A to Z Childminding

A to Z Childminding

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A home from home, nurturing environment where your children are encouraged to grow, develop, learn a

My name is Alison and I run A to Z Childminding from my home in Copnor, Portsmouth. I am an experienced fully qualified teacher with a degree in psychology. I am now a fully qualified childminder with an up to date paediatric first aid certificate and full public liability insurance. My aim is to give you a home from home, nurturing environment where your children are encouraged to grow, develop,

26/05/2026

Simple fun 🩵

Just take a ten year old, a bar of soap, a grater and some water. "This is genius" he said 🩵

Even thought he is ten, even though he is going to secondary school in September, he still needs play - we all do!


15/05/2026

Friday fun 🩵

Dodging the rain, getting outside when we can and having lots of fun!

14/05/2026

Sequencing 🩵
Practicing sequencing ready for future reading. "Reading" the card to see what comes next, starting at the left like we would when reading.

13/05/2026

A quiet ten minutes alone this morning meant I could continue reading this magazine. I had been beating myself up that I hadn't finished it yet but I honestly think I'd been missing the point - it's meant for a slow read, it's meant to be taken time over, slowing down and enjoying, taking it in and keeping hold of the words for another time.

Photos from A to Z Childminding's post 11/05/2026

My Happy Mind 🩵

Today we made our brains! This was fun to make and talk about what our brains are like.
You can see how much we love Bertie and Betty too.

08/05/2026

Look what we made 🩵
We had a lot of fun this morning making our own bread, it tasted good!

29/04/2026

Bringing our artwork into the garden 🩵 although it was so windy, it was lovely to be outside and have a change of space this afternoon.

17/04/2026

Mixed up animals 💛

We love the You Choose books and this morning we noticed the mixed up animals and then we made some of our own. We found it very funny to mix them up 😂

02/04/2026

Hope everyone's enjoying the Easter break. I'm taking things slower this holiday.
Just about to sit down with this beautiful magazine and read with an M&S cookie and a cup of tea 💛

26/09/2025

Year after year, we love these templates from - loved also by all ages (and me!).

05/08/2025

Hamma beads chaos!

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm