Butterflies Childminding Services- Nottingham

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We are unique! We are an important and valuable part of the early years professional sector! Don't let the DFE force us out!

We're sure this will resonate. Justina's research identified these three core features that make childminding different from other forms of childcare. "Your work is unique - and that's your strength."

If you didn't know, we partnered with UCL student Justina Chen on her research project last year - you can read the full brief here:

https://childmindinguk.com/assets/ucl/what-makes-childminding-special-(research-brief-for-childminders)_160225.pdf

📣 A little update to our timetable!
Your Stay and Play at Calverton is moving days!
🧸🚗✨ Instead of Tuesday… we’re now having it on ➡️ MONDAY afternoon!
It’s the same fun time, just a new day!
We can’t wait to see you there! 😊💕🎉

📚World Book Day📚
Thursday 5th March
Free entry for all children who come along dressed as their favourite book character
We can’t wait to see you all!

Another visit from my littlest valentine this morning. Accompanied by the sweetest video message. I think I have the cutest valentine ever ❤️

On Wednesday we had to say a final goodbye to Oscar. He was not only a part of my family for 15 years but also a massive part of our childminding family. Until the last few months he loved to join us on our adventures, exploring in the woods or watching the children on the park. When he wasn't with us he was waiting at the door to greet us when we got back and was always there to say hello in the morning and goodbye to the children at the end of the day.
For lots of our little ones Oscar was their first experience of caring for and being around dogs and he was a much loved and valued part of the setting, more so than even I realised! I have been overwhelmed by the kindness and love shown to us by our families, both present and past. I would like to thank them all for the messages, cards and gifts. It has made a difficult time a little easier ❤️

Today was Christmas party day!
It was a pleasure to share it with friends this year Lianne McHardy Sarah Davies Thank you to The Nags Head at Carlton for hosting our lovely party once again! The children all enjoyed their party food, Christmas songs and of course their visit to the most magical grotto and wonderful Santa!🎅🌲🎅🌲

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Children don’t measure our words — they absorb them. They don’t question our tone, our accuracy, or our certainty…

If we say it, it becomes true in their world.

That’s the power we forget we hold.

The same trust that lets them believe in Santa, lost teeth turning into treasure, or creatures stitched from imagination… is the trust they use to build their understanding of themselves.

They believe in wonder because we told them it exists. And they believe in who they are for the very same reason.

This is why our language matters.
Why offhand comments aren’t harmless.
Why labels linger long after we’ve moved on.

Their self-story begins with us — not because we’re perfect, but because they offer us a trust that is instinctive, total, and exquisitely pure.

So I try to speak with the awareness that I’m not just describing them — I’m shaping what they come to know as truth.

And if their hearts are going to take my words as fact, then I want to give them something solid to stand on — truths that root them, steady them, and never need unlearning. ❤️