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How to create a Sensory Bin
Sensory bins or sensory trays are a great way to contain messy and sensory play and, if you’re lucky provide, hours of entertainment. They can be put together in minutes, used over and over again and...
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What does a childminder do?
Making the decision to quit my job in 2013 and become a childminder is the best thing I’ve ever done, not just for myself, but for my family. My only regret is I didn’t do it sooner. Despite me being...
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Childminding: My Garden
Recently I’ve been seeing lots of photos that early years settings are sharing of their outdoor spaces and some of them are just amazing. Clearly a lot of hard work, time and money has gone into...
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Forest Childcare Association
I’m really excited to announce that last week I became a member of the Forest Childcare Association for my childminding business Clare’s Little Tots. I’m really passionate about getting the Tots...
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Continous Professional Development for Childminders
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is something as a childminder I am responsible for carrying out myself. There’s no wrong or right way to do it, no one to tell me what I should do, when I...
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Getting Childminded Children Back To Nature
Today I’m sharing a guest post from Kay Woods from the Forest Childcare Association. As you may know I became a member of the Forest Childcare Association last month so I’m really excited to have Kay...
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Beep Beep! Day
September this year marked the start of my eldest starting school and with it a twice a day school run has become part of our daily routine. We walk on foot to and from school next to a busy main road...
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2017 Celebrations & Events
My aim was to get my Long Term Planning for 2017 completed during the Christmas break as it’s always such a quick an easy one to update each year…but I never got round to it! So today I’ve just spend...
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Free Training Courses for Childminders
I’ve put together this list of free training courses for childminders as if, like me, your local authority has had budget cuts you’ll probably find yourself now responsible for paying out for all your...
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How I Organise my Learning Journeys
When I first became a childminder I spent hours reading and researching all the paperwork I needed to have in place and complete. One of the things I really struggled to get my head around was the...
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