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Woodlands Exploring, Learning, and Creating Together

🌟 Hedgehogs Busy Learning Through Play! 🌟

Our Hedgehogs have been loving the new sensory path, exploring it with curiosity and confidence 🦔✨ 

👩‍🎨 Expressive Arts & Design
Children have been mark‑making, experimenting with different textures and materials, and enjoying messy play as they explore how things feel, move, and change.

💪 Physical Development
Walking the sensory path, cutting fruit, and stirring porridge supports gross and fine motor skills, hand–eye coordination, and control.

🧠 Personal, Social & Emotional Development
By making porridge and preparing fruit, children are building independence, confidence, and pride in “doing it myself,” while learning to manage simple tasks and follow routines.

🥣 Understanding the World
Messy play and food preparation encourage children to explore materials and ingredients, noticing changes and talking about what they experience.

So much learning happening through play, exploration, and real‑life experiences – exactly how our youngest learners thrive 💛

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