Little Lane’s Child minding

21/09/2026

Today we had the wonderful Molly from The Dynamic Therapy Group join us for a couple of hours. She very kindly lead our circle time and showed us some lovely engaging games for the little ones to increase their self confidence and communication skills. A firm favourite was definitely the bubbles!

18/09/2026

Little Lane’s and Lowe’s Childminding are taking part in the October challenge.
Collectively Emma and I along with our 11 little people will be completing 100 miles over the course of the month of October.

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We are childminders and are doing this challenge with the work children who are all under 3. We’re taking on the 100 mile challenge this October to support deaf children and their families, just like George Pig and his family. We’ll be completing 100 miles collectively throughout the month – t...

17/09/2026

Today we headed over to Alice View children’s centre to use their sensory room. We had a lovely relaxing hour reconnecting with all our senses and calming our minds.

14/09/2026

Today we enjoyed our new story together so we thought it was only fitting to have “Grandma” as our sign of the week. Have you managed to enjoy the new Gruffalo story together yet?

12/09/2026

Safety of the little ones in my care is a top priority to me. With all the new regulations that have come in from September around safer weaning I have been doing my own research and I have made the decision to invest in a LifeVac machine. This machine will be set next to our first aid box so it is easily accessible to trained adults and will only ever be used in the event of an extreme emergency (so hopefully never)
As with any of my training I am always happy to answer any questions or concerns that parents or carers may have about how we apply these practices in our setting or advice for their own home too.

11/09/2026

Today we went to Matlock Farm Park. We had a wonderful time feeding the different animals, playing on the playground, enjoying the soft play and having a well earned lunch in the cafe.

10/09/2026

Who’s been looking forward to this? I most definitely have! Can’t wait to share this with the little ones next week!

09/09/2026

We are back at our favourite play group this morning! We love getting out and about and enjoying things in our local community.

08/09/2026

Our sign of the week is bubbles. We have had a story all about bubbles and we have been playing with bubbles 🫧 today and trying to use our sign.

17/01/2025

So today we were joined by Ofsted for our first ever graded inspection. I can’t give any details until our official report is published but I am very happy with how our day went! I would like to express my thanks to all my parents and children for making Little Lane’s the wonderful place that it is!
A huge thank you to Stuart, Jayden, Benjamin, Ivy and Jude for all their love, support and help over the past few years as I developed my venture and built Little Lane’s into what it is today!
I will leave you with the beautiful sign that Ivy made to welcome Ofsted into our home this morning!