The Ark Childcare, Hygge In The Early Years Accredited Setting

Bookish play today, it was a cold dark night. Our little ones listened to the story then used the leaves to build the hedgehog his home.
Our gorgeous wooden parts are from Little Wonders

Its official, I am OUTSTANDING 🥳
Im really pleased to now be able to share my recent Ofsted inspection with you all.

Exploring Autumn small world play.

Houses are from Little Wonders use code ARK10

Sensory pumpkin stones A Pebble & A Paintbox use code ARK10

Autumn peg dolls sarahs pegs use code SARAH10

Felt leaves, pumpkins and pine cones are from Tara Treasures use code ARK10

We have really enjoyed playing with our Curiosity Corner Sensory Dough today. The little ones used the stampers and peg dolls to make lots of lovely marks.
Curiosity Corner discount code ARK10
Sarah pegs (etsy) discount code SARAH10

Loose parts autumnal play. What can you see? How many? Can you find?

Our new play dough and mark making area.
We only ever use Curiosity Corner Sensory Dough they smell amazing.
Discount code ARK10

Our lovely new kitchen area. We adore the felted foods and pumpkins from Tara Treasures. Use discount code ARK10.

Autumn has officially arrived, it's time to get snuggled and cosy.

Today we are exploring feelings and emotions. Our little ones really enjoy the colour monster story, it really helps them learn.

Small world digging and building.

Today we have been drawing spiders and webs in the black sand.

We are really excited to announce that we are now brand reps for Curiosity Corner Sensory Dough.
The dough comes all the colours of the rainbow and smells amazing.
**We do have a 10% discount code which is ARK10**

Here's some of what we have been doing this week. We have already had lots of different activities for our little ones to explore. Next week we will hopefully be having a change in the cabin (massive delivery pending 😂) and welcoming in Autumn.

** Important announcement **
Ofsted are coming for an inspection this week.
If anyone is able to provide any feedback (reference style) or provide contact details for feedback please let me know.
It's really important for them to get a full picture of the childcare setting so feedback is invaluable. Thank you 😊

Exploring our woodland themed sensory tray.
How cute are these adorable woodland pegs from sarahs pegs (etsy)

We have loved exploring our new wonderie farm yard cloth and new lanka kade barn set this morning.

Our little ones love playing with hair brushes and accessories, they tell us they are beautiful just like Mummy.

We absolutely love the new pond wonder cloth. It goes beautiful with frogs and fish for nursery rhyme counting fun.

Sensory play on our bumble crumble!

Today we have been counting and matching numbers using our Yellow Door Education number bees and cards.

We have an unexpected space become available on a Friday.
Message us for details.

A small construction site in the sand for our little ones to get busy digging and building.

Our play dough station this week has a nursery rhyme theme this week.
Nursery rhymes are part of our daily routine here as they are such a valuable part of language development.
We've used Yellow Door Education nursery rhyme rollers along with Curiosity Corner Sensory Dough.