PLANNING:

Although I am not a preschool with a curriculum to follow, I use the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). I do not follow a set plan as I allow the children to choose what they would like to do, however, I try to pick a weekly theme and plan the activities around this theme.

ACTIVITIES:

I offer a wide range of activities for the children I look after to promote their development.

Some of these include:

painting

drawing

baking

cooking

play-dough

reading stories

playing board games

sticky pictures/collages

beads/jewellery making

watching videos/TV programmes (age dependant)

using the computer for games, learning or homework

singing and playing instruments

music and movement

dressing up/role play

sewing (supervised)

ball games

candle making

glass painting

marbling

I also have various toys available for the children to play with such as jigsaws, construction bricks and blocks, cars and mat, dressing up clothes, doctors and vets set, dolls, action figures and a tea-set.

Outdoors, I have a variety of equipment such as balls, skittles, skipping ropes, a cricket set, slides, a sand pit and a play house.

OUTINGS:

I regularly take the children (in full day care) on outings, either by car (seat spaces permitting) or by walking to places such as:

picnics

the library

local parks

soft play gyms

local toddler groups

the shops/post office

feed the ducks and horses

Occasionally, when I have a small number of older children (usually school holidays), I may take them to places like the cinema or the bowling alley.