NEW BABY!
We have a new member of our Childminding family. Baby "T" is going to be with us for a few months and he has already settled in with us very…
FINE MOTOR SKILL FUN!
The children had so much fun with chop sticks over Chinese New Year, I decided to keep a pair out and offer them again and again so that they could…
LEARNING COLOURS AND SHAPES WITH PLAYDOUGH
This morning Little "R" brought playdough with her to share! The girls very quickly climbed up to the table and I gathered up the rolling pins and shape cutters. We…
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH INSPIRED THEM!
Well...... I feel we need more of sir David Attenborough, as a lot of play and creativity has come directly from watching his Africa series this week. We had been…
PANCAKE MAKING AND CREATING!
Today is Shrove Tuesday and we made our Pancakes for breakfast.Kenzie chose a shake and bake style, Peppa Pig chocolate pancake mix at the weekend and it was his job to follow…
MAKING PANCAKES IN THE HOMECORNER
I am not going to add many words to this post as I think the pictures say it all.Little "R" may not be able to read, but the picture prompts…
PANCAKE DAY AND VALENTINES DAY 2013
I have just finished setting up the playroom for this weeks fun!I have a few Chinese new year activities left over from last week that I would like to squeeze…
CHINESE NEW YEAR 2013 PART 1
This week we have looked at cChinese New Year. This is one of my favourite festivals to do with the children. I did want it to only be covered this…
IMBOLC / CANDLEMAS
Today we celebrated the quickening of the year and earth awakening. New life is starting to emerge. Everywhere we look we see bulbs sprouting up, buds on the trees, plants…
POORLY CHILDREN = A WEEK OF HOME EDUCATION.
It's been a funny old week. Kenzie has been off all week with swollen tonsils but has been fine in himself. Brendan was off Monday and then again Thursday with tummy ache.…