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Spring Is In the Air
The days are starting to get longer, daffodils and snowdrops are in bloom and I’ve left the house more than once without a coat! Spring...
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Overton Playgroup
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Joy of Playdough
At Overton Preschool Playgroup we love playdough, as it is a great resource for children in many ways: · It is totally open ended as it...
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Overton Playgroup
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
Learning to write
There has been a lot of focus on educational apps and programs while schools have been shut, including online resources for children...
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Overton Playgroup
- Aug 2, 2020
- 3 min
Self Esteem and Wellbeing
Parents have always focussed on their child’s achievements, and that’s increased with an education system increasingly focussed on...
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Overton Playgroup
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Thinking about maths....
As adults, when we think of maths, we tend to think of learning times tables or formulas or equations at school. But maths is so much...
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Overton Playgroup
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
How to help children play...….
Feelings bamboozled by all the online activities available for your young child, or exhausted by being their sole source of...
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Overton Playgroup
- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
There's no such thing as bad weather...... only bad clothes!
This time of year can feel like we are stuck indoors more than usual, and February half term can feel like a long week to occupy bored...
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Overton Playgroup
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
It’s official! Christmas is nearly upon us, and all the children at Playgroup and Preschool are getting very excited (pretty much since...
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Overton Playgroup
- Nov 3, 2019
- 2 min
Mud, mud, glorious mud!
Our little ones at Playgroup and Preschool have access to our fantastic garden areas throughout the year, so we love encouraging them to...
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Overton Playgroup
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
Autumn days are here.......
Although the days are a little cooler and the evenings getting dark a bit earlier, there is still plenty of opportunity to enjoy time...
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Overton Playgroup
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
Starting school
With the start of September comes a feeling of change in the air. The breeze seems a little cooler, the leaves a little less green and...
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Overton Playgroup
- Jul 3, 2019
- 2 min
The Great Outdoors!
In the last few weeks, we’ve been able to leave coats behind more often than not, the grass needs mowing with worrying frequency and sun...
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Overton Playgroup
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
Tadpoles!
“Mummy mummy I went hunting for tadpoles!”. “Daddy, did you see the baby frogs with tails?!” Such were the cries of joy and excitement...
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Overton Playgroup
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
Making a book corner at home
Whether your child is a natural book worm or always on the go, creating a book nook can be a great way to make reading a part of home...
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Overton Playgroup
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
Ants in my Pants - book review
If your Preschool child has been slow in getting dressed in the morning, claiming there is a “Fox in my socks” or “newts in my boots”...
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Overton Playgroup
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Bedtime reading
If you’re anything like me, when the children get back excited and exhausted from Overton Preschool or School, the easiest route to happy...
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Overton Playgroup
- Jan 7, 2019
- 2 min
Happy New Year!
At the start of a new year, many people start to think about the excesses of the festive season and how to make some healthier changes....
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Overton Playgroup
- Jan 7, 2019
- 3 min
Christmas tips and advice
The car needs defrosting, the trees are bare, we are being bombarded with images of reindeer, stars, tinsel and mince pies. All this lead...
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Overton Playgroup
- Nov 6, 2018
- 1 min
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin
This month the children at Playgroup have read Brown Bear, Brown Bear – a book ideal for children aged 2-3 years. The exuberantly...
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Overton Playgroup
- Oct 3, 2018
- 2 min
Goats Coat by Tom Percival
Stories form part of every day at Overton Preschool Playgroup, and occasionally the children at Playgroup visit the library next door to...
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