Amanda's Little Angels Bristol

Just a gentle reminder for the week ahead 🌞

Did you know it’s Childminder Appreciation week? 🤩

Childminders offer so much more than childcare, they consistently go the extra mile and make a difference in children’s lives every single day. We see the hard work and dedication you all put in and I’m sure we’re not the only ones! If you have a fantastic childminder in your life, now would be the perfect time to express gratitude ☺️

To all of our fellow childminders - we hope you feel seen, loved and appreciated this week. The creativity you bring, the magical moments you create and the love and care you have for your little ones does not go unnoticed ♥️

Ooh, new logo alert. What do you think? After 12 years I feel like a change

Our new project, almost ready for the little ones to come and help me do some planting. For anyone who knows me, this is a big challenge for me but im hoping they will love it 💪

I have happy moments from every single child I have had the privilege to look after and they have all been apart of my bigger family ❤️

For the last 3 weeks we've been taking part in our local school ester egg hunt, raising money for the infants school 🐰🐣🥚
From September I'll have a Monday, thursday space and a Tuesday, Thursday space, or a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday space.
Please DM me for more information

Love to those who celebrate and love to those just trying to get through the day ❤️

Jumping on the chat gpt bandwagon, Mr Amanda's Little Angels asked chat gpt to make my caricature and it made this 😂

Saw this post from a fellow Childminder The Young Ones Childminding, the nursery have since taken the section down but its still not nice to read. I'm honest with all of my parents. There are pros and cons to both a childminder and a nursery, only the parent will know what is right for them. I am lucky, I have some of my children for years and years and years

I whole heartily agree with every word.

Now is a time for All Early years settings to become as one and support each other. Especially with the unease from the Government.

Please if you are approached with a similar attitude please put them right...

It's super unprofessional:(

Seeing a nursery publicly claim that childminders ‘cannot prepare children for school’ — is not just inaccurate, it’s damaging. 🤯

What makes this particularly concerning is that this messaging comes from a nursery group, meaning it risks shaping perceptions of childminding on a national scale. 😳

And yes, I’m calling it out.

Because childminders don’t just prepare children for school… We lay the foundations that will carry them far beyond any school gate.

We prepare them to feel safe away from their parents.
To build secure attachments.
To communicate their needs.
To regulate big emotions.
To problem-solve, to wait, to take turns, to negotiate, to recover when things don’t go their way.
We prepare them to walk into a classroom knowing who they are — not just how to sit in one.

The idea that small, relationship-led settings somehow limit children is a tired and uninformed narrative. Research, practice, and lived experience tell us the opposite: children thrive when they feel known, seen, and emotionally secure. That is not a weakness of childminding — it is one of our greatest strengths. 🙌

What concerns me most is the division this kind of messaging creates.

Nurseries and childminders are not competitors
in a playground argument. We are part of the same early years sector, doing the same vital work under different models. When one arm of the sector is publicly diminished, we all lose. 😣

So let me be very clear:
Childminders are professionals.
We follow the EYFS. We observe, assess, scaffold learning, and support transitions.
We work in partnership with families, schools, and the wider early years community to support each child’s journey.
And we do it with heart, skill, and intention. 🤩

To any nursery — or organisation — that feels the need to put childminders down to elevate themselves: do better. Children deserve better. And this sector deserves unity, not hierarchy.

We are not “less than”.
We are not a stepping stone.
We are educators.
We are professionals.
And we are preparing children for far more than school — we are preparing them for life. 💗

Whatever role you play in early years — or if you care about children at all — please share this message…
Division weakens us. Unity strengthens children.

😂 and can't wait to do it all again next year 💪