Here at Muddy Boots, we absolutely love Autumn, and everything it brings with it. The changing of the weather, the need to put on our wellingtons, all the new colours we can discover and plenty of fascinating things to explore on nature walks and in our gardens. As our little...
One-way we really live up to our ethos of ‘Family’ is through meal and snack times. Meal and snack times play a big part of the everyday running at Muddy Boots, and although it supports our ethos of family, there are also lots of other benefits of sitting together at...
Welcome to the next edition of our blog! As it’s funding application time, which at the best of times can be a little complicated, we thought a little how-to guide might be handy! To start your application, the best place to head is to the Childcare Choices website. It’s a really simple...
The Muddy Boots family is not only made up of our team, the children and their families but also two small furry animals – Charlie and Lola (Named by our wonderful children themselves!). Charlie and Lola are nurseries guinea pigs who are very loved by all our children from the...
Every week at Muddy Boots our Pre School children head out to our on-site fields to take part in Rugby Tots sessions, and we absolutely love it! Our Rugby Boots instructor Rob comes to each site once a week and delivers two sessions, lasting approximately 30 minutes each. These structured...
Recently the children at nursery have really enjoyed building and exploring dens. We know that some of you may be thinking ‘Again?’, ‘Is that all they’ve done today?’, ‘What have they learnt?’. As well as dens bringing our little ones so much joy, they also open up many learning opportunities!...
On Saturday 13th April we will be hosting a Spring Family Fun Day at our Acomb Site (just off Askham Lane), and you are invited! We really do hope you can join us as we celebrate the completion of our Acomb site refurb! There will be lots to enjoy on...
Recently at Muddy Boots we have been really inspired by a series on Channel 4 called “Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds”. As the name suggests, a group of children are taken to a retirement home in order to figure out the mutual benefit it would have on people at...
Our rooms at nursery are on a constant journey of change in order to make them more inspiring, engaging and wonderful for our little people. We take a lot of our inspiration for our environment from the ‘Curiosity Approach’ to learning, but more than anything we design our rooms and...
We are really pleased to be able to announce that here at Muddy Boots we are about to undertake something very exciting, an accreditation called Investors in People! At Muddy Boots nurseries, we want the best for all of our children, families and team. To ensure that this happens, we have...
A big part of the ‘Muddy Boots way’ is fostering a sense of awe, wonder and joy with the children. Find our more by reading our blog now!
As we continue our Curiosity Approach journey, one aspect Poppleton site is doing a big focus on is ‘Hygge’, which links very closely to our feel of ‘family’ and is often a feeling our little people can translate. Find out more by reading this blog now!