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Today it rained, quite a lot, mostly on us. Tomorrow it will do no such thing…
Today it rained, quite a lot, mostly on us. Tomorrow it will do no such thing because I have planned an indoor day! We have a really nice big box to cover in glue and bits and buttons and shiny paper and glitter and crayoning and another smaller box to put precious things in. There’s shopping bag fun, pretend cooking and of course our harvest celebration. Do bring some fruit to share – our harvest theme is sharing 🙂
Teachers strike: I am picking up from Octopus and Manta Ray as normal, if your child is off I have hopefully already spoken to you about arrangements, any worries my mobile is on 🙂
1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato more…..
Back when it was still cold and damp (it’s been beautiful summer weather for at least a week!) we planted this years potato crop. The children helped set the potatoes out for chitting and watched as they appeared to shrivel…
We’ve been very busy this term….
Wow! The spring term has got off to a fantastically busy start here at Lancing Childminding. We’ve celebrated birthdays, we’ve enjoyed a chinese themed meal for Chinese New Year, we’ve baked, been to the park, saved the world (more than…
Christmas fun….
It’s a sparkly run up to Christmas at Lancing Childminding! This week we’ve had great fun making ‘light up’ Christmas trees, we’ve squidged and moulded and glittered our own playdough and worked on our parent calendars. The Tuesday children have…
Crafty Crocodiles order on its way!
We’re getting ready for next week’s messy focus – which of course means putting an order in with Crafty Crocodiles. Am so excited! We have coming our way (and I’m not telling you everything or they’d be no surprises…) Some…
Thali (Diwali plates)
We’ve all enjoyed a Diwali themed week this week, ending today with Indian snacks and the making of  our very own Thali. The children all agreed that Popadoms were a fantastic food, loved the naan bread and one little person…
Coming up this week….
We’re celebrating this week – it’s Diwali on Tuesday. Diwali is the Hindu festival of colour and light. The children are going to be making rangoli patterns and helping prepare and eat Indian snacks. We’re also continuing with our counting…
Our Pre Christmas Counting song
We’re having a number focus for our morning story times this coming week and I am hoping to teach all  the children this song: Tune: The Twleve Days of Christmas Jim and Rosie went out walking and What did they…
Halloween fun and Autumn craft….
It was inset today for the local school which meant there was time for everybody to get involved in lots of fun activities here. We started off the day with some after breakfast spooky spiders. The children all loved making…
Wiggly Worms
Our Autumn term project is a wiggly one! Time to get the worm composter back up and running. Lots of fun to be had feeding the worms and handling them for those that are feeling brave! Previous year’s worms: …