Charlies Tots Childminding

A lovely sunny week for climbing, balancing, crawling, exploring, painting, singing, pretending, making friends and having fun with new adventures everyday!

Milder weather and sunshine for outdoor fun, learning and adventures

Spring clean and tidy up for the playroom and garden
All ready for exploration, play, learning, fun and adventures!

Lots of physical activities and challenges inside and out this week.

Moving our bodies in a range of ways everyday supports muscle strength, coordination, balance, independence, perseverance and a sense of achievement, emotional well being, healthy lifestyles and awareness of our body and senses
Crawling, balancing, climbing, lifting, throwing, rolling, riding, stepping stones, pushing, pulling

Active everyday, learning through play

We’ve enjoyed lots of fun and learning this week inside and out, a range of focused activities and outings, sensory exploration, daily singing and dancing, physical challenges and opportunities to run and climb, fine motor activities and even a special dance with Bluey!

Learning through play, making friends, having fun, Everyday an adventure!

Winter fun, learning and adventures for our tots

Sensory rooms, soft play, exploratory trays, wrapped up for winter walks and ice investigations, painting, dancing, playgroups, crafts

Everyday an adventure, learning through play

Half term Halloween and Autumn adventures!

Pumpkin picking, washing, scooping and calving
Woodland walks
Baking
Parks
Pumpkin trails
Ghost room
Pets workshop

Everyday an Adventure

Story Dough adventures 😃

Inspired by my recent conference led by Greg Botrill, our children have been introduced to the exciting adventures of Story Dough

A leaf monster? A broccoli giant? A stick gremlin? An owl baby? A superpower button? A hidey den? A bouncing robot? A secret cave? An egg monster elaborately escaping frying pans and sneaky whisks?

Where will your playdough adventures take you?

Imagination, joy in play, fine motor skills, extending vocabulary, cooperation, adventure, strengthening hand muscles, learning together through play

We’ve had lots of opportunities to develop our gross motor skills this week moving our bodies in a range of different ways, and developing our confidence as we succeed and persevere with physical challenge.
We’ve been climbing, jumping, rolling, balancing, digging, crawling, running, dancing and moving on a range of surfaces

A week of fun, learning and laughter!

We practiced our gross motor skills and moved our bodies in a range of ways to complete obstacle courses, jumped in puddles, danced to music and climbed at the park
We practised our fine motor movements making marks in sand, painting, spreading with knives, colouring at varying speeds to fast and slow music, threading and arranging conkers and building with bricks
We used our imaginations to cook eggs and toast and vegetable soup in the outdoor kitchen
We learnt about the world around us, finding various leaves in the wood to name and compare
We used technology at the library to check out our books

Children are provided with a home cooked meal as well as a range of healthy snacks

In September 2025, the early years’ nutritional guidance was updated

This provides further guidance around keeping children safe whilst eating and ensuring that children are provided with a healthy, nutritious and balanced diet

The full guidance is available here and provides information such as recipes, portion sizes, weaning guidance, allergy advice and information about food to provide often or avoid:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6839b752210698b3364e86fc/Early_years_foundation_stage_nutrition_guidance.pdf