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Nursery Availability
Looking for nursery spaces can be a frustrating challenge, especially when left too late. To make sure you get the space booked that you need, you need to start looking as early as 12 weeks pregnant. Nursery spaces everywhere are very limited and this blog aims to explain why this is and how you can get ahead and get the spaces you need.
Growing up naturally
I’ve spent decades contemplating how to best guide children toward becoming capable, resilient adults. Initially inspired by my own kids, I’ve developed evolving principles seen at Beach Babies. These include using natural materials to engage all senses, allowing child-led exploration, providing some adult guidance to extend learning, offering open-ended resources to foster creativity, maintaining a calm environment with natural colours, minimising noise to promote focus, modelling purposeful activities, and organising resources accessibly to encourage independent use.
Philosophy for Children
At nursery, we engage children in philosophical discussions, fostering critical thinking and empathy from a young age. These open-ended conversations, sparked by objects or questions during free moments, help develop reasoning skills. Encouraging diverse perspectives, you can turn everyday delays into opportunities for valuable reflection and discussion.
We don’t all see the world in the same way
Creativity is a powerful part of childhood development. Nurturing imagination helps children focus, explore, and solve problems. Valuing their ideas and the creative process over the final product builds confidence and resilience, encouraging emotional grounding and the ability to share with others. Discover practical tips to foster creativity at home through art, mark making, and music.
What is a schema?
Schemas are repetitive patterns of behavior or thought that children (and adults) use to make sense of the world and develop understanding. They help all of us organise and process our thoughts and feelings. They help us to think. As we get older – our schemas do not go away, they just get more and more sophisticated.
Loose Parts
Have you ever bought your child a toy and they have spent more time playing with the box than what was inside it? Have you ever collected stones and used them as jewels, coins or treasure? If you have, then you’ve already experienced loose parts. Loose parts play is essentially using open ended objects to enhance natural curiosity and imagination in play.
Heuristic Play
Babies and children learn best when using all five senses. Heuristic play is a child-led play where one or more children play with different objects and move around, often moving the objects with them.
Treasure Baskets for Infant Development
Treasure baskets, devised by educational psychologist Elinor Goldschmied, offer infants aged 6 months and older a sensory-rich learning experience with everyday objects, fostering neural development through exploration, play, and interaction, while also enhancing fine motor skills, concentration, confidence, and decision-making abilities.
Understanding Play
Explore the transformative role of play in learning and development, guided by the pioneering theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Montessori.
Early Years funding – What you should know
Understanding Early Years funding: eligibility, application, and challenges in childcare provision.
Does your work improve your life?
Discover the keys to achieving a fulfilling work-life balance in our latest blog article, where we explore practical strategies for enhancing well-being in the post-COVID world.
Beach Babies Approach to Undesired Behaviours
As a setting we are often asked how we support children with undesired or tricky behaviours. Today, we share some of our strategies that are open ended and are embedded in our practice.
Making The Most of The Long Summer Break
Explore a blend of imaginative, educational, and entertaining activities to keep your children engaged during the lengthy summer holidays while nurturing their creativity and independence.
From Super Nanny to Nursery Founder
Beach Babies: Nurturing Children, Empowering Communities, and Ensuring a Sustainable Future.
The cost of childcare
Childcare has made it to the top of the agenda. It was the headline in March’s budget, and even has articles in the Economist.
Talking to children about death
We discuss the importance of talking to children about death and provide tips on how to do so, such as using clear language and encouraging questions.
The importance of tooth brushing
We take a closer look at tooth brushing and explore why it’s something to be passionate about from an early age.
What does it take to be Outstanding?
Beach Babies in Wilburton has recently been awarded Outstanding by Ofsted.
Deferring school entry
This is the time of year that many parents now face the prospect of their child starting school next year. It may be a positive and exciting prospect for some but for many, it raises worries and concerns.
Why Beach Babies pays the Real Living Wage
Learning how to take care of yourself is one of our 4 major curriculum themes. Of these, this is arguably the most important. Without it, a person is not able to focus on the world and community that they interact with.
I know how to stay healthy and well
Learning how to take care of yourself is one of our 4 major curriculum themes. Of these, this is arguably the most important. Without it, a person is not able to focus on the world and community that they interact with.
Early Years funding – what you should know
Understanding Early Years funding: eligibility, application, and challenges in childcare provision.
Valuing Self and Others
We reflect on the values and ethos at the heart of our Beach Babies family.
Community Engagement at Beach Babies
I know how to care for the world I live in
What will this look like at Beach Babies?
We have a new website but why?
When taking small opportunities leads to the discovery of a passion
Things to do before you start school
The years before formal school are the time in your children’s lives when you can have the most influence. Set them free and encourage some healthy habits by focusing on doing these simple things. Full credit for the idea goes to the National Trust and their 50 things to do before you’re 11 & 3/4s.
Returning back to nursery
Home-schooling or not?
Starting School — The Parent Survival Guide
Saving tax on Childcare Fees
The Beach Babies Orchard
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