Little Learners Childminding

With the weather 🌞🥵 the way it is there is nothing better than cooling 😎🪭 down in the paddling pool 🌊.

HOT HOT HOT 🔥🔥🔥, no better place to spend today than at splash pad.
Today we remembered what we must do when it’s hot,
🚰Drink plenty,
🚶🏼‍♀️Walk instead of run,
🕶️Stay in the shade and
🧴Keep applying suncream.

A hot 🥵 day spent down at the harbour 🛳️ viewing the Nao Santa Maria ⚓️ with Rascals R Us Childcare and Ali’s.
We stopped in the shade for a picnic lunch🧺🥪🍑🍉🍇🍅🥒🌽🥕🚰.
We took a short stroll 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏾‍♂️, found some more shade for a spot of singing 🎤.

Today Little Learners along with Rascals R Us Childcare and Ali’s were incredibly lucky to be given the opportunity to use Polegate Grasshoppers FC 💚⚽️💚home ground Westlords.
We talked about being safe sun 🌞, wearing hats 🧢 applying sun cream 🧴, drinking plenty of water 🚰 and staying in the shade 🌳.
There were lots of activities to enjoy including magnetic blocks, streamers, football ⚽️, bubbles 🫧 and water play 💦.
Water play 💦 provides vital opportunities for sensory exploration 👁️👂🏻👃🏻👋🏻, builds fine and gross motor skills 🤏🏽, introduces early mathematical ⚖️ and scientific concepts 🧪, and fosters social collaboration 🗣️.

🏆 Happy Fathers Day 🏆
Wishing all the daddies out there a very happy Father’s Day.
To our Little Learners daddies we hope you all have a wonderful day and enjoy a nice hot drink made for you in the cups your little ones made you 💚.

Today we navigated 🧭 the winding pathways, bridges 🌉, and expansive open parklands at National Trust Sheffield Park Garden., which builds physical confidence and spatial orientating skills.
We shared natural 🌳 experiences provoke vocabulary growth as the children described different textures, colours 💜❤️💛💚🩷 and sounds 🌊🦆 and scents 🌸💐🌼🌷🌻🌺🪻🪷.
Lastly we trailed through the woodland to navigate uneven terrains, climb 🧗🏾‍♂️fallen trees, and clamber over tree stumps 🪾.
What a wonderful day we had filled with wonder and ore, shared with our friends from Rascals R Us Childcare.

As continues this is our reminder that babies and small children are most likely to drown at home in the bath or in the garden.

That's why our key message is to keep them in arm’s reach in water.

Many parents mistakenly believe bath seats will keep their baby safe, with potentially tragic consequences.

Please help us spread the message that bath seats are not safety devices.

Learn more: https://capt.org.uk/safe-baby-bath-time/

We started our day at LITTLE LAMBS TODDLER GROUP EVERY WEDNESDAY 9.30-11.30 (TERM TIME ONLY) 🐑, where we enjoyed creative play 👩🏽‍🎨, small world pirate ship play🏴‍☠️, climbing frame 🛝 and books to read 📖.
As the sun was shining 🌞 we popped to EMSR Adventure Park for lunch 🥪🍌🍓🍍🍒🥒🥑🚰where we met with friends from Carolyn's Kiddies - Ofsted Registered Childminder and Ali’s.
After lunch we enjoyed a play in the play areas, active play like running 🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️and climbing 🧗🏾‍♂️ builds core strength, stability, posture, balance ⚖️, and spatial awareness.

Self-feeding pillows can be deadly. That’s because the baby can’t push the bottle away, so can choke or suffer aspiration pneumonia.

Your baby needs you with them while they are feeding, so you can react if they start gagging or choking.

An urgent safety alert was issued for baby self-feeding pillows in 2022. But you can still buy them online.

Please avoid using anything that encourages you to leave your baby alone to feed with a propped-up bottle. And warn family and friends too.

To learn more about these and other dangerous baby products visit: https://capt.org.uk/10-baby-products-that-could-pose-serious-safety-risk/

And for tips on feeding multiples safely visit Twins Trust: https://twinstrust.org/advice-and-support/first-year/feeding-three-babies-at-once/ Alternatively, your health visitor or midwife may be able to offer advice on different feeding strategies.