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...
View ArticleGetting 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...
View ArticleBeep 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...
View Article2017 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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleHow 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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