Our mini farm
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"Children develop a superb understanding of healthy lifestyles. For example, they have an exceptional understanding of the hand washing procedures to follow after handling animals" OFSTED 2018
At Leaping Frogs we are fortunate to have our own
'Mini Farm'
where Victoria and her band of merry animal helpers learn to care for and love all our furry and feathered friends, we do this by getting stuck in and feeding the animals and by looking at our animal boards which hang on each enclosure. We have ponies, goats, guinea pigs, chickens and ducks outside and mini turtles inside.
We learn how to care for animals, what they need to survive and be happy 🙂
We love to watch them grow and play all together in our 1.2 acre site.
'Mini Farm'
where Victoria and her band of merry animal helpers learn to care for and love all our furry and feathered friends, we do this by getting stuck in and feeding the animals and by looking at our animal boards which hang on each enclosure. We have ponies, goats, guinea pigs, chickens and ducks outside and mini turtles inside.
We learn how to care for animals, what they need to survive and be happy 🙂
We love to watch them grow and play all together in our 1.2 acre site.
We collect the eggs from our free range chickens and watch them as they scout for worms and bugs and take a dip in their pond. We incubate eggs, learning about life-cycles and wait eagerly to see them hatch and observe how quickly they grow. We groom our ponies Blossom & Bluebell with brushes and combs and pick out their hooves, sometimes we tie ribbons in their hair to look pretty.
Our goats, Peanut, Pickle, Cassie and Buster have a climbing frame just like us, they also come out and play with us and lie in the sun looking at books with us too, Pickle's favourite is the 3 Billy Goat's gruff!
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We look for tiny wildlife in our meadow garden, we use magnifying glasses and look closely at their little features. We look in our bug hotels and go pond dipping to see what we can find. We look at our wild birds board to see if we can identify and learn about the different kinds of wild birds that visit us to play.
We learn about the importance of washing our hands after playing outside and with the animals and we wash our wellies in the welly baths after visiting all animal enclosures.
We learn about the importance of washing our hands after playing outside and with the animals and we wash our wellies in the welly baths after visiting all animal enclosures.
