Little Pickles Childminding

03/10/2026

My lovely friend has a space in her beautiful setting for anyone looking for childcare 🫶🏻

I have space available! Due to my own littley starting preschool I currently have space for a little one to join us :)
If youre looking for a small, nurturing home from home childcare setting please do get in touch :)
Feel free to message me to ask any questions or to come and meet me and have a look around :)

30/09/2026

Promoting independence 🤩

This week we’ve been getting back into our routines more now everyone has settled back in happy.
I’ve also introduced a few more routines to promote independence. Our favourites so far have been our self registering where the children find their pictures and stick them onto our “who’s here today?” Display.
They have also loved using the mirror after mealtimes to watch themselves as they have a go at cleaning their faces independently 🥰

Such simple things, but easily added into our daily routines to promote their independence and self care - and they love it!

09/09/2026

Back the normality! While I’ve loved the summer off and spending some much needed time with my boys, it’s been nice having a routine back and getting all the cuddles again!

The big pickles are settled at school and we’ve welcomed all our little pickles back this week along with a new friend to play with 🥰

Today we made the most of the beautiful weather and ventured out for a walk, we stopped and found lots of dandelions to blow and make wishes. The younger ones decided the walk was very tiring and had a cat nap in the buggy on the walk home again.

02/09/2026

And that’s the summer over, my littlest pickle is off to school 😭🥹
Everyone that comes to Little Pickles is 9/10 greeted by our Huddy, my little shadow!

Wishing everyone lots of love this week, for all those taking their next big steps and starting school and nursery 🫶🏻 it’s a big step for them, and for us as parents!

14/08/2026

It’s an emotional day here today, as we say goodbye to our biggest pickles who are moving on to their next nursery adventures!
Two of whom were my very first children back when I opened January 2024! 🤯

We’ve celebrated in style, having a party and a special lunch.

As ever, it’s been such a privilege being chosen to look after your little ones and they become part of our family 🤍 I will miss them all so much! 🫶🏻

29/07/2026

Early morning walk 🤩

We left bright and early this morning while it was cooler, taking our snack with us and having a lovely shady picnic under the trees.
Afterwards we (of course!) had to go on a stick hunt - what more do boys want- food and sticks?! We found some huge sticks and made music by banging them against the trees!

21/07/2026

Lovely visit to the local farm for an hours play this morning 🥰 So lucky to have this right on our doorstep!

20/07/2026

🚊 Trip to Salisbury 🤩

We went on a big adventure today with First Roots Childcare!
We headed off on the train first thing to Salisbury, enjoying our snack as we watched out the window.
We ventured over to Elizabeth Gardens where we paddled our feet and tried skipping stones. After we found a lovely shady spot for some singing and games followed by a McDonalds treat for lunch 😋 safe to say it went down very well for all!!
We headed back to the train station afterwards and came home again. Some very tired out little pickles (and adults!!) but what a great adventure out 🤩

14/07/2026

Syllables 🤩

This morning the bigger pickles worked on their language and literacy skills.
We looked at some bigger words, which we were able to break down into smaller words! We had to match the small pictures together to make the bigger word.
To do this we clapped out the syllables in the bigger words, breaking them down to the smaller words. This helps develops phonological awareness in early literacy skills.

03/07/2026

Perfect way to end the week, spending a sunny (and not too hot!) morning at Madjeston Milk Station with the big pickles.
Everyone loved visiting and saying hello to all the animals, doing lots of running, climbing and sliding!
I think our favourite part of the visit is definitely the guinea pigs, it’s always been a firm favourite for these guys and they love to sitting next to the enclosure and saying hello (and feeding them grass 🤣)