A wonderful outdoor space where little explorers can play, discover, investigate and enjoy new adventures every day!
At Little Monkeys, we are lucky to have a large, beautiful walled garden to the rear of our nursery, providing a safe, exciting and stimulating outdoor environment for our children to explore and enjoy.
We believe that outdoor play is an essential part of children's learning, development and wellbeing. Our garden offers endless opportunities for children to be active, use their imagination, develop independence, build friendships and discover the wonderful world around them.
Our outdoor space is full of exciting opportunities for adventure! Children can challenge themselves on our climbing frame, developing their balance, coordination, confidence and physical skills while learning to assess and take appropriate risks. They can race around on bikes and scooters, build and create in the sand shed, explore water, or get wonderfully messy making mud pies and imaginative creations in our mud kitchen.
We also encourage children to develop a love and appreciation of nature. Whether they are digging for worms, discovering insects, exploring plants, collecting leaves or investigating the changing seasons, our garden provides wonderful opportunities for curiosity, exploration and hands-on learning. At Little Monkeys, outdoor play isn't just for sunny days! We encourage children to enjoy our garden throughout the year, whatever the weather. From splashing in puddles and dancing in the rain to crunching through autumn leaves or marvelling at frost, ice and snow, every season brings new experiences and exciting discoveries.
We ask parents to provide all-in-one waterproof suits and wellington boots, so their little ones can enjoy outdoor adventures comfortably, even on wet and muddy days. After all, some of the best learning happens when children are free to get a little messy!
Our practitioners carefully support and extend children's outdoor experiences, encouraging them to ask questions, solve problems, work together, develop new skills and follow their natural curiosity. Outdoor learning is an important part of our play-based curriculum, providing opportunities to develop communication, creativity, physical skills, confidence and independence.
Most importantly, our garden is a place where children can enjoy being children – running, climbing, exploring, laughing, getting muddy and making wonderful memories with their friends. Our aim is simple – to give every child the freedom to explore, the confidence to try new things and the opportunity to discover the wonders of the great outdoors, whatever the weather!