Welcome to the Busy Bees Blog!

This Blog provides just an insight of life at Busy Bees Preschool,  where children learn and grow in a nurturing environment. We will share with you our values, aims and our approach to delivering the a rich and informed curriculum.

We will also share other information about a range of early years topics and signpost you to further information on early years related subjects.

Enjoy!

Potty training - Family Hub

Toilet training can be seen as a real milestone in children's development and as an early years setting our parents often ask us for advice. When should I start? What signs should I be looking out for? How do I establish good toileting habits?

We direct families to ERIC, the children's bladder and bowel charity for evidence based practical advice. All our staff have completed training from ERIC so we can work together towards this essential skill. Take a look at the ERIC website to find out more about their recommended                                                                   approach. https://eric.org.uk/potty-training/ .

 


  Promoting a healthy lifestyle 

As we all know healthy food is important for growing children and developing healthy habits in childhood can support healthy habits for life. The Early Years Foundation Stage statutory guidance highlights our responsibility to provide nutritious food and promote healthy eating. So how do we approach this at Busy Bees? Firstly we are not here to judge or shame parents, we understand the challenges parents face when feeding their children, particularly fussy eaters. While your child is with us we use our snack time to offer a range of nutritious foods, some familiar, some they might not have had before. Children are encouraged to touch foods, smell them, talk about them as well as taste them. It is a relaxed time where there is no pressure to eat if they don't want to. We take a similar approach if you choose for your child to have a hot lunch. Many of the foods will be familiar to them, but not all, and they are likely to be presented differently. Did you know you might have to serve a new food up to 20 times before your child will accept it, lots of patience is needed!

We believe that building a healthy relationship with food is just as important as a healthy diet. For us this means not labelling foods as good or bad. It also means letting the child choose how much to eat. If we don't respect when a child tells us they are full they could stop listening to their body's signals and accidently over eat.

If you are ever worried about how much your child is eating or if you worry their diet is too restricted we recommend you contact your health visitor for reassurance and support.