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How-to: Making a Ribbon Tube

How-to: Making a Ribbon Tube

A ribbon tube is an excellent toy for babies to support their physical development and teach cause and effect.

Here is a simple way  to make a ribbon tube… Continue reading “How-to: Making a Ribbon Tube”

Author Caroline HopleyPosted on January 26, 2018February 20, 2018Categories GuidesTags Activity, Art, Creativity, Discovery, How-to, Physical, Recycle, Ribbon, Sensory, Textures, Threading

Water Beads Sensory Bottle

Water Beads Sensory Bottle

Here are simple instructions on how to make your very own water beads sensory bottle

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Author Caroline HopleyPosted on January 20, 2018February 20, 2018Categories Guides, Understanding the WorldTags Art, Beads, Creativity, Discovery, How-to, Looking, Physical, Sensory, Sensory Bottle, Textures, Water Beads

How to: Making Coloured Rice

How to: Making Coloured Rice

Making coloured rice allows you to create interesting activities which can support children’s development. These cover different areas of the EYFS…

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Author Caroline HopleyPosted on December 27, 2017February 21, 2018Categories GuidesTags Activity, Art, Colour, Coloured Rice, Creativity, Food, Food Dye, Guide, How-to, Rice, Rice Play, Sensory, Textures

Clean Paint Colour Mixing

Clean Paint Colour Mixing

Paint colour mixing is a fun way to supporting children’s development. This  activity can support different areas of the EYFS…

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Author Caroline HopleyPosted on December 11, 2017December 27, 2017Categories GuidesTags Activity, Expressive Arts and Design, Mark Making, Paint, Physical

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Which picture would you prefer to look at when fal Which picture would you prefer to look at when falling asleep or chilling out. 1 or 2?

I love the stars and moon it makes the nap time more calming, only we have this on the wrong side of the room to where we nap. 

So I may have ordered more and will be looking forward to covering the whole ceiling in these glow in the dark stickers! They've been up for over a year and a half now and still looking amazing! 

#glowinthedark #earlyyears #childcare #calmness #nightsky
We also had a nursery rhyme puzzle session yesterd We also had a nursery rhyme puzzle session yesterday,  this was alot of fun to put together and si g alone to when we finished. 

We have now divided these into their own bags so we can get one at a time out. Having them all in a mess in the floor with children learning to do puzzles was too much. 

#puzzles #earlyyears #childcare #nurseryrhymes #learning
A good musical session yesterday, we had so much A good musical session yesterday,  we had so much fun making lots of noise! 

#musical #earlyyears #childcare #instruments #childminder
This week we have been working on becoming more in This week we have been working on becoming more independent,  we have been putting our beds away after our sleep. Children have been helping eachother when they have done their beds. 

I have enjoyed this activity this week as it takes them a while to put away the beds. 

This gives me time to set up some other activities for them. 

#independent #childcare #lifeskills #earlyyears #Childminder
Some of our activities over the last week lots of Some of our activities over the last week lots of group playing to work on our interactions with others, lovely to see them all playing together, talking to eachother. 

#childcare #earlyyears #childminder
Today I captured a completely empty messy room wit Today I captured a completely empty messy room with no children in sight! Although this mess is actually pretty good! Not too bad it gets worse! 

I went on a hunt for the children who has set themselves up in pairs with the toys that that want. 

These reading nooks get used for everything and definitely one of the most used things here. 

#childcare #earlyyears #hideandseek #cosy #childminder
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