Help Dora Help - The Shortlist

Did your nursery make the cut? If so, Dora the Explorer HERSELF will be making her way to see you soon!

I told you about the Help Dora Help campaign with Nick Jr. They invited nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools from all over the UK to apply for a grant up to £20k to improve facilities. That means more toys, better playground and even more activities!

Hundreds applied and now Nick Jr have their short-list! Starting from the 1st of October YOU can vote for the winner at www.nickjr.co.uk

Alfriston Pre-School, East Sussex

Beaufort Hill Nursery, Gwent

Bradford Academy, Yorkshire

Overtown Community Nursery, Wisham, Scotland

Hope Nursery School, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Please support your local nurseries and pre-schools and tell your friends too.

Best of luck to everyone and please tell Dora Little M says HOLA! 

We are working with Nick Jr on a series of reviews/campaigns and we will be compensated by visiting Nick Jr World. 

Help Dora Help: Mami talks to Helena of Wake up World

This week mami was at the Nick Jr offices talking with Helena.

You knoooooow,  Helena the host of Wake up World on Nick Jr (my favourite channel in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!)

Remember I told you about the Help Dora Help campaign? Well, if you missed it, it is a campaign to help nurseries, pre-schools and playgroups around the UK apply for a chance to receive a grant up to 20K to improve facilities to make learning more fun for us kids.

Here's mami and Helena talking about Dora and the campaign:



The deadline is next Friday the 22nd of July, so there is still time to apply. My nursery has entered and we hope you tells yours about this too!

P.S. And I hear Dora and Helena will be visiting some nurseries soon. I really want to meet Dora, she is my amiga!

Dora helps you explore even more!

I would do anything for Dora the Explorer!

We have so much in common you know. We like to explore (obviously), try new games, we both speak Spanish and English and I won't go anywhere without my mochila, or backpack.

Doing my own exploring with papi at Stonehenge

And now Dora and Nick Jr. (you know, the channel her show is on) has started a campaign called Help Dora Help to encourage more exploration activities to nurseries and pre-schools across the UK.

I already have tons of fun at my nursery, but I think between Dora and I we could teach them a thing or two about exploring!

The campaign is supported by The Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts and includes a free activity pack that gives nurseries and pre-schools educational activity resources and the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £20,000.

According to mami, that's a whole lot of money!

The activity pack, created by education experts at Nick Jr. follows the Early Years Foundation Stage development goals and provides learning opportunities from Dora's adventures.

It has six activity session plans, a guide for teachers to encourage us kids to use our imaginations, solve problems and develop our sense of physical adventure.

I'm already pretty good at this, but hey, a little help doesn't hurt anyone!

Runners up will be awarded discovery and learning equipment packages and Dora HERSELF will visit a few of the nurseries. There will also be the opportunity for some of the nurseries to be featured on Nick Jr.

Sooooo cool! I hope they choose my nursery!

I have already told my teachers about this because I really want to meet DORA!

So if your kids go to nursery or pre-school, be sure to tell them about this chance with Dora and let them know they can apply for the free Help Dora Help Activity Pack and Award Fund at Nick Jr.

So, ¿qué esperan? What are you waiting for? Get applying!