Maddye's Munchkins Family Day Care

24/10/2024

27/08/2024

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❤️

10/08/2024

Loved our session last Wednesday! 🖤

09/07/2024

Privileged to be a part of such a supportive and wonderful service, and to be nominated two years running! Congrats to everyone! 🫶

EXCELLENCE IN FAMILY DAY CARE AWARDS ✨
Congratulations to the following nominees!

Educator of the Year Nominees
🔸Kass Davis
🔹Hannah McDonald
🔸Maddye Potts
🔹Mel Maloney
🔸Sarah Thomas
🔹Tammy Litt
🔸Tracey Milham
🔹Tracy Holmes
🔸 Vanessa Edwards-Ellis

Coordinator of the Year Nominees
🔹Rachael Barrow
🔸Jacinta Sargent

Service of the Year Nominee
🔹Cabonne Family Day Care

We are beyond grateful for every nomination and excited that our educators and staff are being recognised for their dedication to Family Day Care.

Cabonne Council
Family Day Care Australia

19/05/2024

Let them play. 🖤

I post a LOT on this topic.
I am passionate about helping adults understand that sitting young children at a table and telling them what to do is a huge detriment to their development.

Children NEED to MOVE their whole bodies. That movement happens best through child-led play, where incredible social-emotional development also happens, quite organically. ZERO curriculum necessary. (Im looking at you social skills curriculum)

I think we forget what PRE means, and far too many do not understand human development.

PRE = BEFORE, PREVIOUS TO

EVERY movement a child makes IS pre-writing.

Rolling, crawling, standing, balancing, climbing, pushing, pulling, jumping, running, pumping, hopping, throwing, catching, walking, skipping, dancing, squeezing, grasping, picking, cutting and threading are ALL "Pre-writing activities"

*****PRE-writing lives authentically in child-led play. ZERO adult lesson plan nor directing required. In fact, adults who interrupt play with pre-planned activities often times actually get in the way of what a child is doing so effortlessly. *******

It is so simple, so natural....if adults would take the time truly understand how our bodies work.

When children have ample time(and by ample I mean AT LEAST five hours a day) to lead their own play, you can ✅ pre writing off the list.

Remember: Writing does NOT begin with the fingers and hands. It begins with the CORE. The core must be strong and coordinated and able to work together with upper back muscles, shoulders, biceps, triceps, forearms wrists, hands and finally fingers.

Writing is about more than just fingers and hands. Pre-writing stations that involve sitting and squeezing, threading, grasping and tracing is just an itty bitty part of pre writing.

I ditched adult-directed "pre-writing" 10 years ago...the results have been children who have bodies and brains developed through their play PLUS intrinsic motivation (their own reason to write) who can simply WRITE. No need for months/years of tracing letters or isolating a letter for a week. Children need bodies that are ready + brains that are ready + a meaningful reason to write. ❤️❤️❤️

12/04/2024

The last few months have been incredibly busy with a revamp & relocation. It was a challenging but rewarding process, & we're now settled in & in love with our new space! 🥰

27/02/2024

There’s is such a high demand for Educators! Please reach out if you are thinking of starting up, or have any questions about running a family day.
Love my job and the supportive people I have around me as a self-employed Educator. 🥰😊

BECOME A FAMILY DAY CARE EDUCATOR ✨

Cabonne Council

21/12/2023

16/12/2023

What a way to finish up this year! 🥰🖤

15/12/2023

✨EXPRESSION OF INTEREST✨
BEFORE SCHOOL CARE AT MANILDRA IN 2024
Please contact us on 6392 3291 to register your interest.

Cabonne Council
Manildra Public School

25/11/2023

🎄🥰 2023 Family Day Care Christmas Party 🥰🎄
Educators + families of Lisa’s Little Gems, Jo's Daycare, Tinker Tots, Nessys Nursery, Traceys Daycare & Maddye's

29/10/2023

Here's a few things that I'm working on. Will you work on one of them with me this week?

“This week, I will…”

-Notice three things that you love about your child or student who you’ve been having a hard time with. When you notice, take a deep breath, live in that moment, and appreciate them. (Then tell them about it if you can!)

-Pause at a time when your brain wants to react immediately. Just pause. Even if your eventual reaction is the same. Practice pausing and having that reaction (or a different, more measured reaction) 5 seconds later, or 10 seconds later, or after you’ve said aloud “Hmmmmm…let me think…” so you know it’s coming from your thoughts instead of from your impulses.

-Say “yes” to one thing that you would have said “no” to, not because the “no” was actually important, but just because it was a mild inconvenience or mild annoyance or because you are in the habit of being a little too over-controlling.

-Something else; tell me in the comments.

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