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OUR SETTING

5 Christchurch Garden, Reading, RG2 7AH

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INDOORS

Indoors, a cosy, homelike space with soft pink-lustred walls, rainbow-hued fabrics, wooden floors, plush sheepskins, seated area, and a bay window adorned with a hand-carved rocking horse.

Children are free to explore:

  • A little kitchen with table and chairs

  • Flowing silks and dress-up clothes to inspire role play

  • Wooden toys, simple handmade dolls, and knitted animals 

  • Bowls of shells, pinecones, and natural treasures

  • A dolls’ house nurturing imagination and caring play

  • A book area for quiet moments 

  • Trains and train tracks to develop fine motor skills and focus

  • Pikler triangle, slide, blocks, and ramps supporting physical movement, balance, and coordination

 

A seasonal nature table brings the changing world indoors, adorned with leaves, flowers, stones, and figures to reflect festivals or the time of year.

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OUTDOORS

Outdoors, two natural gardens—one carpeted in soft bark, the other lush with grass and shaded by a cosy shelter with seating—offer a world of discovery waiting to be explored.

For children, A space outside, where children follow their own curiosity:

  • Nature's treasures, pinecones, leaves, shells, sticks…

  • A mud kitchen bubbling with endless possibilities for mixing and exploring

  • Sturdy tree stumps perfect for climbing and balancing

  • A growing garden patch, lovingly tended by little hands

  • Soft sand for little hands to dig, scoop, and shape using simple tools, shells, and small buckets

  • Water play area—perfect for pouring, splashing, and observing the movement and magic of water through cups, funnels, and natural materials

  • A chalkboard to inspire creative drawing 

  • Loose parts such as crates, guttering, and den-making materials to encourage self-directed play, creativity, and exploration

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