Julie and Sue's Childminding

✨ That’s another weekend flown by ✈️💨

But here’s a little look at what we got up to last week 🤍

We continued exploring shapes in lots of different ways. The children especially loved our active shape game, where they had to run and find the shape we called out! It was a great way to combine learning with movement and fun.

We also worked on memory skills using a matching game. Of course, the babies wanted to join in too, and from the arms in the air, you can tell someone was very proud of themselves after a successful turn 🥹🤍

There were plenty of dance parties throughout the week, and our favourite song was definitely Hop Little Bunnies 🐰🎶

The children enjoyed exploring a variety of musical instruments, learning how they work and the different sounds they make. We sang lots of nursery rhymes and played along using the instruments, creating our own little musical performances 🎵

We also used our learning mats to practise letters, and the children absolutely smashed it! We love seeing their confidence grow each week 🌟

Friday was our fun day! We headed to the pitch and putt where the children enjoyed playing the arcade games. They loved collecting tickets and were fantastic at trying new games and giving everything a go 🎟️⛳

On the way back, we stopped at the town park and were lucky enough to feed the squirrels. The children absolutely loved this experience! They carefully placed the nuts down and watched as the squirrels collected them before running off up the trees 🐿️🌳

What a wonderful week full of learning, laughter, exploration and fun. We can’t wait to see what this week brings!

🤍 Here’s to another amazing week ahead.

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! ☀️✨

Officially halfway through the year… crazy! 🤯

The sun may have disappeared 🥲 but the fun certainly hasn’t 😋☔️

We still managed to squeeze in a little bit of garden play this week — because a little rain never stops us! 🌧️💚

We’ve done lots of learning this week too! We’ve been working hard on recognising letters and matching uppercase and lowercase letters 🔤✨

We’ve also been exploring emotions and talking about what makes us feel happy, sad, angry and everything in between 😊😢😡 The children did amazingly with this activity and had some lovely discussions ❤️

We’ve also been working on shapes and numbers this week 🔺🔵🔢 The children are absolutely smashing these activities and we are so proud of the progress they are making every single day 🥹🌟

We did have some dance parties in between🕺💃🏼

We were also lucky enough to make it out for a day trip too (thank goodness the rain held off for some end-of-week fun 😅🌤️). We explored the museum and looked at all the different topics they had available. Afterwards, we went to see the big dinosaur at the cathedral 🦖 There was so much to explore and we thoroughly enjoyed learning about all the different events that have happened throughout history!

Thank you all for another wonderful week 🤍

We hope you all have a blissful weekend full of fun 😜

See you all Monday 🤍

☀️ What a week last week was! ☀️

What a fun-filled week we had with lots of sunshine, laughter and outdoor play! 🌊☀️ Of course, with the sunny weather, the pool had to come out! The children absolutely loved splashing around in the pool, playing with the water tables and enjoying the sprinkler mat. Safe to say Amy and Julie definitely got splashed a few times too… but hearing all the laughter made it completely worth it! 😂💦

We also got creative with some arts and crafts using old boxes, turning them into an amazing castle 🏰 The children explored painting using different brushes, sponges and even their hands! They got so creative that I think they thought painting Amy and Julie was part of the activity too 😂🎨 We all had so much fun!

The sand pit has also been a big hit this week! The children enjoyed making different shapes and patterns and, of course, building plenty of sandcastles 🏖️

We also enjoyed a lovely trip to the boat house where we went to see the ducks and enjoyed some snacks along the way 🦆🤍

We hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine as much as we did ☀️🤍

And to all of those going back to school today — enjoy your last term before summer! ☀️📚🤍

Another week has flown by💨

We’ve been up to so much this week!

We’ve had some lovely paintings created by the children, inspired by our current story The Hungry Caterpillar 🐛🎨

We’ve also been busy with play-dough fun, where the children got really creative. We saw pizzas, love-heart spaghetti, and one little one even made figures of me and Julie… although Julie may only have one leg now🫢😂

We decorated some shortbread biscuits too, and the children absolutely loved the sprinkles… as did the floor!😂 Fun hasn’t really been had unless there’s a little mess along the way☺️

We also enjoyed some outdoor games when the sun finally decided to make an appearance 🌞🙌🏼

To finish off a lovely week, we had a little trip to the town park 🌳🌞

We hope you all have a lovely bank holiday and enjoy the sunshine. Remember to stay hydrated and wear lots of sun cream 🫶🏼

Hopefully, this is officially the start of summer 😊🌞

A little look into what we got up to last week✨

We worked on some threading activities with the children to help build up their fine motor skills, of course keeping it within the theme of our current story, The Hungry Caterpillar🐛🍎

We also did lots of singing and music activities to help some of our younger children develop new words and build their vocabulary🎶✨

Our older children worked hard on finding the correct word to finish each sentence — and they absolutely smashed it!📝🤍

We spent time recognising letters and matching them to objects beginning with that sound, some of the older children practised writing their letters independently✏️

We’ve continued lots of activities linked to The Hungry Caterpillar, including 1-1 reading time with some of our younger children so they could take in even more from the story📚 We’ve also been working through our Hungry Caterpillar workbook, where the older children had to find all the different foods the caterpillar was looking for🍓🧁🍐

And lastly, we’ve had one little one absolutely smash the start of his potty training journey🤍✨

Such a lovely week full of learning, confidence building, and lots of fun!

Oopsie… we forgot to post our weekly update last week as we were away at the weekend🤍

Last week was full of fun and creativity! We finished making our birds and turtles, and the children were so proud of what they had created — and rightly so, they looked amazing! 🐢🐦✨

We also worked on verb words, with the children acting them out. The dancing was definitely a favourite activity 💃🏼🕺

We were lucky enough to enjoy another trip to the park, followed by a lovely picnic 🛝🧺☀️

We also took a trip to the library where the children enjoyed exploring different books and doing some colouring 📚🖍️

Our story wall is coming along beautifully. The children have produced some fantastic work around The Hungry Caterpillar and are really enjoying the story 🐛🦋🍎

Thank you for another lovely week — here’s to another one 😌

HAPPY MONDAY

The end of another lovely week ☀️

This week we’ve really enjoyed exploring our story of the term, The Hungry Caterpillar 🐛 The children have created some amazing work inspired by the story!

We’ve also been focusing on shapes, numbers, and puzzle boards—lots of great learning through play happening all around.

We also had a special birthday to celebrate this week 🎂 One of our little ones was able to celebrate with her friends and kindly brought in some cake to share (thank you 🤍). Everyone loved singing Happy Birthday and definitely enjoyed the cake!

Although the week didn’t start with the best weather, we were lucky enough to enjoy some sunshine towards the end ☀️ We made the most of it by spending time out in the garden, and the children have absolutely loved all the outdoor play we’ve been able to do recently.

Fingers crossed the sunshine sticks around as we head towards summer 🌼

Wishing you all a lovely weekend🤍☀️

We’ve had the best week exploring in the sunshine 🌞 We’ve spent the majority of our time outdoors, soaking up the start of summer 🤞🏻

The children have absolutely LOVED exploring the garden and park, discovering lots of wildlife along the way. The ladybirds and squirrels were definitely a favourite 🐞🐿️ We also enjoyed our first picnic in the park this year, which the children really loved!

Alongside our outdoor adventures, we’ve also been working on numbers and shapes, as well as enjoying some arts and crafts 🤍

We hope you all have a lovely weekend, and fingers crossed the sunshine continues 🤞🏻🌞

We’ve had our first week back since the Easter holidays 🤍

As much as the past two weeks were full of fun (and a little chaos! 😅), it’s time to get back into learning. This week we’ve loved getting stuck into arts & crafts, exploring shapes and numbers, and starting our new book for the term 📚✨

We always aim to make learning as fun and engaging as possible, using different techniques to support every child—because we know everyone learns in their own unique way 😌

We’ve also made the most of the lovely weather with lots of outdoor play 🌞

We hope you all had a fantastic first week back at school, and we can’t wait for everything this term has in store 🤍