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.
This week has certainly been a week of many weathers… wind, rain and sunny spells! The gorgeous sun has finally shown its face and this has attracted many bees to visit us. The children love watching the bees from a safe distance, hard at work gathering pollen, and this inspired our explorers to put on their artistic hats and use sponges to create some wonderful, stamped pieces of bee-themed art!
We started our week with ‘International Day of Happiness’ and the sunshine came out to help us celebrate too! Our Little Forest Folk-ers are always finding joy in the simple things and this week has been no different, we have loved seeing our forest bloom with beautiful spring flowers and watching the sun shine through the trees after a rain shower.
We’ve certainly all been enjoying the warmer weather this week, which has even meant jackets-off on various occasions! These atmospheric changes help children to develop their own ideas about body temperature regulation, and their understanding of how different items of clothing help and protect us.
Starting off the week inside was a little different to our usual Mondays and we certainly made the most of it, creating camp in our back garden with teddies gathered around the log circle, books hanging up, digging up our vegetable patch, face painting and seeing how long it took before the wind knocked down our foam shelter
This week in the Fulham Forest we have had a busy, exciting and eventful week. We started off the week by going on our first Fulham trip as we went to visit and spend the day with the team at Little Forest Folk Putney Heath. The children had the most amazing time as we took the bus there and got to play and explore the Putney Heath site. Everyone even got to have a turn on the swing that was there, which the children really enjoyed!
A wet week changes the play, and plenty of tent time in between games in the rain has been a fun addition.
Seated in the round, stories and songs galore fill the covered cosy space with warmth and soul. Classics like “Rain, Rain go away” and “It’s raining, it’s pouring” tour the circle of children with everyone having an opportunity to fill their name into the right gaps. Other singing and dancing games have helped us all to keep bodies moving and warm with smiles and laughter.
It has been another amazing week at Wimbledon, full of fun, happiness and even some snow!
Our children have found the mixture of weather this week to be so exciting as it brings so many new opportunities to explore. We have looked at the new flowers blossoming on our meadow, the worms popping up on the wetter days and the snow-covered puddles on our colder days.
With a chill back in trees, our Little Forest Folk-ers have kept themselves busy with LOTS of activities.
Little tasty ladybirds buzzed through our camps as our adventurers developed their fine motor skills, chopping and slicing fruits to build their insects. Banana bases, basil leaves, blueberry faces, and strawberry wings made a very yummy snack!
