Day Dreams Childminding

14/08/2026

After a lovely 10 days off we got back into the swing of things this week with a couple of trips to the Botanic Gardens and a day cooling off by the river. Joined by our friends from Little bear childminding

01/08/2026

We made good use of our annual pass to the Botanic Gardens last week.

We explored lots of areas of the gardens and we made boats to float on the water and were fascinated by watching all the bees 🐝.

We enjoyed taking part in the free activities there as well with some den building and pond dipping 🤩☀️🌳

30/07/2026

We had a blast today - castle, beach, playground 🛝 🏖️ 🏰

26/07/2026

Last week we spent a day in the woods with our friends from Little bear childminding. So much fun was had by all ages - water play, painting, den building, scavenger hunt, climbing, bubbles, chalk, fun and laughter and the older ones finished off with a water fight!

Gwybodaeth i Deuluoedd Sir Gâr - Carmarthenshire Family Information
Coram PACEY Cymru

26/07/2026

We had a lovely couple of days exploring the Botanic Gardens last week in the sun!! ☀️

18/07/2026

Another half term full of forest school Friday fun!!! Sarah has done a fantastic job again of knowing all of the children’s interests and catering for them in the set up. We have loved playing in Sarah’s cafe, getting muddy with friends making cakes, transporting sawdust, going on treasure hunts, having a scarecrows wedding and the children even made donuts from scratch that were then cooked on the forest fire (and they were super yummy!!!)

Thank you Emberkind: Family Forest & Counselling for our lovely Friday mornings - can’t wait for September!!!!

Gwybodaeth i Deuluoedd Sir Gâr - Carmarthenshire Family Information
Coram PACEY Cymru

08/07/2026

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🌿 The Science of Early Presence, and How Childminders Support It 🌿

There’s a growing body of research showing that babies and young children build their capacity for emotional regulation, secure relationships, and healthy stress responses through one powerful thing:

A consistent, responsive adult, repeated thousands of times, in the first three years of life.
Not one big moment.
But the everyday moments:
The cry responded to.
The face they look for.
The person who knows their cues, rhythms and needs.

This is why, when parents need to work, childminding can be such a protective, nurturing option.

Children still experience:
✨ One consistent caregiver
Someone who truly knows them, their signals, their comfort items, their emotional patterns.
(consistent presence)
✨ Smaller, calmer groups
This mirrors the natural social environment young children are wired for, reducing overwhelm and supporting secure attachment.
(small group benefits)
✨ Responsive relationships
Childminders can tune in quickly, offer co‑regulation, and meet needs before they escalate, the exact conditions that build emotional resilience.
(co-regulation)
✨ Continuity of care
No shift patterns, no rotating staff, just the same familiar adult greeting them each day.
(continuity of care)
✨ Secure attachment opportunities
Children can form deep, stable bonds that act as a buffer against stress and support lifelong wellbeing.
(secure attachment)For families who need childcare, childminding offers a beautiful blend of home‑from‑home care, attachment‑rich relationships, and developmentally appropriate group sizes, all aligned with what neuroscience tells us young children need most.

It’s not about replacing parents.
It’s about extending their circle of safety.

And that’s exactly what high‑quality childminding provides.

02/07/2026

We had a lovely change of location at Welly Wednesday yesterday, we got to explore the arboretum with all the monkey puzzle trees! We had a hunt through the trees to find monkey’s mummy, made a monkey puzzle tree, read a lovely book and were treated to the discovery of a moorhen nest with baby moorhens on the lake 🥰🌳🐵

02/07/2026

We had a bug-tastic day in the woods today! We decorated a pretty butterfly and dragonfly, played with some bug shaped pasta, found some lovely woodland treasures to make our own big hotels with, made fingerprint bug jars and generally had a lot of fun with our friends!! 🐛🐜🐞🌳

Nature Nippers Childminding
Little bear childminding
Gwybodaeth i Deuluoedd Sir Gâr - Carmarthenshire Family Information

17/06/2026

No Welly Wednesday this week so instead we enjoyed a leisurely stroll around the Botanic Gardens, we looked at all the vegetables growing, smelt the flowers and herbs and tried to find some dinosaurs but they were all hiding today! 🌺🌽