Welcome time is when the children come in, put their photo on our register board, pop their water bottle in the drink box and say a special hello to all their friends. Free play kicks off, followed by a focus activity, and of course some outdoor fun in our beautiful garden or a walk on the Ashdown Forest!
The toys on offer include construction, small world, role play, puzzles to name a few. The focus activity can be anything from baking to dancing, to creative activities or reading a story in a tent.
Snack time is held between 10am – 10.30am where the children are then offered milk or water, and are given the choice of several fruits and vegetables. Lunchtime is at 12.00pm – 1.00pm and they can choose a place to sit and can help a member of the staff team to give out the lunchboxes.
The afternoon session includes free play, garden time or forest walks, and of course a little bit of quiet time and a story.
Learning through play and our environment are very important to us at Little Deers. Trips to the forest are top of our list! We love to go put on our wellies and go exploring. The children are fantastic at spotting interesting bugs and beasties.
Part of our ethos at Little Deers is to enable the children to be creative in their learning. Playing and learning go hand in hand. Each day is packed full of everything from construction toys, arts and crafts to role play.
We have an excellent outdoor space which we use at every opportunity along with our lovely summerhouse which houses plenty of toys and activity boxes. We celebrate sports day ever summer and invite all our parents and carers to come along to cheer and of course take part too! Its a fabulously fun day!
Tiny Tekkers (see HERE for more details) runs every other Wednesday morning for 1 hour. All children are invited to attend who are at preschool on Wednesday mornings, we only ask for a voluntary contribution to the overall cost.