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…
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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…
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…
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…
Glow Writer Panel – Review
As part of my role as a childminder I have to follow the early years foundation stage and one element of this is using technology with the children to help them gain a wider understanding of the world that they live in and to provide learning opportunities that might be slightly different from the norm….
Mini Beast Blocks – Review
As anyone will see who follows my Instagram page @mamasden I love to use wooden toys in my childminding setting. I follow a curious approach with my children. I encourage them to get hands on with the toys, manipulating them, combining them in different ways and being inventive with games. Part of my approach is…
Top 10 Play Ideas – Holiday Addition
The summer holidays are here and many families will be jetting off or road tripping to their holiday destinations .. ever mindful of their little darlings and ways of keeping them entertained when the beach, holiday clubs or pool aren’t quite enough. I’ve jetted off to Turkey. I’m lucky to have access to our families…
Curious Play Outdoors – Winter
As a Childminder who is highly influenced by the Curiosity approach I like to spend lots of quality, educational yet largely child led time outdoors. I am lucky that I have a large garden and lots of green open spaces on my door step so I can give the children lots of free play opportunities…
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