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Whilst on on a walk we spotted a sign and looked at the numbers and letters on it to see what we could recognise. We the...
15/06/2026

Whilst on on a walk we spotted a sign and looked at the numbers and letters on it to see what we could recognise.

We then counted the ducks and talked about which ones were boys and which ones were girls. We then counted out the male duck and the female ducks separately 🦆

We often see ducks and geese whilst out walking near the canal, but we're fortunate enough to see swans on one of our walks! 🦢

When back in the setting we brought the nursery rhyme 5 Little Ducks (6 in this case as we had six ducklings) alive by making it interactive. Forrest joined in with the actions of the song, and moved the ducks around the tuff tray whilst we sang. He also looked at some of the numbers written on the bottom of some of the ducks to see what numbers he could recognise, and we counted them out together.

Ayla found it funny when Forrest splashed the water around the tray, and then copied him by doing the same, laughing as she did so.

New sensory table featuring sensory items such as GelliBaff, lentils, rice, coloured plastic ice cubes and coloured buil...
15/06/2026

New sensory table featuring sensory items such as GelliBaff, lentils, rice, coloured plastic ice cubes and coloured building blocks.

Animal care - cleaning out our hamster, feeding him, and patting him gently 🐹
15/06/2026

Animal care - cleaning out our hamster, feeding him, and patting him gently 🐹

Practicing our ball skills by kicking and throwing a large ball whilst out on a walk.
15/06/2026

Practicing our ball skills by kicking and throwing a large ball whilst out on a walk.

Whilst out walking we count the ducks and Forrest likes to collect sticks. We count the sticks and use the language of s...
15/06/2026

Whilst out walking we count the ducks and Forrest likes to collect sticks. We count the sticks and use the language of size whilst placing the sticks in size order - shortest to tallest.

When out on a walk in January after it had been snowing, Forrest found a tree stump that had a layer of snow on it. I wrote an 'F' in the snow with a stick and asked if he could write an F for Forrest too. He then made some marks in the snow with a stick.

When back in the setting the next day, I made some gloop and again encouraged Forrest to make marks by using the spoons provided and his hands. The children enjoyed exploring the tuff tray, squelching the gloop in their hands, making marks in it, and watching as it flowed through the holes in the colander.

Animal care - counting and collecting eggs, and cleaning out our Rabbit and being gentle when patting them.
15/06/2026

Animal care - counting and collecting eggs, and cleaning out our Rabbit and being gentle when patting them.

Christmas 2025 - making Reindeer food and Christmas wreaths 🎄🎅🦌
15/06/2026

Christmas 2025 - making Reindeer food and Christmas wreaths 🎄🎅🦌

A bit late posting, but we had a fabulous run up to Christmas - a visit to Birkacre Garden Centre, doing Christmas craft...
05/01/2026

A bit late posting, but we had a fabulous run up to Christmas - a visit to Birkacre Garden Centre, doing Christmas crafts and creating artwork, making reindeer food, watching Keaton in his first school nativity play, decorating and eating gingerbread biscuits, enjoying eating party food and playing games.

Happy New Year 2026 to all my childminder families past and present 🎆🎇

Before Christmas we celebrated St. Andrew's Day by colouring in the Scottish flag and making our own Scotch broth. The c...
05/01/2026

Before Christmas we celebrated St. Andrew's Day by colouring in the Scottish flag and making our own Scotch broth. The children got the chance to use their fine motor skills with child friendly knives (and supervision!). They enjoyed this activity and continued to revisit it by mixing their broth and also introducing the role play area to 'cook' their broth. We spoke about safety whilst using a sharp object, and also continued to reinforce hygiene routines by washing our hands before cooking and eating.

For Bonfire Night we made firework artwork using different tools and techniques e.g. forks, syringes and straws (to blow...
12/11/2025

For Bonfire Night we made firework artwork using different tools and techniques e.g. forks, syringes and straws (to blow the paint), cut kitchen roll tubes, bubble wrap, and toothbrushes to dip into the paint to create different patterns. We then added a touch of sparkle with some glitter 🎆🎇

We also made chocolate apple slices (not healthy I know 🤫 All good in moderation) and got to practice our cutting skills 🍏😋

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