July in seahorses has been a special little month with welcoming new babies and settling them into the patterns of the day, new experiences and new little friends to bond with. Settling has been the biggest focus of the month and it has been really sweet seeing the babies who have been with us for the longest time feeling confident and showing the new babies how it’s all done in their own little ways.

The babies have had lots of opportunities for outside play and this also means they get to spend time with the toddlers while sharing the same space. The babies are adored by toddlers, especially our new babies.

Many of our babies have started to find their voices within the room and because they are settling well, they are really starting to chat away with each other and the teachers.

And, as well as welcoming new children and a change to the dynamic, we have still continued with our regular activities including a lot of the usual messy activities; corn flour slime, water play- inside and out, sand play in the garden, ball and bean bag throwing and placing in buckets and pots.

We even created a pretend beach on one of the days with mats to sits on and material to wave around their feet, buckets and spades and other beach toys to play with.