloured buttons and pipe cleaners. The babies explored the tubes and enjoyed stacking them to...