Heidi's Family Day Care

28/08/2026

🫟😊📚Book Week 2026📚😊🎉
skills

25/08/2026

24/08/2026

🌱🌼Science Week 2026🌼🌱
Planting sunflower seeds and making Chia seed egg heads. We also played with some Chia seed slime!🫟

16/08/2026

🎨Kids Artwork🖼️

Here are some examples as to why I never assume what I’m looking at and wait for the children to tell me… if they want to … my guess would never compare to a child’s imagination!

Instead I might admire the use colors and materials, the effort it took to create
or be curious and ask them to tell me about it, how they did it or what they think of it
or do you know sometimes, children (generally older children) really love it and find it so funny when you don’t really like something or don’t understand what it is (only use this one if you know what you’re doing and have a close relationship with the child 🤣)
You might hear them say that they are ‘cooking’ something super spicy that will burn your mouth! Or they are are drawing a horrible, scary creature👹

08/08/2026

🪥🦷😁Dental Health Week 2026😁 🫟🪥

02/08/2026

😊🏀🛝Zone of Play🎨🎉🥰
does it feel when you’ve just got into reading your favourite book, cooking dinner or doing a crochet when you’re suddenly interrupted? 🤯

It’s frustrating, isn’t it?

Imagine your child feeling that same interruption when they’re deeply immersed in play.

That moment is called the ‘zone of play’—where imagination, learning, problem-solving, and confidence are all growing.

Just like you’d hate someone interrupting your favourite TV show, your book, or an important conversation, children need uninterrupted time too.

Of course, it’s wonderful to show interest in what they’re doing🥰

But try giving them one or two opportunities each day to get into and stay in the zone—without questions, suggestions, or interruptions.

It can take up to 45 minutes for kids to get into the ‘Zone of play’. Sometimes, that nappy change, meal time or heading out the door can wait five more minutes.
One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is simply the space to play.

You might not even realise you do this and it can take some practice at catching yourself unintentionally interrupting moments of pure play.

14/07/2026

😊💨🩵Windy Day Play😊💨🩵
Having so much fun letting the weather lead the way!

07/07/2026

A quick tip for 🎉🎈BALLOON PLAY🎈🎉
To minimise accidental popping
🎈Inflate each balloon to its maximum capacity
🎈then let it deflate down to a round shape before tying off

06/07/2026

😊🥑Guacamole and Pita Bread Chips🍅🍋
It was so much fun to prepare this with the kids! There’s a lot of little tasks they are able to do to help make this dish😊

02/07/2026

🍎🍍🍌Moe Fruit Market🥑🍊🍋
The children learn so much from these excursions, it opens up a whole world of experiences for us to share.