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 I finally got round to finishing our sound cylinders.  I'd had half a set completed for a while, but I needed two of each cylinder so we could play a…

 Sand playdough! This was another activity we tried for the first time this year to tie in with our beach theme. We added some of the resources we had collected…

M loves the Gruffalo story at the moment, so this week we were busy making a story tray to encourage the retelling of the story. We looked at the book…

 This is just a quick post to share the cheerio bird feeders we made this week.  We threaded the cheerios onto pipecleaners and wooden craft sticks.  This activity is great…

 I was recently invited to join an on-line group of early years professionals from around the world.  The group is truely inspirational, sharing my passion for early years and providing…

 Here's our new fabric box:-) I know I saw this idea on-line somewhere but can't find where.  If it's your idea please let me know and I'll add a link.…

 Just a quick post to share a resource I made for the children. They are currently obsessed with posting objects (have to check the bin regularly!!), but I couldn't find…

 Here is our Halloween sensory tub the children have been busy exploring. I tried to go for things that were not too scary as the children are still very young:-)…

 This week we were busy painting Chinese Lanterns.  I placed the lanterns over a tube fixed to the table with playdough to make them a bit easier to paint.  At…

One of the children I look after attends pre-school in the morning and spends the afternoon with me. When I collected her this week she came out clutching a little…

 As a childminder, my own children do sometimes have to put up with alot, their home full of children, having to keep their own things upstairs, having their bedrooms taken…

 We got out our Arctic animals and added some ice to our play this week. This was the first set up we tried yesterday.  I froze a large block and…