by Greenwood Nursery | Sep 23, 2026 | Activities
Best for: 3 to 5 year olds What it’s good for Sending a car down a ramp and reading how far it travelled brings numbers and a bit of early science together. Your child sees the numbers in order standing for further and further along, which is good groundwork for...
by Greenwood Nursery | Sep 22, 2026 | Guides
Somewhere around two, most children discover a powerful new word: “Me!” They want to put their own shoes on, pour their own milk, do up their own coat, and they want to do it now, by themselves, even when it would be far quicker for you to step in. It can be testing...
by Greenwood Nursery | Sep 21, 2026 | Guides
Your child wanted the blue cup, got the green one, and now the whole world has ended. We’ve all stood in that moment, half embarrassed, half wondering what on earth just happened. When a young child is swept up in a big feeling, the part of their brain that helps them...
by Greenwood Nursery | Sep 20, 2026 | Activities
Best for: 1 to 2 year olds What it’s good for Posting a pipe cleaner into a small hole asks your child to line up finger and thumb and aim, which builds the neat little pinch they’ll one day use to hold a pencil, along with the hand and eye teamwork behind...
by Greenwood Nursery | Sep 19, 2026 | Guides
Your child is holding a toy, another child reaches for it, and in a heartbeat there’s a scream, a tight little grip, and the word every parent knows: “Mine!” Whether it happens at home or in the queue for the swings at the Holly Road playground, it can be mortifying....
