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 [email protected] You can also email Katie Porter direct on [email protected].

At Honiton....This week we have been learning about holidays! We have been making passports, drawing ourselves and colou...
02/08/2026

At Honiton....This week we have been learning about holidays! We have been making passports, drawing ourselves and colouring them in, we’ve been talking about different ways to travel around the world, by train, car, boat or aeroplane, we used boxes outside to pretend that we were off on our travels, the children really used their imagination sitting in the boxes pretending their arms were wings saying we’re on an aeroplane. The children extended this activity by adding chairs alongside the boxes to make different carriages pretending they were on a train shouting choo choo, taking turns to be the train driver.

We are learning about self-care, our book of the week in Topsy and Tim go to the dentist, we have an exciting visit planned with someone from a detail practice who will be coming into nursery to talk to us about how to look after our teeth and gums, what foods we shouldn’t eat to much off and I’m sure everyone will get a sticker for being amazing listeners.

Outside in the garden we will be giving the dolls a bubble then drying and dressing them, talking about keeping clean and the impotence of washing our hands.



We also have a new and exciting climbing frame which the children have loved to explore!

At Budlake ...Next week our story of the week is The Bear Hunt, our word of the week is beautiful and our sign of the w...
02/08/2026

At Budlake ...Next week our story of the week is The Bear Hunt, our word of the week is beautiful and our sign of the week is snowstorm. During our indoor provision we will be making story cards. This will help us to be able to use our memories to recall the story and put each part in order just like in the book! As we make our cards we’ll be sharing ideas, supporting each other and working as a team. We’ll use our mathematical skills to what patterns we can find in the story. In the garden we are going to explore textures with a sensory bear hunt trail. It will have grass, mud, water, snow as if we were really in the story, again encouraging turn taking as we wait for our turns which will also help to develop our PSED.

 

This week our book was sharing a shell. We explored all different sea creatures and loved learning their names and spotting similarities and differences between them. this gave us more of an understanding about the world and where sea creatures live. We really enjoyed getting messy and mixing colours whilst painting and decorating our own shells. This encouraged our sharing and turn taking as we waited our turns to use paintbrushes and shared our resources with friends.

We had fun splashing in the water and making homes for our sea creatures with stones, shells and leaves. This helps support our communication and language skills as well as being able to share our ideas with friends. Our construction area has been popular this week too and we’ve been loving building houses, towers, castles and roads!

At Bovey....Next week, our number of the week is going to be 1 and the book of the week is going to be ‘Jack and the Bea...
02/08/2026

At Bovey....Next week, our number of the week is going to be 1 and the book of the week is going to be ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

During the week, we are gong to be exploring different plants and planting some beans and seeds.

The children will also be getting the opportunity to practise their climbing skills daily, by using the climbing frames we have and setting up obstacle courses. Alongside this, the children will be able to use their arts and craft skills to make their own beanstalks.



This week, we have been reading the book ‘shark in the park’ and our number of the week has been 10. During the week, the children have been creating their own telescope that they see Timothy Pope use in the story and using it to see if they can spot any sharks in the park! The children have been given the opportunity to explore lots of different water play activities, including finding the sharks in the water.

At Honiton....This week in the baby and Toddler room we have been exploring colours we had different coloured sensory bo...
02/08/2026

At Honiton....This week in the baby and Toddler room we have been exploring colours we had different coloured sensory bottles which made bubbles and pretty patterns when we moved them around. We made some colourful flowers using different coloured paper for petals we used our fine motor skills to choose which colours we wanted to stick on.

Outside we had great fun splashing in pretty coloured water we used spoons to scoop water into bowls then we poured the water out. We enjoyed splashing too!

We had coloured sand too, it was great fun to scoop the sand into the buckets and all the colours mixed together.

Next week we are having a music week we will be exploring lots of musical instruments and singing our favourite songs, we might even make up some fantastic dance moves!

At Whipton....Next week our book of the week will be ‘Owl babies’ our number of the week will be 9 and our Makaton signs...
02/08/2026

At Whipton....Next week our book of the week will be ‘Owl babies’ our number of the week will be 9 and our Makaton signs will be Owl and Baby. We will be learning all about the big feelings in the story, to be brave, to feel safe and to know that our grown-ups always come back.

Our weekly focus will be on developing the children’s growing independence and self‑help skills. We will support the children in practising self‑serving skills during snack time, encouraging them to scoop, pour, and serve their own food. The children will also work on using knives safely to spread butter, marmite, or soft cheese on crackers and toast ect. Alongside this, we will continue to strengthen name recognition through daily opportunities to find, match, and say their own names.

The children will have opportunities to retell the story using puppets and props, explore small‑world play with nests, leaves, logs, and take part in forest themed movement sessions where they can flap, swoop, and glide like owls. The children will also create their own owl masks and feathered wings using collage materials.

Last week, we absolutely loved learning all about Under the Sea. The children were wonderfully creative, making their own sea creatures using paint, collage, and recycled materials. We learned lots of new Makaton signs linked to sea animals and enjoyed practising them during circle time.

At Bovey....this week, we are going to be reading the story ‘shark in the park’ and our number of the week is going to b...
27/07/2026

At Bovey....this week, we are going to be reading the story ‘shark in the park’ and our number of the week is going to be 10.

During the week, week we are going to be making telescopes. The children are going to have the choice of how they decorate their telescope with the wide range of arts and crafts that we have. Inside, the children will have access to the small world tuff tray where they can roleplay with the animals and recognise that they are from the story. Outside, the children will be invited to play with the water play with sharks in!

During our music and movement session, the children are going to be dancing away to their favourite songs, as well as exploring our big drum and musical instruments. Through focus time, we will continue to practise our fine motor skills through threading, exploring letters and peg boards.



Last week, we have been reading the book ‘the colour monster goes to school’. We have practised our dressing skills and trying on school uniform, as well as identifying colours and mixing colours together. We have also been creating our own colour monsters!



Last week, we had our Graduation and Sports Day. The children had so much fun joining in with the races that we offered for sports day and the school leavers came and collected their certificate and wore their hats for their Graduation ceremony.

At Whipton....this week at Whipton, we will be diving into our new theme Under the Sea, with 8 as our number of the week...
27/07/2026

At Whipton....this week at Whipton, we will be diving into our new theme Under the Sea, with 8 as our number of the week and Makaton signs for a range of sea creatures.



The children will explore ocean life, colours, patterns, and different sea animals through creative and sensory experiences.

Indoors, our creative table will offer a new sea‑themed activity each day, including making foil fish, paper octopus, and tortoise patterns to support fine motor skills, imagination, and early mark‑making.



Our weekly focus will be all about looking after our resources, learning to use gentle hands, and developing responsibility and independence during play and tidy‑up routines.



Outdoors, our invitations to play will centre around exploring sea creatures in water, encouraging the children to investigate floating and sinking, scoop and pour, and engage in small‑world ocean play.



Last week, we loved learning all about Max and Ivy’s Sports Day, and the children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the races. Thankyou to all that attended, it was a lovely day!

To our wonderful preschoolers who have now graduated, we wish you all the best as you begin your next exciting journey.

Honiton phones are currently not working. Please email them if you need anything. Honiton@littleonesnursery.co.uk
20/07/2026

Honiton phones are currently not working. Please email them if you need anything. [email protected]

At Honiton ....last week at Honiton in the baby and toddler room we have been learning about Holidays. At cube times wit...
20/07/2026

At Honiton ....last week at Honiton in the baby and toddler room we have been learning about Holidays. At cube times with the toddlers we have been reading the story “What the ladybird heard on holiday” and have been talking about sunshine, aeroplanes and ice creams! The babies have been exploring fish in water and been using cups to transport water, we have also had ice cream water play where we have been making our own ice creams. The toddlers have had a sensory under the sea tray with pasta and blue spaghetti, we talked about all the under the sea animals in the tray. We also have been exploring shapes and have been making our own ice creams by sticking different shapes together.



This week our theme is wild animals and our story is “Rumble in the Jungle”. The babies are going to be using wild animals in paint to see the different marks that they can make. In our garden the babies are going to be washing the wild animals with cloths and water. The toddlers are going to be making their own Lion crafts by using pom poms in paint, and outside we are going to have wild animals in grass and pictures of patterns to help match them to the animals.

At Honiton....This week in the baby and Toddler room we have had a great time outside on our obstacle course, we went th...
05/07/2026

At Honiton....This week in the baby and Toddler room we have had a great time outside on our obstacle course, we went through the tunnel, climbed on our climbing frame and slid down the slide. We also tried throwing bean bags into the bucket.

Our book of the week was Supertato and we had to help Supertato save the vegetables as they were stuck in ice! We used our hammers and knives and spoons to set them free.

We enjoyed exploring in the home corner making healthy food we had lots of fruits and vegetables, we shared them with our friends.

Next week our book of the we is we’re going on a bear hunt we will be practising using our fine motor skills by feeding the bears with oats using a spoon. We will be making bears from playdough too. Outside we will be reading the story whilst walking through trays of water, mud ‘forest’ and ‘snow’ we will feel the different textures on our feet.

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Exeter

Opening Hours

Monday 7:45am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:45am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:45am - 6pm
Thursday 7:45am - 6pm
Friday 7:45am - 6pm

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+441392469909

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