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.
We shifted our attention from shapes and patterns to all sorts of marks and prints this week as we set up lots of opportunities for mark-making of all descriptions. The children looked at a range of animal footprints in clay, flour and on paper and were on the lookout for horse, dog and magpie tracks on the paths into and out of camp. We used natural materials to make marks too, painting with leaves, printing with carved potatoes and rolling patterns into mud.
This week at Little Forest Folk Winkworth, we have been focusing on our fine motor skills! In particular, we’ve been supporting our little ones to develop their skills with independent eating and using a variety of tools and utensils. The forest is an amazing place to develop little fingers - there’s so much to collect with our tweezers and wheelbarrows and dig up and transport with our trowels, rakes and scoops.
There is not only the forest floor for our Little Forest Folk-ers to explore, this week we have been looking up into the tree canopy on a bird watch. Clipboards and binoculars at the ready, we set off looking for birds. We had some images of local birds that we could tick off when we saw them and we discovered that the most common bird visiting our forest was the gorgeous Robin.
This week, the frosty mornings have added a magical touch to our forest adventures, and we’ve been staying active to keep warm! The children loved chasing the sun across the meadow and playing our favourite action game, “Walking in the Forest.” With songs and creative actions, our little adventurers have turned it into a lively and imaginative activity.
So we have returned after our amazing Christmas break away from the forest. As much as we enjoyed spending time with our loved ones and getting over the excitement of Christmas, we have all very much looked forward to coming back into the forest and sharing all our interesting stories with each other and finding out what our lovely little ones have been up to.
