Jo Pleasance & Diane Whitaker Childminding

Jo Pleasance & Diane Whitaker Childminding Registered childminder with Ofsted working from Baildon, Shipley. Daily rate applies, please contact for more information.

Providing childcare for all ages between the hours of 7.30am-5.30pm , Monday to Friday , term time only.

The walk to school inspired us to look into what causes a rainbow šŸŒˆ Golden oldie of a book but still enjoyed and obvious...
28/02/2026

The walk to school inspired us to look into what causes a rainbow šŸŒˆ
Golden oldie of a book but still enjoyed and obviously learning our colours by singing the colours of the rainbow. The old ones are always the best

Feeling the love for Valentineā€™s Day ā¤ļøLovely sensory experience from both the craft and the tray and the bag painting s...
28/02/2026

Feeling the love for Valentineā€™s Day ā¤ļø
Lovely sensory experience from both the craft and the tray and the bag painting saves all the mess šŸ˜†šŸ‘šŸ» joking aside, such gorgeous results to take home for the people they love.
Some great practice of the fine motor skills turned into making love heart pasta bracelets šŸ˜

Why are we painting the bird box these colours? For ā€˜camouflageā€™ of course! Lots of new words and understanding of how w...
27/02/2026

Why are we painting the bird box these colours? For ā€˜camouflageā€™ of course! Lots of new words and understanding of how we are helping the birds by putting up bird boxes in the garden
We all know kids just love painting too! What great team work to produce a very well camouflaged bird box that will be ere yes on the garden, watch out for the finished pictures!

Learning about different homes for birds, new language always being introduced and used. A fun activity working together...
27/02/2026

Learning about different homes for birds, new language always being introduced and used.
A fun activity working together to build a nest for the birds to lay their eggs. They know why nests are important for birds and especially why they are located high up in trees to stay away from ā€˜predatorsā€™

Rolling out clay is a hard one for little people but they are definitely building up the skills and muscles for it in di...
27/02/2026

Rolling out clay is a hard one for little people but they are definitely building up the skills and muscles for it in different activities. In this case to make these lovely clay hanging robins
Watch this space for the finished product!

More ways to feed the birds with hanging ā€˜bird pizzasā€™ it took some work for the children to spread out the peanut butte...
27/02/2026

More ways to feed the birds with hanging ā€˜bird pizzasā€™ it took some work for the children to spread out the peanut butter on the log slice but what a result! The children took them home to hang in their gardens

Feeding the blackbird chicks the ā€˜wormsā€™ They loved the blackbirds so much that they asked if they could each take one h...
27/02/2026

Feeding the blackbird chicks the ā€˜wormsā€™
They loved the blackbirds so much that they asked if they could each take one home šŸ¦ā€ā¬›
We learnt about the different foods birds can eat and different home they using two lovely books so we thought we would explore some of that further.
The children found it a bit of a challenge to use the blackbird heads as beaks with their fingers in but they did persevere! They loved the role play and the feel of the fake soil. They compared the size of the worms while feeding the ā€˜chicksā€™

Look at these gorgeous birds the children designed ā¤ļø Itā€™s more than just crafting. Itā€™s strengthening little fingers, c...
27/02/2026

Look at these gorgeous birds the children designed ā¤ļø
Itā€™s more than just crafting. Itā€™s strengthening little fingers, controlling a paint brush, experimenting with different strokes, mixing colours, taking turns and being creativeā€¦ the list goes on

Picking up our bigger friends from school is never a chore, itā€™s an excuse to get some exercise and learn about the surr...
27/02/2026

Picking up our bigger friends from school is never a chore, itā€™s an excuse to get some exercise and learn about the surroundings. The children have been particularly taken by the snowdrops and crocus plants that we see and love spotting them along the route.

Transitioning from buggy to walking further and further each day and really enjoying it ā¤ļø we learn all about being safe in our surroundings too. We are so lucky to be able to do it in such a lovely place

Our new emotions mirror was a real hit! They love seeing themselves in the mirror and changing their expression to copy ...
27/02/2026

Our new emotions mirror was a real hit!
They love seeing themselves in the mirror and changing their expression to copy the pictures, linking this to our feelings

Stretching out the learning for the older ones, some simple sums using more than just numbers to develop their skills re...
27/02/2026

Stretching out the learning for the older ones, some simple sums using more than just numbers to develop their skills ready for school

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Coolham
BD176SX

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm

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+447966039732

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