Little Ones Childcare

Little Ones Childcare Little Ones Childcare- providing high quality childcare and early education. Nurseries based in Budlake, Honiton, Whipton and Bovey Tracey

Contacting us....if you would like some more information regarding Little Ones please find our individual nursery details in the 'Our Nurseries' section of this site. Alternatively you can contact our head office for more general advice on 01392 469909 or info@littleoneschildcare.co.uk You can also email Katie Porter direct on katie@littleoneschildcare.co.uk.

At Honiton....we have had great fun exploring in our newly built Baby room! We have so much space to roam around. We hav...
09/11/2025

At Honiton....we have had great fun exploring in our newly built Baby room! We have so much space to roam around. We have been making fireworks pictures using toilet rolls and paint to make marks they look so bright and colourful.

We have been playing on our new climbing frame in the garden practising climbing and jumping and balancing.

We have loved our new sensory rainbow wall, there is so much to discover.

Next week we are thinking about remembrance day, we are going to make poppy pictures using potatoes in red paint and outside we will have a poppy tray to explore with coloured pasta.

At Budlake....Next week our story of the week is called The leaf thief by Alice Hemming, our word of the week is Autumn ...
09/11/2025

At Budlake....Next week our story of the week is called The leaf thief by Alice Hemming, our word of the week is Autumn and our sign is leaf. In the creative area we will be making Autumn nature crowns using leaves, sticks, pinecones and a range of autumnal resources. We will be discussing the colours of Autumn and how they change when the seasons change whilst being creative and exploring nature. In the water tray we will be exploring our sense of smell in a fruity tea water with cinnamon sticks and pinecones. We will be talking about what we can smell, see and touch in the tray whilst using descriptive language to describe our senses. Outside in our small world area we will be playing with jungle animals in leaves, grass and other nature to encourage us to be imaginative in our play and begin to create stories whilst playing with small world toys.



This week our story was called bonfire night we have loved reading the story and learning all different facts about bonfire night why not try asking your little one some bonfire night facts to see what they can tell you! We using toilet roll tubes in the mark making area to make our own firework pictures using paint and glitter, in the creative area we explored the feel and sound of tinsel which we used to make our own fireworks and on bonfire night we made our own sparklers using tin foil to make the rustley sound. We have also loved exploring playdough this week with a range of tools to encourage our fine motor skills and enjoyed exploring water play in the garden

At Whipton.... ( sorry no photos due to a technical issue!) Next week, we’ll be diving into the story “Where’s My Teddy?...
09/11/2025

At Whipton.... ( sorry no photos due to a technical issue!) Next week, we’ll be diving into the story “Where’s My Teddy?” as part of our literacy focus. Alongside this, we’ll be learning about Remembrance Day, exploring themes of memory and peace, and participating in activities for Children in Need, thinking about kindness, helping others, and making a difference.  Our number of the week will be 5. Our word of the week will be ‘Bear’ and our Makaton sign will be bear.

 

 

This week we have been learning all about Bonfire Night and Fireworks. We’ve explored the theme using a factual book to support our learning.

We’ve developed our Expressive Arts and Design skills in lots of exciting ways.

On the creative table, we’ve used colourful paints and glitter for flicking, blowing, brushing, and shaking to create a whole host of vibrant firework pictures. In dance, we’ve listened to classical firework music and used our bodies to twist, turn, spin, fly, and pop—transforming ourselves into fireworks!

In the sensory tray, we’ve explored night-black rice with glitter and sparkly accessories.

Outside in the garden, we’ve worked on large-scale flick painting using shower curtains and plastic mats to create dazzling displays of colour.

We’ve also been firefighters for the week—dressing up, putting out pretend fires, driving our fire engines, and learning all about how to stay safe around bonfires and fireworks.

At Bovey....Next week we are going to be reading to book ‘Poppy and the Blooms’. Our number of the week is going to be n...
09/11/2025

At Bovey....Next week we are going to be reading to book ‘Poppy and the Blooms’. Our number of the week is going to be number 2.

 

We have planned to make some poppies in groups and individually giving the children chance to create their own and to work together to make a big one. We will be using paint, glue and tissue paper to create these onto paper plates and card. We are also going to be having a sensory tuff tray with playdough in to explore through the week!

When we have made our poppies we are going to arrange our poppies into big and small groups and count them.

 

Outside in the garden, we are going to invite the children to explore the obstacle courses in lot of different ways that they can think of when using their imagination. Outside they will also get the chance to create their own drawings using different tools.

 

This week the children have been talking to each other about the fireworks that they have seen through the week, comparing the sizes and colours. At nursery, they have been creating their own firework pictures. We have also made our own pizzas!

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton we are learning about Remembrance Day. Our book of the week is Poppy Day. Our number ...
09/11/2025

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton we are learning about Remembrance Day. Our book of the week is Poppy Day. Our number of the week is 3 and our word and sign of the week is Remember. During our cube times we will be talking about Remembrance Day any why people wear poppies, as well as why it is important. On the 11th of November we will try to do a 1-minute silence to remember all the fallen soldiers. This week’s activities are a bark and soil tray in the garden with army people, tanks, and poppies in the soil to represent where the poppies grow. Inside we will be making our own poppies with sponges with red paint and black paint for the middle of it. We will also be making our own medals to remember the soldiers that were very brave. During our letters and sounds we will be recognising and making the sounds of different animals, we will also be doing a musical show and tell to show all our friends our musical talents.

This week we have loved learning about Bonfire night. Lots of us saw fireworks at the weekend as well as going to a local tradition Tarr Barrels in Ottery St Mary. We got to look at big firework displays on the laptop as well as watching what the Tarr barrels looks like. Inside we made out own fire work pictures using cardboard tubes and we loved using our black glittery playdough to make our own stars.

This is a very important plea for your help, so please do take a minute to read the below.Little Ones Childcare are prou...
05/11/2025

This is a very important plea for your help, so please do take a minute to read the below.

Little Ones Childcare are proud to be working with Baby Bank Exeter, not only monthly with their running costs but with their toy appeal for Christmas.

For the past few years, we have been one of a group of companies supporting a fantastic charity with their day to day running costs. Baby Bank Network Exeter has been created to alleviate child poverty in Exeter and surrounding areas to support families in need at times of financial and emotional stress.

Christmas is, of course, a really difficult time for these families and never more so than this year, and so Baby Bank Network is asking for our help. They are looking for donations of small toys and gifts (all need to be new, please) to add to some lovely Christmas goodie bags they are making for their families for children from birth to 11. Last year, they had over 500 requests for bags and are expecting even more demand this year.

So… we will be having boxes in all our nurseries from Monday 10th Nov and are asking our fabulous families to consider donating a small gift for a child. So if you have a small new unused gift at home or can buy just one extra item this year….A rattle, a puzzle, a book, a car, a cuddly toy…. We are also asking for donations of small edible treats, so chocolate money/ small selection boxes or a chocolate Santa would be very welcomed!

Last year, we collected a massive 798 gifts and almost 200 chocolate treats thanks to our amazing families - let’s see if we can do even better this year!! Our last date for collections is 21st Nov, so please help us to help others.

Thank you so much in advance for your help and support-your donation really will make such a difference to a local family this Christmas.

At Bovey....this week we are going to be ready a book all about ‘bonfire night’. Our number of the week is going to be 1...
04/11/2025

At Bovey....this week we are going to be ready a book all about ‘bonfire night’. Our number of the week is going to be 1.

We are going to be creating our own fire works using paint splats, glitter and lots of messy play to celebrate the 5th November. We are also very excited to be creating our own firework pizzas. We are also going to have a tuff tray inspired bonfire full of sticks and leaves. The children will get chance to explore this through the week.

 

Last week, we have enjoyed a Halloween themed week. We have carved pumpkins and explored the insides of them using all of our senses. We made some cookies and had a party on Halloween to celebrate in our costumes!

At Whipton....Halloween fun in the baby room.  Exploring the pumpkin patch, spooky foam, pouring potions and paint dobbi...
03/11/2025

At Whipton....Halloween fun in the baby room.  Exploring the pumpkin patch, spooky foam, pouring potions and paint dobbing. Super cute super spooky fun.

Halloween fun @ Budlake
03/11/2025

Halloween fun @ Budlake

At Whipton ...Next week we are learning about Bonfire Night and Fireworks and using a factual book to help our learning...
03/11/2025

At Whipton ...Next week we are learning about Bonfire Night and Fireworks and using a factual book to help our learning. Our word of the week will be ‘colourful’ and our Makaton sign will be ‘firework’.  Out number is 4.

 

We will be developing our Expressive arts and design skills in a range of ways.  On the creative table there will be an abundance of colourful paints and glitter for flicking, blowing and brushing and glitter to shake and make a whole host of different firework pictures. In dance we will be listening to firework classical music and using our bodies to twist, turn, spin, fly and pop, making our bodies into fireworks.

 

In the sensory tray we will have night black rice with glitter and sparkly accessories and outside in the garden we will also be working with colour and glitter on large scale flick painting onto shower curtains and plastic mats.

 

We will be fire fighters for the week, dressing up, putting out fires, driving our fire engines and learning all about how keep safe around bonfires and fireworks.

 

This week we have had so much Halloween fun.  We have hammered and scooped out pumpkins using our hands to explore the texture of the slimey seeds.  We have made potions with eye of newt and wing of bat. We have worked together to make colour a spooky ghost train, dobbed balloons and rolled pumpkins in paint.  We have made colourful spider webs by blowing paint and threading string and there has been many a ‘Monster Mash’

At Budlake....Next week we will be looking at a non-fiction book called Bonfire night and word and sign of the week will...
03/11/2025

At Budlake....Next week we will be looking at a non-fiction book called Bonfire night and word and sign of the week will be firework. In the mark making area we will be using toilet roll tubes cut into strips to make firework pictures using paint. We will be exploring making marks in different ways whilst talking all about what colours our fireworks may be . In the creative area we will be exploring the different sounds fireworks make in a tinsel firework tray with sound cards with sounds like pop, bang and fizz. We will be throwing the crackly tinsel in the air to create our own fireworks and listening for the crackly sound it makes. In the garden we will be playing in a bonfire night water tray with black water with sequins, pom poms and glitter to create our own fireworks in the night sky. During focus time we will be using breadsticks, sprinkles and chocolate to make edible sparklers to take home with us.

 

Next week for letters and sounds we will be taking part in activities such as going on a listening walk. This is where we take a walk around the garden and listen quietly to all the different sounds we can hear in our environment such as birds chirping or vehicles on the road.

 

This week our book was called how many days till Halloween. We really enjoyed doing our own countdown to Halloween and working out how many days it was till Halloween each day. We took part in so many Halloween activities this week such as making spooky marks in glitter using paint brushes to help us use our fine and gross motor movements, making pumpkin collages using a range of different materials and taking part in pumpkin carving. On Friday we made banana ghosts just like in one of our Halloween books and ate them for our pudding, we also made our own mummies using our faces on black card and adding lots of making tape for the bandages going in all different directions.

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton we are learning about Bonfire Night. The book of the week 5 little Fireworks. Our num...
03/11/2025

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton we are learning about Bonfire Night. The book of the week 5 little Fireworks. Our number of the week is 2 and our sign of the week is firework. During our cube time we will be talking about bonfire night, how we celebrate it and what local traditions and events there are for example Tarr barrels in Ottery St Mary. During our letters and sounds we will be playing a game called a listening moment where we will need to turn on our listening ears to hear the different sounds that are around us in nursery. we will also be going on listening walks.

This week in the creative area we will be using cardboard roll in glitter and paint to make our own firework pictures. We will be recognising different colours as well as what shapes the fireworks make on our pictures. On the small world table, we will be manipulating playdough to roll it out and stamp stars into it. This will be black and look like the galaxy. Outside we will be using our fine motor skills to make marks in a tuff tray to make it look like fireworks. We will be recognising different colours in the tray.

 

This week we have had a lovely week of trips, calving pumpkins, making pumpkin pie and spending time in our new sensory room in the big room!! The babies are now in the new extension and are loving playing in their new space with lots of exciting new toys and more space to play. We have really enjoyed calving our pumpkins to put outside of the nursery as well as cutting up pumpkins to make pumpkin pie for our pudding. We went to a new park this week what had different and exciting swings, zip line as well as different climbing frames. We have loved to dress up this week for Halloween.

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Exeter

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Monday 7:45am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:45am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:45am - 6pm
Thursday 7:45am - 6pm
Friday 7:45am - 6pm

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+441392469909

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