communication language and literacy

  Collins Big Cat Collection- Level 1 We were recently sent a Level 1: First Reading at Home book set in the Collins Big Cat Reading Lions series. Moley is now 5 and just at the end of his year in

Children love to play in outdoor spaces and this can be a great way to get children who do not concentrate well sitting down to learn to engage through active games. The outside is full of new and exciting experiences for

It can be an exciting time when your child starts to describe their own drawing as having a meaning. This is known as ‘mark making’ some thing that I have found Little Man is reluctant to do. This stage in children’s development is

Nursery rhymes are a wonderful way of helping children to develop their speech through repetition and actions. If your children enjoy nursery rhymes as much as mine try incorporating them into your play as well. We introduced a  nautical feel to

Autumn is a beautiful time of year filled with so many things for little children to discover and explore. Lately I started a collect of books to cover the children’s interests and themes we might be covering for Childminding. With Autumn

Celebrating the seasons through play can be a great way to explore what is happening in the world around us. Children can observe and experiment with the changes they see before them and the idea’s to support this is endless.  As

As a child I have a memory of playing with some thing called ‘crazy soap’, I think it had many names. I remember playing with it int he bath while my mum would wash my hair and it made bath time

Part of my aim this year is to develop our outdoor area to offer more opportunities for learning. In many ways it has been a case of sitting and looking at what is already available in this space and how the

This week we will be celebrating world book day which is on the 7th of March and I usually like to plan this in advance, sometimes it even spreads through out the week so I thought it would be nice to

Last week my lovely husband was busily taking down a huge collection of weeds at the bottom of the garden and discover two giant caterpillars. Now by big I really do mean big. You could see their mouths moving as they