Whilst the schools are out and you are home we’ve all been thrown into home schooling and whilst we do not actually need to provide a formal education many children thrive upon the the structure a school day brings. I have just written a blog post for hygge in the early years which can be…
Snack Station Hack
Many of us have got to switch it up this week. The 22 week summer holidays starts now and although I love my children I also love them being in the routine of going to school and having the structured day which keeps them busy and engaged. But here we are AC (after corona) and…
How to home ed – 9 fun ideas to do at home.
Schools out for the foreseeable and lets face it, most of us are scared to death of the concept of entertaining our children for potentially months on end. Not only that, with job losses and scaled back working we’re living in fear of paying our bills never mind paying for extra resources, food and entertainment…
Open Letter To The Prime Minister
Dear Mr Johnson, This is my little gang, the gang i’ve cared for over the past few years. Who have grown from babies into kids full of sass, opinions and brilliant fun ideas. Have a look at my instagram grid prime minister or my facebook page. Look at the work that childminders like myself put…
Forced closure
I’m feeling so sad this evening. With tonights press conference came the confirmation that all UK schools will be closing indefinitely from Friday 20th March 2020. But along with school closures came the news that all early years settings are recommended to close aswell. I’m in total shock and as I write this (having just…
How to home ed – nature studies
I feel like this is going to crop up afew times on the blog over the coming weeks as we just absolutely love outdoor activities. But with the threat of self isolation and lockdown looming how can you use nature studies in your home education activities? Do I need to home school? It’s true to…
How to home ed – with books
With the latest government announcement comes the latest wave of panic and fear. The media and newspapers are creating a storm around this virus which we are pre dispositioned to worry about… a culture of panic and fear is escalating fast so take back control, make plans and arm yourself with ideas and knowledge of…
Impending doom?
We have spent the weekend enjoying lots of family time and I even managed a rare night out with my friends last night celebrating a birthday and making the most of a childfree evening. We went for a curry and junk yard golf followed by a night cap at Manchester’s cloud 23 bar. (At the…
The Curiosity Approach – A childminders perspective
JENNIFER WOOLDRIDGE , CHILDMINDER AND INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER (Guest blog first published on PACEY AUGUST 2019) My childminding setting has changed a lot in the past few years. As a practitioner I’m always looking for ways of improving the quality of care that I provide and building on my own unique selling points. These will make…
Garden Makeover
Willow Den Making Back in June I attended a willow den building session offered by the local authority which became the start of agarden transformation at my setting. Itoffered such a useful, engaging and different training session for local earlyyears settings. I was thrilled to participate and came home with lots of ideasof ways to…
Mama's Den 