Little Deers Baby and Toddler Group- Hartest

14/06/2026

It’s National ‘Eat your Vegetables Day’ on June 17th so we’re having a fruit and vegetable theme tomorrow at Little Deers!

Activities to enjoy will include

🍆 The play kitchen

🍌 Fruit puzzle

🥦 Mr potato heads to create

🍊 Fruit dominoes

🥕 Farm small world play

🧅 Vegetable garden threading

🧄 Greengrocers item’s sorting

🍄 Scarecrow and mushroom colouring craft sheets

🫛 And play dough with plant mats

13/06/2026

We are entering our last week of taking donations and still can take more of everything 🤩 Adults & children’s clothes, baby clothes, items and equipment and toys! Please also let us know if you have any clothes rails or hangers we could borrow next Sunday afternoon 🤞🏽

You can drop items to Little Deers group on Monday or contact Sarah for local collection!

Save the date for the 2nd hand sale: Sunday 28th June 💫

Second Hand Sale - COMING SOON 🥳

We are asking all our families and followers to consider donating any outgrown/ unwanted adult and child/ baby clothes, books, accessories and toys to Hartest Preschool for us to sell at our 2nd hand sale on Sunday 28th June ☺️

Drop off at Preschool, or contact Sarah for local collection… we are taking donations straight away so please let us know if you’ve had a clear out and can donate any items to our sale 🤞🏽

07/06/2026

It’s Bike week this week so we’re having a transportation theme over at Little Deers tomorrow! 🚴 😍

Things to explore will include…

🚲 Different ride ons

🚗 Car colour match game

🚐 Transportation Puzzles

🚛 The car mat and cars

🚜 Transportation cutters and play dough

👨‍🔧 Work bench and tools

🚑 Doctors role play

🐴 And the rocking horse too!

31/05/2026

We’re celebrating Dinosaur Day tomorrow at Little Deers 🦖🦌🦕

There will be lots to explore such as…

🦖 Dinosaur small world play

🦕 Dinosaur painting

🦖 Dinosaur bone excavating

🦕 Dinosaur shape matching

🦖 Dinosaur puzzles

🦕 Dinosaur play dough

🦖 Dinosaur books

🦕 And dinosaurs to explore around the train track!

24/05/2026

It’s half term this week so Little Deers is closed tomorrow 🦌

Enjoy the beautiful sunshine and we shall see you again on the first of June 😊

21/05/2026

Hi everyone 👋 We just wanted to make you aware of our upcoming fundraiser at the institute 🤩 If you fancy some bingo fun then why not come along, maybe even make it a night out with friends -
Feel free to share this post with others ♥️

📢 BINGO IS COMING TO HARTEST 🔢

❓Friday 12th June
🕖 Doors open at 7pm
📍The Hartest Institute, IP29 4DH
🥂Bring your own drinks & nibbles!

Enquire now to book your tickets, pre booking essential!
📞 01284 830860/ 07582266373
📧 [email protected]

💷 Bring along cash for our fantastic raffle, extra games & bingo dabbers 🫟

📣 CASH PRIZES TO BE WON 🤑

*All proceeds go to Hartest Preschool 🦌

17/05/2026

This weeks theme is… 🥁🥁🥁

‘Bee’s, Tea and Numeracy!’

This theme was selected due to three occasions which are occurring this week which are - World Bee day, International Tea day and National Numeracy day!

There will be a mix of activities which will include…

🫖 Exploring and pouring tea

🐝 Rice play with bee’s

🔢 A number floor puzzle

🫖 Tea play dough

🐝 Petals with bee’s

🔢 Sensory numbers

🫖 And a tea shop too!

10/05/2026

Little Deers will be open tomorrow so do come along and play! 🦌
Our lovely Committee will be running the session so there will be no theme this week and instead a mix of toys will be out to explore 💕

02/05/2026

Monday the 4th of May is a bank holiday so there will be no session running on this date 🚫

Our next session will be on Monday the 11th which is the week after 🦌

Have a great bank holiday weekend everyone ♥️

26/04/2026

Did you know…April is National frog month! 🐸 And…there is also ‘Save the frogs day‘ on the 28th of April too! 🐸Tomorrow we shall be having a frog theme to celebrate these amazing amphibians! 🐸

Activities will include…

🐸 Frog small world play

🐸 The ball pit

🐸 The trampoline

🐸 A frog lifecycle puzzle

🐸 Green gloop

🐸 Insect stampers with play dough

🐸 An incy wincy spider game

🐸 And Princess match cards