Mel's Minding

Mel's Minding Ofsted Registered Childminder. Up to 15/30hrs funding available for eligible children aged 9months-4yrs.

This week we’ve been learning all about the importance of looking after our teeth! 🪥😁We talked about why we brush our te...
23/09/2026

This week we’ve been learning all about the importance of looking after our teeth! 🪥😁

We talked about why we brush our teeth, why healthy food and drinks are important for our teeth, and what happens when we visit the dentist. We enjoyed reading a story about going to the dentist and then had lots of fun with our little dentist kit, checking the teeth with the mirror, cleaning them and pulling them out! 🦷

We also cleaned our own teeth really well and practising sitting nice and still, just like we would at the dentist. And of course, everyone got a very special pineapple sticker at the end (just like in our story!)🍍

This was a lovely way to help build positive experiences around dental care and encourage healthy habits from an early age. 💙

This week we’ve been role playing as police officers, firefighters and paramedics, learning all about the important peop...
19/09/2026

This week we’ve been role playing as police officers, firefighters and paramedics, learning all about the important people who help to keep us safe. 👮 🚒 🚑
Yesterday, when the children were dressed up in some of their emergency service outfits, my husband discreetly set off our fire alarms as a surprise practice drill. 🔔🔥
I was so incredibly proud of my two older mindees. They immediately knew what to do, they put their toys down, held hands with me and our younger mindee and walked straight to our front door. We then made our way to our designated safe place at the lamppost, and we did it in record time! 🙌
It was wonderful to see that the children’s role play and conversations throughout the week had helped them understand how to respond safely in a real situation.

This supports the EYFS, particularly:
🌟 Personal, Social & Emotional Development – developing confidence, independence and an understanding of how to keep ourselves safe.
🌟 Understanding the World – learning about people who help us and their roles within our community.
🌟 Communication & Language – listening, understanding and responding to instructions.

Most importantly, the children had fun learning through play… and now know exactly what to do if they ever hear that alarm for real. 💙

We tried a new fruit for snack today-a Horned Melon! The children didn’t quite know what to make of it and were very rel...
15/09/2026

We tried a new fruit for snack today-a Horned Melon! The children didn’t quite know what to make of it and were very reluctant to try but with the promise of a sticker they all touched, smelt and licked it! Have you ever tried Horned Melon before? 😋

Our sunflower heads have finished flowering and the children have enjoyed exploring them, so now it’s time for our garde...
11/09/2026

Our sunflower heads have finished flowering and the children have enjoyed exploring them, so now it’s time for our garden wildlife to enjoy them! Look who came along for a little snack this morning!🐿️🌻

Yesterday we finally returned to Forest School after the summer holidays, we have really missed it! 🌳 We made some colou...
04/09/2026

Yesterday we finally returned to Forest School after the summer holidays, we have really missed it! 🌳

We made some colourful ‘belonging sticks’, wrapping wool around sticks. We searched for minibeasts and discovered an earwig, had fun swinging on the branch swing, and spotted pictures of the Forest School staff attached to the logs. We also came together with all the other children to share a story in the woods. It was so lovely to be back in our little woodland world! We also spotted a large fungi on one of the trees which we learnt was called ‘Chicken of the Woods’. Very interesting! 🍄‍🟫

We’ve been busy harvesting our sunflower seeds this week! The children used their fingers and the tweezers to carefully ...
04/09/2026

We’ve been busy harvesting our sunflower seeds this week! The children used their fingers and the tweezers to carefully remove the seeds from the sunflower heads, we have a bumper crop this year!

This was a lovely, simple activity for developing fine motor skills, concentration and hand-eye coordination. We also talked about how our sunflowers had grown from seed and how we would use these seeds to grow more sunflowers for next year. We discussed the different sizes of sunflower heads-we had some huge ones this year!

Our seeds will dry out over the next couple of weeks or so and then we have another little plan for them..watch this space 😉🌻💙

During the summer we got creative with something straight from nature-blackberries! We smushed them up in a big bowl wit...
31/08/2026

During the summer we got creative with something straight from nature-blackberries! We smushed them up in a big bowl with a potato masher to make a natural paint before rolling out an old roll of wallpaper for the children to make their own marks and pictures. A simple activity, packed with learning such as sensory exploration, mark making and creativity, that kept all of the children entertained for some time! 💙

24/08/2026

Meet Melvyn! The newest member of the Mel’s Minding team! 💙
He’s taken up his position on the bench ready to greet our mindees in the morning! He’ll be helping us with lots of learning through play, encouraging the children to chat and ask questions, develop their imagination, notice changes in nature and seasons and exploring the world around them.
Welcome to Mel’s Minding, Melvyn! 💙 🌾



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Our sunflowers have done amazing this year with our tallest measuring a whopping 11’ 3”! 🤩🌻 How have your sunflowers don...
30/07/2026

Our sunflowers have done amazing this year with our tallest measuring a whopping 11’ 3”! 🤩🌻

How have your sunflowers done this year?!

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