Tracie set up an activity to encourage the children to learn new words. The children used words such as pumpkin, skull, Autumn, spider, seeds, pinecones and spookyLottie used her hand print to make a lovely spooky halloween house.Ayrn loved being in the garden finding nature treasures.We read the book ‘Raindrop’ and learned all about the raindrops journey through his lifecycle.At our Childminder Drop-in we had a fun music and movement sessionWe love going to our Deysbrook drop in and playing in the big hallTracie set up a washing line activityHolly loved working out how to hang the clothes using the pegsLottie picked some flowers to use in our home corner.We practiced our ‘order’ skills by putting the cones in size order and counting how many we had.Holly was not sure of the textures at first but soon enjoyed participating in the activity.Ben had fun, he counted 1-10 in order, he was so pleased with himself when everyone clapped at him.Elliott loved investigating the different natural objects.Jack made an amazing Hedgehog!Lottie used the dry leaves as a paint brush to paint her Hedgehog.Mollys Halloween play-dough sculptures.Molly and her spooky creation.lottie loves playing with the magnetic maze.and putting all her colours in order using the magnetic pen.Threading the number beadsplaying with the wooden vegetable cartElsie sorting the wooden shapes.Practicing our balancing skills playing the floor is lava.
I have worked in childcare for over thirty years. I have been a Foster Care Parent, a Childminding Network Co-Ordinator and now I work as a Registered Childminder and Childminder Mentor for the Department for Education.
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