Hola from Monkey Puzzle! 👋 🇪🇸

Earlier this week, the Toddlers have explored the country Spain!
We celebrated La Tomatina🍅 , a festival which includes throwing tomatoes at one another!

During our cookery class, involving stuffed peppers, our toddlers were able to enhance on their fine motor movements by chopping, stirring and adding their cooked portion to their plate - a fantastic meal to extend on their Spanish understanding

In the afternoon, 💃 Toddlers put on their dancing shoes and demonstrated their own Flamenco, whilst listening to traditional Spanish music

The teachers supported the children with their attention to detail, by using playdoh tools to manipulate and create churros - WOW

Finally, the team offered a range of mark making tools to create their own Spanish flags - fantastic work Toddlers! ...

Autumn is here, and so are new learning opportunities..

In our entrance hall, come and embrace the sweet smell of the autumnal season, immerse yourself in fine motor curiosity, and help expand our little ones` understanding by using the scaffold technique to enhance their language and thinking💭1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ ...

Today we wish our lovely deputy manager Alice off on the start of her maternity leave 👶🏼 you are going to be the best mummy and we can’t wait to welcome your little one in to the Monkey Puzzle Family. Enjoy every moment of your special next chapter, we are all going to miss you lots ❤️❤️❤️ ...

This week our new country to explore was… MEXICO 🇲🇽

🇲🇽 We decorated our own cactus ( and learnt that more than one cactus is called cacti) and looked at different locations and conditions they grew in.
🇲🇽 We listened to some Mexican music whilst shaking Maracas and dancing in our very own fiesta party!
🇲🇽 We made our own piñata which Mexican families use as a symbol of joy and unity and is an important tradition, we took it in turns to hit it to see what we could find inside!
🇲🇽 Lastly we had tacos for tea! The children helped to prepare all the salad ingredients ready for their tea and done a great job trying to wrap their soft shells like a traditional looking taco! ...