๐๐คถ Well thatโs us finished til next year! ๐ ๐
I really hope the kids have enjoyed our Christmas festivities as much as I have ๐
Wishing you all a fantastic Christmas break and a peaceful start to the New Year ๐
Clare and family xx ๐ฅ
Clare Hawkins Holbrooks Childminder
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โค๏ธ Valentineโs Day, the weather ๐ง and the RSPBโs Big Bird Watch ๐ฆ
๐The children have enjoyed lots of water, ice and sensory play, and Rain and Rainbows have been a strong theme of the month โ๏ธ
๐ณWe have had lots of fun exploring the garden and sheltering in the greenhouse from the rain. Watching the birds and searching for wildlife ๐ ๐
Iโm going to start that goal tomorrow ๐ Hereโs a big chunky post of what weโve been up to this year so far โฆ..
๐งโ๏ธ ๐
Weโve been doing a lot of sensory play over the past couple of weeks and have used the weather for inspiration. Weโve done some great ice play and the children have enjoyed collecting leaves, twigs and other wintery finds from the garden. ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ง The children have explored the cold and animals that live in the cold and weโve read some great stories.
โ๏ธ They had great fun in their igloo and really enjoyed our snowy play scenes. The basket of snowballs are still a strong favourite with spontaneous snow ball fights happening every half hour ๐
Weโve recycled a lot of bits and pieces leftover from Christmas in our play and activities, done a lot of counting, turn-taking and sharing activities, made musical instruments, and also explored the colours blue and white.
๐ฅถ A chilly but really fun start to the year! ๐
๐ A massive thank you to all my wonderful children and parents, past and present, for all the beautiful cards and gifts! I have been truly spoilt โค๏ธ
๐ก From our home to yours I wish you all a fantastic fun-packed Christmas and a peaceful start to the new year!
(also, if anyone has any activity ideas for January for 24 rubber duckies Iโd be grateful for them ๐คฃ)
๐Merry Christmas Everyone ๐๐ฅ
Ducky Day 2
Day 1 ~ Doctor Duck
Ofsted registered Childminder in Holbrooks (north Coventry). Providing home-from-home high quality c
Operating as usual
๐ Our Autumn fun part 2 ๐
๐ Christmas fun begins tomorrow ๐

๐โโ๏ธ Making use of my Royal day off ๐ฌ๐ง
You know your a childminderโฆ..
When your adult daughter messages from work to ask why her orange squash in her flask turned green! Any guesses?
Little hint: ๐ง ๐
๐ A little peak at the some of the fun weโve had learning our colours over the last couple of weeks ๐จ

You know youโre a childminderโฆ.. when you go out in the evening, reach for your purse and realise youโre still carrying around todayโs collection โค๏ธ๐



๐ธ Wellies and puddle suits at the ready kids! Time for a pond extension I think ๐

Our Fun-packed February has been full of activities inspired by ๐ฏ Chinese New Year,
โค๏ธ Valentineโs Day, the weather ๐ง and the RSPBโs Big Bird Watch ๐ฆ
๐The children have enjoyed lots of water, ice and sensory play, and Rain and Rainbows have been a strong theme of the month โ๏ธ
๐ณWe have had lots of fun exploring the garden and sheltering in the greenhouse from the rain. Watching the birds and searching for wildlife ๐ ๐



๐ So one of my New Year goals was to find more time to post to the page little and often rather than in big chunks ๐
Iโm going to start that goal tomorrow ๐ Hereโs a big chunky post of what weโve been up to this year so far โฆ..
๐งโ๏ธ ๐
Weโve been doing a lot of sensory play over the past couple of weeks and have used the weather for inspiration. Weโve done some great ice play and the children have enjoyed collecting leaves, twigs and other wintery finds from the garden. ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ง The children have explored the cold and animals that live in the cold and weโve read some great stories.
โ๏ธ They had great fun in their igloo and really enjoyed our snowy play scenes. The basket of snowballs are still a strong favourite with spontaneous snow ball fights happening every half hour ๐
Weโve recycled a lot of bits and pieces leftover from Christmas in our play and activities, done a lot of counting, turn-taking and sharing activities, made musical instruments, and also explored the colours blue and white.
๐ฅถ A chilly but really fun start to the year! ๐


๐A few pics from our Christmas adventuresโฆ
๐ A massive thank you to all my wonderful children and parents, past and present, for all the beautiful cards and gifts! I have been truly spoilt โค๏ธ
๐ก From our home to yours I wish you all a fantastic fun-packed Christmas and a peaceful start to the new year!
(also, if anyone has any activity ideas for January for 24 rubber duckies Iโd be grateful for them ๐คฃ)
๐Merry Christmas Everyone ๐๐ฅ


๐ Just in case anyone was wondering ๐๐
Ducky Day 2

๐ Our Ducky countdown to Christmas ๐
Day 1 ~ Doctor Duck


Photos from Clare Hawkins Holbrooks Childminder's post

๐ ๐ We have had a busy Autumn ๐ ๐ป

A few Autumn teas

A few Autumn lunches

A few Autumn breakfasts


๐ฟ Popcorn ๐ฟ
We grew popcorn this year for the first time and will definitely do it again next year! From sowing to watering, to planting out and measuring (a lot ๐), picking, drying, popping, eating it and then (not to let anything go to waste) painting ๐ So much fun from a small pack of tiny seeds ๐

๐ฅ๐ We still have the pumpkin picking to come ๐ ๐ and a few winter veggies to harvest in the coming weeks but the harvest is pretty much in ๐ It has been so much fun watching the children sow, water and see their seeds grow into all the varieties of fruit and vegโ that they enjoy eating at mealtimes (๐ถ*obviously not the chillies! They are to challenge the brave man in my life ๐)
We will continue to donate any surplus to the local food bank so nothing goes to waste (although I think theyโll be sick of marrows very very soon ๐)
Next stop pumpkins ๐ ๐

๐ฆโ๏ธ A catch-up on some of our summer activities โฝ๏ธ๐งธ

Photos from Clare Hawkins Holbrooks Childminder's post
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