{"id":29088,"date":"2025-08-28T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=29088"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:45:39","slug":"hi-from-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/08\/28\/hi-from-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi from the pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Pond!\u00a0 Over the last couple of weeks we have been settling into our new surroundings, learning our new routines and getting to know one another.\u00a0 So far, a firm favourite for us all has been snack and lunchtime!\u00a0 We are practising our independence skills by choosing which fruit we would like and are enjoying serving our own snack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/08\/28\/hi-from-the-pond\/b1f27d33-d8da-4504-ab1d-6f458d8171d5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29090\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125305\/B1F27D33-D8DA-4504-AB1D-6F458D8171D5.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exploring our garden has been lots of fun and we have enjoyed climbing, crawling and jumping!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/08\/28\/hi-from-the-pond\/f55e3a37-54f2-4c43-9a49-76087828cde1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29091\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125309\/F55E3A37-54F2-4C43-9A49-76087828CDE1.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using our senses, we have investigated filling and pouring in our water tray, planting seeds for our garden (we really enjoyed mixing the soil to make our own mud), and making different marks and shapes in the sand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125314\/BE203549-C4AF-4808-BBEE-3F61138AD805-e1756392267115.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29092\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125314\/BE203549-C4AF-4808-BBEE-3F61138AD805-e1756392267115-153x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125314\/BE203549-C4AF-4808-BBEE-3F61138AD805-e1756392267115-524x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29092\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/08\/27125314\/BE203549-C4AF-4808-BBEE-3F61138AD805-e1756392267115.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been lots of fun so far and we are excited to learn and explore new things over the next few weeks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Pond!\u00a0 Over the last couple of weeks we have been settling into our new surroundings, learning our new routines and getting to know one another.\u00a0 So 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