My Montessori Tiney Home Nursery

Story and Rhyme Time at the Library

Learning about Bees for World Bee Day on 20th May

The Great Outdoors

The best assistant - last day on the job - back to school tommorrow!
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Thanks for the gear

LUNCH

I've been really conscious about brain health. I'm actually fascinated by it. I've generally been making lots of healthy changes to diet and physical health.

I talk to children about what certain ingredients do for their bodies. I leave it up to them to give it a try!

They LOVED this today - even gave the lettuce a lick 🤣

Cheesy Carrot Melts
Mixed lettuce with beetroot
Coleslaw
Popcorn

Melt recipe

Photos from My Montessori Tiney Home Nursery's post

Snowy Day Fun

Yoga Pose of the week has been - TREE POSE!
Enhances focus and concentration
Improves balance and posture
Increases flexibility of ankles, knees, and hip joints
Enhances mobility of knees and hips

Watching the seasons and weather change ...the perfect view

How special this feels for the children to talk about and notice changes in nature...

Today they have been talking about the birds, the trees, the pond.. how it all looks different to other days..

YOGA

Yoga has undoubtedly been a massive part of my life - most intensely over the last year - it has been so powerful in all aspects of my personal development.

There are so many benefits for children doing yoga so I've introduced it in my curriculum-
Improved balance, strength, endurance, and flexibility are all skills that children can gain. Aside from physical health benefits, yoga can also have a huge impact on mindfulness and mental health.

As a childminder its not as easy to Introduce a routine as i have a mixed age group. I've made it super relaxed and am just focusing on letting them explore movement and breathing exercises. Today I put on a special yoga playlist and we focused on one pose this week -

Downward Facing Dog is often the first yoga pose that children learn!
It has the ability to be both a calming and energizing pose, and helps to get our blood flowing and recenter our focus

December !!

Happy Friday

Timeline photos

These little lunch plates give me so much joy! This was a massive hit today ...

A veggie and non veg version!

Photos from Little Kickers UK South Wolverhampton's post

Autumn Dough

Exploring autumn colours and textures through play...

The children have loved this today...

Especially those lentils - they loved scooping and pouring them in tubs and mixing them with the dough...

This play is great at developing early fine motor skills ...

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Flap books are a firm favourite here....

Our group time...
- it's a time to come together and explore each others likes and dislikes, get to know each other, turn take, a time to talk explore and learn new language- just to stop and be together.

All 3 children are different ages!
We introduce new rules through play and moments like this. The children all have a different level of understanding but this really helps them learn about each others needs and feelings.

They got the hang of each having a turn to open the flaps....

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SETTLING IN..

We have had new little ones join us over the last couple of weeks..

They are doing fantastic and have been busy exploring and building new relationships

Looking forward to more new children joining us this week

Swipe ➡️

Outdoor play set ups can be so simple...

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Childcare Choices

Childcare Choices What support could you get?

Learning through play ....

PLANNING ACTIVITIES

I don't really like topics... it's unlikely that at the time of introducing a topic children will be interested in it.

I tend to do a bit of both so children can learn about important celebrations and events.
I implement in the moment planning where I plan invitations and Provocations to support their learning.

If they are not interested they won't learn- they just won't engage or join in...

What's the point of spending hours planning things that doesn't motivate them to learn.

As a childminder I have mixed ages.. so how do I plan activities to suit them all??

Today I set this up with one of the children being interested in cooking /potion making
and the other being fascinated with scissors and how they cut. Dough is great to use with scissor practice. I also provided herbs and spices, rolling pins, knives and chopping boards.

They spent over an hour here sharing ideas and exploring various ways to manipulate the dough.

The concentration on their faces 😍

Photos from Institute of Child Psychology's post

Making Potions ...

a little tweak but such a massive impact...

Thank you . Co-Regulation (using our calm to de-activate our children's nervous system) precedes self-regulation in children. And we cannot co-regulate our children if we are in a state of dysregulation.

STORY BAGS

Getting my story bags ready!

I had so much fun making these ..it was my lockdown covid hobby

A fun way to encourage interest in story telling - whilst building language through these small world characters ..

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Play with a view...

My Montessori - Tiney Home Nursery on Instagram: "Look at those developing fine motor skills.. Always an opportunity to learn...🍊 and that smile at the end..😍 - - - - - - #curiosityapproach #montessori #mariamontessori #eyfs #eyfsideas...

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My Montessori - Tiney Home Nursery on Instagram: "Look at those developing fine motor skills.. Always an opportunity to learn...🍊 and that smile at the end..😍 - - - - - - #curiosityapproach #montessori #mariamontessori #eyfs #eyfsideas... My Montessori - Tiney Home Nursery shared a post on Instagram: "Look at those developing fine motor skills.. Always an opportunity to learn...🍊 and that smile at the end..😍 - - - - - - ...

The calm before ...

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New children for summer holiday club today...

Action packed day of arts, crafts, handstands, cooking and garden games !

One of them drew a picture of me 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

I love it !!!!

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