Caroline's Childminding

13/02/2024

A fab day out to Wi******er Cathederal. We even went on the bus from the park and ride. Shame about the rain but the moon was amazing. 🌕

18/01/2024

A lovely frosty walk this morning. Jumping in frosty puddles and finding wild animal tracks. Lots of outside learning as well as soaking up the beautiful sunshine. ❄️🧊☀️

19/06/2023

We have seen these Dinos up close and touched them ! They are amazing. Highly reccomend this show for kids! 🦖🦕
Does help that my sister has made them 😍

23/08/2022

Very true! Writing, reading, get back to basics and write on anything with everything! 👌🏼🫵🏻👩🏻‍🎨🖍✏️📝

22/05/2022

Kids love dandelions! Dont dig them up! Love them 😍🐝🦋🐛

For the kiddos! 🌼🌼🌼🐝

09/04/2022

Great explanation. 👌🏼👏🏽

Here’s a quick little thought/frustration of mine: Please, please, let kindergarteners (and first graders) (and I’d even say second graders!) use half-pencils instead of full pencils.

I say “let” because I keep having to write it into IEPs as an accommodation. I wish it was just the normal!

Children’s hands are 4-5 inches in circumference. Adult hands are 7-8 inches in circumference. And yet adults and very small children alike are expected to use 7.5 inch long pencils.

The equivalent ratio for an adult (using some averages) would be using a 12.5 inch long pencil! Imagine how unwieldy that would be. Add an eraser to the end of it and now you’ve got even more weight counterbalancing all of the fine motor control you’re trying to do at the pencil end. And all of that with muscles that are brand-new to fine motor control at all and not very coordinated at it…so imagine, really, trying to write with a 12.5 inch long pencil with your non-dominant hand.

You might very well get referred to me for OT when all you needed in the first place was a writing utensil the right size for your hand, from the beginning (not as a special accommodation)!

23/02/2022

Loving this 😍🥰

23/01/2022

https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk
This is a fantastic website from the DfE that helps childminder's and early years practitioners with the new EYFS info that changed last September 2021. Each heading has lots of information as well as a video that explains more. Please check it out and see what you think.

Find information about each area of learning in the EYFS and get ideas for activities you can do with early years children.

23/05/2021

Great little project for half term next week! Reduce, Reuse, recycle. ♻️

9 Pages Of Fun & Learning

19/03/2021

Spring is in the air!! 🌱☀️