Two Year Old Room

November 2025 - Autumn

Thank you for supporting our Autumn Treasure Collection.
The children were very happy to share their contributions and have enjoyed exploring the natural treasures collectively.
We have explored the collection and talked about where they grow and where we found them. Many children found treasures in the garden and some ventured out to the park. We also investigated some mathematical concepts. The children have lifted up pumpkins and various leaves and pine cones to feel and compare weight and size and hammered golf tees into pumpkins.

November 2025 - Incy Wincy Spider

The children have enjoyed exploring the spiders and resources supporting the core book, Incy Wincy Spider. They are able to sing and join in with the actions when singing together as a group.
Reading to children has astonishing benefits; comfort, reassurance, confidence and security, relaxation, happiness and fun. It builds self-esteem, vocabulary, and feeds the imagination.

October - Pets and Bugs in the Natural Environment

Interacting with animals and bugs in the natural environment supports children’s learning and development, and gives children the opportunity to learn how to be gentle and responsible for others.

Young children discover their world through seeing, hearing and touching. Stroking and interacting with animals at close proximity teaches children how various textures feel. The various animal noises will help children identify the animals’ unique sounds.

Motor skills are constantly being developed throughout a young child's life. Motor skills are simply anything that uses their muscles. Gross motor skills involve large movements such as running or climbing, and fine motor skills are small movements such as holding a brush to groom an animal, or using tweezers to feed them.
Spending time with animals is great for learning lots of new words – like whiskers, snout and paws. Children will usually return home at the end of the day and chatter away to the family about the animals.

Young children begin to develop the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, and this includes animals too! When a child is asked questions such as, “Do you think Bijou likes being stroked?” and “Do you think the snail is hungry?” can help children to consider the animals’ feelings.

October - That's not my...

Usbourne touchy feely book collection by Fiona Watt

The children have enjoyed exploring the That’s not my …. Usbourne touchy feely book collection. They are learning to handle books respectfully, hold the books up the correct way, turn the pages one at a time, gently explore the sensory tactile pages and listen to the story.

The importance of reading for children cannot be underestimated. Reading for pleasure can benefit a child’s education, social and cognitive development, their wellbeing, and their mental health.

September 2025 - First week at Preschool

Welcome to Preschool 2’s for the new term. The children are settling well as they build relationships with the staff, explore the environment and respond to the routine and rhythm of the day.