EYFS Practitioner
4 x Ofsted Outstanding
First-class degree - Early Childhood We are passionate about children developing excellent manners and social skills.
Little Explorers is an Ofsted ‘Oustanding’ rated childcare setting, receiving outstanding gradings since 2008. We aim to provide learning activities following an ‘in the moment’ ethos,to provide the very best educational experience for every child. Children within our setting make exceptional progress, which is seen to continue throughout their education. Our aim is to develop a love of learning,
11/07/2026
This puzzle took us over an hour, and the learning kept growing. 🧩
We talked, counted, compared, remembered, created and connected ideas.
Sometimes the activity ends before the learning does.
Has the thinking finished? 💭
Read the full reflection on our website:
https://joannehall-hillingdon-childminding.co.uk/when-is-an-activity-finished/
🍊 We only needed five oranges.
The mathematics wasn't planned.
The children found it anyway.
📖 Full reflection in my bio.
🍊 Comment ORANGE for an EYFS maths prompt card.
10/05/2026
👀 When does print support learning… and when does it quietly become visual wallpaper?
Recently, I’ve been reflecting much more carefully on how accessible print within early years environments really is for our youngest children.
This reflection became even stronger during our recent Oliver’s Vegetables explorations and while looking at the huge amount of adult-facing signage often shared across social media.
💭 Full reflective blog now live.
🔗 Link in bio.
A few reflections from our Jasper’s Beanstalk week 🌱
This became less about planning lots of separate activities, and more about noticing what happened when we kept returning to one clear thread: growth and change.
The full reflection is now in my April blog -link in bio
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