Little Acorns - Childminding Service

Little Acorns - Childminding Service I'm Kelly, an Ofsted registered childminder in Bishops Waltham. Encouraging play & independence :)

To end our woodland/grasses week as part of 30 days wild, our little legs walked, ran and climbed 1.7 miles around the w...
12/06/2026

To end our woodland/grasses week as part of 30 days wild, our little legs walked, ran and climbed 1.7 miles around the woods! We loved looking at the different trees talking about some being tall and skinny and some having wide trunks, feeling the different textures of the bark and the fluffy moss growing too! We spotted places where animals may live, bugs in the bark, saw where rain water had washed down tracks though the woods, heard the birds and found lots of squelchy mud!

We also released our butterflies and saw the ladybirds were still around 🐞

After we played our Speech and Language games which we all did really well with, we caught up with our POT GANG seeds an...
11/06/2026

After we played our Speech and Language games which we all did really well with, we caught up with our POT GANG seeds and planted April and May!

We had fun outside under the shelter with the muddy, bubbly water, splashing, scooping, squeezing, pumping and mixing!

We also used paint sticks to make a beautifully, colourful wildflower meadow on the easel!

This afternoon there's been lots of dressing up and singing, and we let our ladybirds free on the cocomelon plant, we hope they stay around 🐞

One of our friends had fun getting Kelly to guess which of the new sea creature toys he was going to take out the bag. There were some great descriptions and lots of language, including aquarium and tentacles and even using the beginning sounds of the words to help with the guessing! A child initiated game based on the S&L game we've been playing this week 💕

Shared from Hampshire Domestic Abuse Partnership "Major football tournaments bring people together, but for some, they a...
10/06/2026

Shared from Hampshire Domestic Abuse Partnership

"Major football tournaments bring people together, but for some, they also bring increased risk.

Domestic abuse can escalate during high-profile matches. Research and local data consistently show that incidents of domestic abuse rise around major men’s football events, with reports increasing by around 25% following matches - regardless of whether the team wins, loses or draws.

This campaign aims to raise awareness, support those affected and encourage everyone to take action"

https://www.hants.gov.uk/socialcareandhealth/domestic-abuse-partnership/professionals/communications-campaigns

Yesterday we had lots of fun looking at the different shapes of grass in our grass paint brushes, after snack we decided...
10/06/2026

Yesterday we had lots of fun looking at the different shapes of grass in our grass paint brushes, after snack we decided what colours we would need, one of us remembered seeing some pink and purple in the grass on Monday and we spoke about different shades of green.

We then went outside and explored what marks we could make with the grass, once we were finished and they were dried we added some butterfly stickers, they looked lovely, just like a wild grass meadow! We tried to identify which grasses we had.

We then had fun with bubbles, water, mud and paint!

08/06/2026

Nelly Pup enjoyed the park and the meadow today too, especially the freshly cut grass 🫣 🐾

This week for 30 days Wild we are exploring woodlands, trees and grass! Today we had a lovely walk to the memorial meado...
08/06/2026

This week for 30 days Wild we are exploring woodlands, trees and grass!

Today we had a lovely walk to the memorial meadow. We learnt that there is more than one type of grass, we spoke about the look and feel of the grasses and how they are different shades of green, some even have other colours on them! We also chatted about how grass is so important for wildlife, bugs, insects, deer, rabbits etc and that some birds birds nest in the long grass

We were very excited to see Michael cutting the grass and tested out the new accessible kissing gate into the meadows that Bishop's Waltham Parish Council have recently installed!

We used scissors to collect some different grass and later at home turned them into paint brushes to use tomorrow! We practiced holding the scissors safely when we were walking with them.

It was inset day so we had Maisy, Noah and a school friend here too, Maisy practiced reading and read to everyone, we sat very quietly to listen!

We were also very excited as our butterflies have started coming out of their chrysalises 🦋

We had fun colour mixing today! We read the very hungry caterpillar and then painted our own. We started with only, red,...
05/06/2026

We had fun colour mixing today! We read the very hungry caterpillar and then painted our own. We started with only, red, blue and yellow which we learnt were called primary colour, and white, we used the colour chart to work out which colours we needed to mix new colours so we could turn our pictures into beautiful, colourful butterflies! 🦋

We then mixed up all the colours to make brown for the chrysalis.

We've also had fun with lots of singing, Duplo, playing babies and we had a visit from one of our new teachers as part of the transition to school in September!

And another we've started learning today 🦋
05/06/2026

And another we've started learning today 🦋

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