Bonnie Bear Day Care

BRAND NEW NURSERY COMING TO SOUTHPORT! 🌈🐻

We are delighted to announce that enquiries are now open for Bonnie Bear Day Care Southport – a beautiful new nursery designed to provide a warm, nurturing and inspiring environment where children can learn, develop and thrive through play.

✨ Safe, child-centred environment

✨ Experienced and passionate early years team

✨ Government funded childcare available (subject to eligibility)

✨ Natural, calming learning spaces

✨ Places expected to fill quickly

📍 45 Talbot Street PR8 1HS - Central Location

📅 We anticipate opening in September 2026, although this may be sooner depending on our Ofsted registration process.

If you’re looking for childcare and would like to find out more, simply complete our website enquiry form at:

🌐 www.bonniebeardaycare.co.uk

Once we receive your enquiry, a member of our team will contact you personally to arrange a private show-around of our beautiful new setting and answer any questions you may have.

💡 Parents intending to access funded childcare should ensure funding codes are available by August 2026 (or earlier if required).

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓Childcare Grant Payments also accepted

🌈🐻 £100 Refundable Deposit Required to secure any place after show around

🌈🐻 £50 Registration Fee for Non Funded Sessions after show around

We can’t wait to welcome families to Bonnie Bear Day Care, where play meets purpose and every child is encouraged to flourish.

👇 Click the link or scan the QR code on our poster to register your interest today.

https://app.famly.co/ #/customInquiryForm/b7a53e64-4e4d-4182-bfbf-4bfd87f2c4d2/to/265800ef-3a5e-4a59-94cd-28bb0a659b78/submit

🌈🐻

Please note: Images shown are artist impressions and are used for illustrative purposes. Final room layouts and furnishings may vary.

🧀 Today’s Delicious Lunch at Bonnie Bear Day Care! 🧀🥦

Fresh from the oven today is our homemade Broccoli & Cheese Quiche – packed with nutritious broccoli and creamy cheese, all baked in a golden, flaky pastry crust. A wholesome meal that’s perfect for growing children and helps encourage healthy eating habits. 💚

At Bonnie Bear Day Care, we believe mealtimes should be both nutritious and enjoyable, offering children a variety of flavours and textures to explore. Today’s quiche is a wonderful source of protein, calcium, and vegetables to fuel a busy afternoon of learning and play. 🌟

BABY BEARS SET SAIL ON A SENSORY ADVENTURE! 🌊🚤

Our babies explored this month’s concept of Movement & Travel through a wonderful nautical-themed tuff tray experience. ⚓💙

The children enjoyed investigating the water and seaside-themed resources, engaging their senses while developing important physical skills through play.

✨ Using sponges to absorb and squeeze out water
✨ Developing fine motor skills and hand strength
✨ Splashing, pouring and exploring water through sensory play
✨ Watching boats float and move across the water
✨ Learning about motion and how objects travel on water

The water provided a rich sensory experience, encouraging the children to explore different movements, textures and cause-and-effect relationships. They were fascinated by how the boats floated and travelled across the tray, making meaningful connections to our Movement & Travel concept.

Activities like these support children’s physical development, communication and language skills, understanding of the world and early scientific thinking—all while having lots of fun! 💛🌈

Well done, Baby Bears! We loved watching your curiosity and exploration today. 🐻✨

🚤

🐻🌿 POLAR BEARS CONTINUE THEIR MOVEMENT & TRAVEL ADVENTURES 🌿🐻

Our Polar Bears have continued exploring this month’s concept, Movement & Travel, through a variety of exciting hands-on experiences! 🚜✨

Inspired by one of our favourite stories, Tip Tip Dig Dig, the children enjoyed investigating a sensory tuff tray filled with mud, natural materials and construction-themed resources. They loved digging, transporting and exploring the different textures while bringing the story to life through play. 🌱🚧

The children also demonstrated growing independence during snack time by peeling their own fruit. 🍌🍊 This provided a wonderful opportunity to strengthen fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and confidence in self-care routines.

Outside in the garden, the adventures continued as the children:

✨ Climbed and balanced on the balancing beans
✨ Developed coordination, balance and physical confidence
✨ Explored the mud kitchen through imaginative play
✨ Investigated different textures and natural materials
✨ Used their bodies to move, climb, balance and explore

These experiences support children’s physical development, problem-solving skills, independence and understanding of movement through meaningful, hands-on learning opportunities.

We are so proud of our curious little explorers and the confidence they show when trying new challenges! 💛🌈

🐻🚜 FARMYARD FUN ON THE MOVE! 🚜🐻

In line with our movement and travel concept our baby bears enjoyed exploring Movement & Travel through a farm-themed sensory tuff tray experience. 🌾🚜🐄

The children loved investigating the different farm animals, vehicles and natural materials, using their hands to scoop, dig, push and explore the sensory textures around them. ✨

Through play, the children were:
🚜 Moving farm vehicles through the tray
🐄 Exploring and transporting animals around the farm
🤲 Developing fine motor skills through scooping and grasping
🌾 Enjoying a rich sensory experience with different textures
🗣️ Building language through key words such as move, push, drive, transport and farm

Sensory play provides wonderful opportunities for children to explore how things move while supporting their physical development, communication skills and understanding of the world around them.

It was lovely to see the children so engaged, curious and excited as they created their own little farm adventures! 💛🌈

🐻

🐻🌈 GRIZZLY BEARS ON THE MOVE! 🌈🐻

As part of our June concept, Movement & Travel, our Grizzly Bears enjoyed an exciting visit to our nursery soft play area! 💛

The children enthusiastically explored the different sections of the soft play environment, developing their confidence and physical skills through active play and movement.

✨ Running and moving freely through the play area
✨ Navigating different obstacles and spaces
✨ Climbing the soft steps with determination
✨ Exploring new ways to move their bodies
✨ Relaxing and swinging in the hammock

These experiences support children’s gross motor development, balance, coordination and spatial awareness while encouraging them to take safe risks, build confidence and challenge themselves in new ways.

It was wonderful to see the children exploring with such enthusiasm, supporting one another and celebrating their achievements throughout the session. What a fantastic adventure! 😊🌟

🐻🌈

🐻🌈 BABY BEARS ON THE MOVE! 🌈🐻

Today, our babies enjoyed a wonderful sensory experience exploring a variety of different balls as part of our June concept, Movement & Travel. ⚽️🧶🏀

Through touching, grasping, rolling and investigating the different balls, the children were developing both their fine and gross motor skills while learning about how objects move and interact with the world around them. ✨

We introduced and modelled key vocabulary throughout the activity, including:

👐 Shake
⚽ Roll
🏀 Bounce

By hearing and experiencing these words in context, the children are building their understanding of language while making meaningful connections through play.

Sensory experiences like these support physical development, communication and language skills, curiosity and early scientific thinking—all while having lots of fun! 💛

Well done, little ones! 😊🐻🌈

🌈 JUNE’S CONCEPT AT BONNIE BEAR DAY CARE 🌈

This month, our children are exploring Movement & Travel 🚲✈️🚗🚌

Through play, investigation and active experiences, children are:
✨ Exploring different ways to move their bodies
✨ Learning about journeys, transport and travel
✨ Building language through action, direction and movement
✨ Developing coordination, balance and confidence
✨ Making connections between places, people and the world around them

At Bonnie Bear Day Care, we use concept-based planning to help children build deeper understanding, stronger vocabulary and meaningful connections in their learning.

All learning is progressive and tailored to each child’s age and stage of development, ensuring every child is supported and challenged appropriately.

We love watching their curiosity grow as they explore walking, running, climbing, rolling, riding and travelling through play, stories, creativity and adventure 💛