The PlayShed Childminder Great Denham

Holiday Care day 2 ☀️😎
Outdoors is always best.
Today we had a go at printing using playdoh and ink 🫟 and then we had a go at doing rubbings using crayons and paper. All of the children we keen to try and were incredibly proud of themselves. Understanding the world we live in and what nature means to us.
Of course we can’t be outside all of the time so whilst some slept some played happily. Remember just because you see a child “playing” it doesn’t mean they aren’t learning. They are learning the skills they need to figure things out. Using utensils to build stretch in their hands to move items from one place to another.
It’s been a lovely day let’s continue tomorrow 😃 🎨🖌️

Today I said a farewell to my first ever playshed baby. He started at 10months and he’s now almost 5. I am so proud of him and look forward to his adventures in big school. It has been a pleasure to have helped you to grow into the incredible little boy you have become. Working so close with families is such a rewarding job. I’m going to miss his parents and siblings too.
I wish you all the best for the future ❤️

A day at Stanwick Lakes to end our term before summer break.
We’ve had the best time splashing and climbing.
I don’t know about the children but I am exhausted 🤭
If they don’t sleep well tonight I’ll be shocked 🤯

The Elmer Trail-
Off we headed on an adventure to see if we could find the elephants in the Elmer Trail. The children used compasses to find which direction we needed to go.(we used what3words)
The children absolutely loved exploring and locating them.
When we found the real Elmer we sat down for a snack and a story… Elmer, of course.
Once we have found them all it was almost time to go home so we headed back towards the car but decided to stop for a spot of lunch. As the children had enjoyed themselves so much we decided to colour in our own pictures of Elmer and design new versions. The children are all going to be artists in the future 🧑‍🎨👩‍🎨🎨🖌️

Last week at The PlayShed - we headed out early as it was too hot to be out in the sun.
We popped to The Secret Farm for a Home Ed & Childminder special day.
The children were all so well behaved and excited to pick their very own fruit and vegetables.
First we headed to the Lavender fields. It smelt beautiful and the children were excited to see mini beasts climbing through the flowers. The ladybirds, bees and butterflies seemed very happy.
We took the opportunity to have some photos before it got busy.
We headed for our fruit and veg, first the cucumber as they were the heaviest, then the tomatoes followed by strawberries and Raspberries 😋
It was getting hot by 11:30 so we stopped in the shade for a quick picnic before heading home. What a lovely day. The children enjoyed their afternoon snack of the things we’d picked.

On Thursday we finally got around to doing our sponsored walk The Big Toddle for charity. The due date was pouring with rain, the second date was far too hot but this week was just right ( it’s a bit like Goldilocks and the 3 bears 😆) The children were amazing! Even our youngest superstars walked most of the way round. I’d just like to take a moment to say thank you to the parents and grandparents, aunties and uncles that made a donation. Every little bit helps. We stopped at the park for a picnics, play and a cheeky ice cream but 🤫 shh don’t tell anyone 🤭
These guys were so proud of themselves wearing their medals and receiving their stickers 🏅

What have we been up to this month?
We’ve been growing our ladybirds of course 🐞
What interesting little creatures they are.
Our first one transformed today the children were very excited.
We have had some record breaking temperatures this week. I’d just like to thank you all for barring with me in this heat. It’s been terrible trying to keep us all hydrated and cool enough. I think we have just about got through the week in all honesty. My house is far from cool in any area.
Today we were out in the garden at 8am having a water fight - the children definitely enjoyed being able to use the garden until it got too hot around 11ish. It certainly built up everyone’s appetite for lunch as there was a lot of nearly empty lunchboxes.
School run was unbareable in the heat but we have our trusty wagon and ice cold water bottles to cool us down as we moved.
Despite the weather children have handled it well and have all enjoyed being calm. I think they really enjoyed the ice lollies as they were asking for more 🫣
Here’s to a cool week next week or at least less muggy.