Explore, Discover & Learn Childminding

When you pop into Aldi to grab something for lunch and come out with lots of new resources for work instead 🙈🥰

Another Autumn themed tuff tray 🍂

🍁🍂 Today we looked at photographs of Autumn leaves. The children noticed all of the different colours and then we had a go at painting our own 🍂🍁

We are Autumn ready at Explore, Discover & Learn Childminding 🍂

Our first tuff tray of the new academic year 🥰

Some of our new resources for the new academic year 🥰

New resources for the setting 🥰

Today we used these prompt cards from Twinkl Resources during our morning movement session. These sessions help us to be active as well as learning body parts, following instruction and counting.

Do you see lots of ‘perfect parenthood’ pictures and sleep-longer ‘hacks’? Do you feel as though you must be doing something wrong, because your baby wakes up during the night? Are you confused about how long your baby should sleep for, and which sleep products to buy? Are you so exhausted that you will do anything to get a good night’s sleep? 😴

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you’re in the right place. For Safer Sleep Week 2025, we’re here to cut through the nonsense and get straight to the truth, starting tomorrow!

With expert advice, we’re here to help and support you to feel confident that your baby is sleeping as safely as possible.

Read more about how to get involved: https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-week-2025/

How to start weaning - Start for Life Find out when and how to start weaning your baby, what the signs are and what equipment you'll need, with tips and advice from Start for Life.

Chat with your child in the language you know best. When you’re outside, you can talk about the things you both notice, which will introduce them to new words.

Translations of our walk and talk trail are available to download on our website. It’s full of tips and tricks to help your 0-5 year old develop their language and communication skills. The trail is available to download and we have audio versions in 19 languages!

Get yours here: wordsforlife.org.uk/talking-when-out-and-about

Pancake Day 🥞 🥞 🥞