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 Budlake....This week our book is called emergency by Margaret Mayo and our word of the week is vehicle and our sign o...
16/03/2026

At Budlake....This week our book is called emergency by Margaret Mayo and our word of the week is vehicle and our sign of the week is car. In the small world area, we will be exploring sand with diggers, lentils and toilet roll tubes to make our own construction site we will be exploring lots of different textures and using descriptive language to describe what we can feel. In the water area we will be playing with boats and other objects that float or sink we will be investigating toys that float and sink and learning about different concepts. In the garden we will be making ramps for the card using the large wooden blocks we will be working together to build the ramps and playing co-operatively we will also be using mathematical language of fast and slow. We will also be playing board games and collaging.

 

This week our book was how much do I love you, we talked all about Mother’s Day and all of the people in our lives that are important to us. We made our Mummies cards using a range of resources and tried really hard to write our own names. We also loved exploring the doll’s house and arranging the furniture in a variety of ways. In the water tray we made love potions using glitter and petals we practised filling and emptying and used mathematical language.

At Whipton....This week, the babies have thoroughly enjoyed engaging in creative activities, including exploring paint a...
16/03/2026

At Whipton....This week, the babies have thoroughly enjoyed engaging in creative activities, including exploring paint and pens to make Mother’s Day cards.

With the welcome appearance of some sunshine, we have also been able to spend more time outdoors, making the most of the brighter weather. the children have been developing their gross motor skills with great enthusiasm. They have shown growing confidence as they climbed the frame and navigated the steps to the slide.

At Honiton....This week in the baby and toddler room we have been learning about Mothers Day and the people who are spec...
16/03/2026

At Honiton....This week in the baby and toddler room we have been learning about Mothers Day and the people who are special to us. We made flower plant pots with the babies to give these to their Mummies. The babies and toddlers have enjoyed exploring playdough and making prints in the playdough using fresh flower petals and leaves. We also made cards using different shapes to make flowers and the toddlers were able to talk about their Mummies and the people who are in their families. At group times we looked at our family phots and read the story “Guess How Much I Love You”.



Next week we are learning about space, the babies will be exploring a space sensory tray and will have a space tent. The toddlers will be creating rockets by using building blocks and talking about shapes. In our mark making area we will be making planets using paint and paper plates!

At Bovey...this week, we are going to be reading the book ‘Superworm’. Our number of the week is going to be ‘10’.During...
10/03/2026

At Bovey...this week, we are going to be reading the book ‘Superworm’. Our number of the week is going to be ‘10’.

During the week, we are going to be identifying insects and understanding where they might live. We are also going to be supporting our friends by doing challenges like obstacle courses to try new activities and encourage our friends along the way – similar to the story that we are going to be reading.

Outside in the garden, we have planned lots of Superworm inspired play including finding the insects in the mud with the magnifying glasses, digging in the sand and planting flowers into flower pots.

Inside, we will be creating flower pictures at the craft table with lots of colourful resources.

During focus time, we are going to be focusing on our hand-eye co-ordination by practising our scissor skills, building with the lego and practising our pencil grip.

At music and movement time, we are going to be getting our bodies moving by joining in with yoga, danny go and the traffic light game.



Last week we have read the story ‘Elmer’ and our number of the week was ‘9’.

We had lots of jungle inspired play with animals and elephants with messy and colourful play. We loved reading Elmer!

At Honiton....At Honiton last week we were learning about world book day and we went on a trip to our local library. We ...
09/03/2026

At Honiton....At Honiton last week we were learning about world book day and we went on a trip to our local library. We enjoyed picking out books from the shelves and read some of our favourite stories! We also enjoyed colouring some pictures of characters from stories we like to read. At the library we got given tokens to get a free books, therefore we went to the shop to pick some and took them back to nursery! After a busy trip we got the bus back to nursery, we had such a fun time!

At Budlake....Next week our story will be How much do I love you by Isabel Pope our word of the week will be love you an...
09/03/2026

At Budlake....Next week our story will be How much do I love you by Isabel Pope our word of the week will be love you and our sign will be Mummy. Next week we will be talking all about Mother’s Day and talking all about the people that our important to us. In the mark making area we will be making cards for our Mummies and other people that our important to us, we will be using a range of resources such as paint, glitter and scissors to make our cards, we will be practising our scissor skills and also talking all about how to stay safe whilst using scissors. In the water area we will be making love potions using potion bottles, glitter and petals. We will using mathematical language and practising our pouring, measuring and emptying skills.



For letters and sounds next week we will be taking part in activities such as rhyming pairs this is where we play a game with pairs of pictures and we have to see which pairs of pictures rhyme such as a peg and a leg. We will also be singing our favourite songs and rhymes and playing with rhyming puppets.



This week our book was the colour monster, we talked all about our emotions and what things may make us feel the different emotions such as what makes us happy or sad. We loved looking in the mirror and practising faces that linked to each emotion in our story. We also really enjoyed making our own colour monsters using lots of different coloured playdough, we talked all about the different colours of the dough and explored a range of resources to create our monsters. In the garden we enjoyed playing hide and seek and tag incorporating numbers into our play in many ways

At Whipton....Next week will be Science and Space Week, and the children will be exploring a brand‑new experiment every ...
09/03/2026

At Whipton....Next week will be Science and Space Week, and the children will be exploring a brand‑new experiment every day. Our number of the week will be 10, our word of the week will be experiment, and our Makaton sign of the week will be ‘rocket’.

 

The children will be learning all about the wonders of space, rockets, and simple science as we spark curiosity and hands‑on discovery. Each day will include a different experiment, such as fizzy moon rocks, colour‑mixing potions, balloon‑powered rockets, and mini volcanoes. In the tuff tray, the children will explore a space‑themed sensory setup filled with moon dust, stars, and hidden planets to uncover.

 

During focus time, the children will be designing and building their own rockets, creating planets, and taking part in small‑world astronaut adventures. We will also be practising counting to 10 using stars, planets, and rocket boosters, helping the children link numeracy to their space learning. Throughout the week, we’ll be talking about what scientists do, how experiments help us learn, and what makes space such an exciting place to explore.

 

Last week we loved learning all about Alan’s Big Scary Teeth and exploring oral hygiene. The children enjoyed brushing giant teeth, talking about how to keep our mouths healthy, and taking part in lots of crocodile‑themed fun. On Thursday, we had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day. We dressed up, shared stories and cuddles, and some of the children even had their faces painted. It was so much fun and a lovely way to celebrate our love of books.

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton we are learning about Mother’s Day the book of the week is Monkey Puzzle. Our number ...
09/03/2026

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton we are learning about Mother’s Day the book of the week is Monkey Puzzle. Our number of the week is going to be 9 and our word and sign of the week is ‘mother’. Next week we will be looking together at the different special people to us that look after us and why they are so important and the ways they make us feel. During our cube times we will also be doing our letters and sounds with the children. 

What we will be up to in the week will be lots of mark making using jungle animals to make foot prints on paper we will be looking at all different sizes of prints as well as the colours and patterns we can make. We also be doing some lovely cards for the important people in our lives and talking together about why they want to make the cards for those adults in their lives. We will also have a tuff tray available set up like a jungle with tissue trees and jungle animals like the animals in our book lives and have fun exploring different textures and having fun making homes for the animals in the jungle.

This week we have had the best time looking at books we have read plenty of different books together particularly looking at rainbow fish the children have had lots of interest in talking about why the rainbow fish was happy once he shared his scales. We had so much fun dressing up and seeing all the different characters from the books we love. We have been busy making lots of book marks and book covers as well as colouring in pictures of some of our chosen book characters and sticking lots of colourful scales onto our rainbow fish!

More pictures from our World Book Day celebrations
05/03/2026

More pictures from our World Book Day celebrations

What a lovely World Book Day we've had at nursery.... !
05/03/2026

What a lovely World Book Day we've had at nursery.... !

Thursday 5th  March is World Book Day. All Little Ones nurseries will be holding a dress up day BUT this year, as in pre...
02/03/2026

Thursday 5th  March is World Book Day. All Little Ones nurseries will be holding a dress up day BUT this year, as in previous years, we really want to 'put the BOOK 📖 back into World Book Day!' So please don't spend loads of money on an amazing costume just for the day... buy a book 📖 for your child instead! They can come to nursery dressed as whatever... reuse their Halloween costume... let them wear their pyjamas for the day... or simply just wear their normal clothes. World Book Day started as a celebration of books 📖 and reading, and we want to bring this back!

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton…. We are going to be looking at our favourite stories and celebrating World book day....
01/03/2026

At Honiton....Next week at Honiton…. We are going to be looking at our favourite stories and celebrating World book day. We will be celebrating all books and our favourite stories, our word of the week will be “book” and our number of the week will be 9. We will be talking about our favourite stories and characters. We will be creating some story spoons decorating wooden spoons as our favourite characters, using paints, wax crayons and different material scraps for their clothes. We will be making book marks and being creative with decorating our own book covers.

In the tuff tray we will have Rainbow Fish, we will use different coloured cornflour and water to create our rainbow fish and hiding amongst it will be different characters from the book for the children to find.

In the garden we will being creating large collages of our favourite story books using different materials, paint and chalks on large sheets of paper and cardboard boxes.

This week we have been learning all about Chinese New Year, we have had so much fun learning about the year of the horse, making lanterns, making masks and even having a go at tracing Chinese symbols and doing dragon dances.

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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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