Lilypads Childminders

Lilypads Childminders Outstanding Home-From-Home high quality, educational and fun Early Years and Wraparound childcare.

25/08/2026

I’ve not posted in a while but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been having fun. Here is a snippet of our summer holiday fun.

12/07/2026

This week we had the time at the beach. We used our gross motor skills to dig in the sand, jump and leap in the sea. We spotted some jellyfish which led to great conversations but also safety. We have also thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the farm. We were all brave and had a go at feeding the animals. We talked about hygiene and washing our hands a lot with soap. We loved bottle feeding the lambs and brushing the pony. We were very gentle with her especially when we found out she was poorly.

04/07/2026

Snippet from the heat wave week last week. Lots of splash days and time spent in the forest where it was cooler.

13/06/2026

What an amazing week we’ve had. We have been developing our skills using the hand drill to make wands. We had a go at threading leaves which we found tricky because they were fragile. We have explored parks, met some horses, developed our strength and stamina running up big hills, we have used our imagination using magnatiles and blocks to build. We have created wonderful gifts for our daddy’s for Father’s Day. We have also been closely watching our caterpillars eat, grow and transform into butterflies. Today we released the butterflies that had come out of their chrysalis. We were very brave and gentle holding them.

23/05/2026

Finally some great weather so of course we visited the beach and had the most amazing time.

08/05/2026

A snippet of our week; the children are constantly learning and developing without really realising because we have such a fun time! We have been developing our gross and fine motor skills through a range of activities. We have been on many nature walks where we have looked closely at wildlife and bugs; we even found an ants nest. It was fascinating to watch them work as a team to move their eggs around to protect them.

03/05/2026

I’ve not posted in a while but here’s a snippet of what we have been up to over the last 2 weeks.

18/04/2026

What a fantastic first week back after Easter. We have been developing hand eye coordination through water play, building with blocks at the forest as a team, making a mud slide and taking risks trying challenging tasks like climbing and balancing on trees. We have worked on our fine motor skills using playdough, worked as a team to create and build a zoo for the animals and been on our weekly balance bike practice. We learnt to use the microscope to look at bugs close up and loved using the interactive globe to learn about animals from around the world.

27/03/2026

The children had a fabulous time completing the Easter egg hunt. The children read and listened to clues to find the next eggs and loved finding their final surprise.

13/03/2026

We celebrated National Science Week by doing lots of experiments. We made balloon rockets. It was so exciting watching them shoot along the string and we learnt this happens because the air rushes out of the balloon and pushes it along. We then worked as a team to stretch elastic bands over a watermelon. It was great watching the watermelon change shape as it was being squeezed and then watching it explode. We also explored mixing bicarbonate of soda with vinegar and observed the fizzing reaction it made. We also made laver lamp by adding drops of food colouring to oil and adding a vitamin c tablet. We noticed the fizzing of the tablet made the drops of colour whizz around the glass.

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Braintree
CM77

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Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 6pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6pm
Friday 7:30am - 6pm

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+447887846075

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