The PlayShed Childminder Great Denham

23/09/2026

Forest school yesterday - a whole new learning environment. This was right up their street and so many new skills learned. We can wait for next week 🪵🪚🌳💚

18/09/2026

This week we have gone back to basics. Lots of activities at homes.
Doing puzzles, drawing, reading books, singing, dancing, getting messy with water and sand.
Sometimes the simple things make happy children and learning the skills from the start.
In the woods we worked on using our senses. It rained, we splashed, we felt the trees, we listened to the wind in the leaves. The best part we looked at the changing colour of the leaves 🍁

10/09/2026

🩷 Welcome Back 🩷

We have had a super week settling back into the new term. Whilst we haven’t been out as much as we would normally be. We have still had the best time. With the newest little bear joining in the adventures too. What a little dream he’s been. Some of the older children have struggled with getting back into our routine but it’s the first week in and we will soon be back where we were.
This week we have been learning all about me and sharing photos of our families. The children have enjoyed dressing up, doing puzzles, drawing and playing shops. We will continue our topic for new week too just while we get back into routine.
It’s been so nice having you all back and it’s lovely to see how much you have grown and changed since July.
See you back next week 🥰

31/08/2026

💥‼️REMINDER‼️
This week I am closed for PPD days these are allocated training days set for us by the council. This gives me a couple of days to make sure my current knowledge is up to date. These are not funded dates so will not affect you for the term ahead.
I reopen on Monday 7th @ 9am ready to start the new term. I look forward to seeing you all back and getting our new baby bear settled in.

TOPIC: All About me! 🏡🧑‍🧒🧑‍🧑‍🧒🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🧑‍🧒‍🧒
If you have any photos of you children/ family/ homes/ pets pop them across to me and I’ll get them printed ready for their arrival.

See you all Monday

19/08/2026

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 😃 🎨🖌️

19/08/2026

Yesterday we had great time at the farm ❤️

23/07/2026

16/07/2026

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 ❤️

16/07/2026

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 🤯

13/07/2026

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 🧑‍🎨👩‍🎨🎨🖌️