All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
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anyone got any good ideas for messy play? we have done sand mousse, cornflour gloop, shaving foam, also tried crazy soap although that didn't do very well, any other ideas? Cheers
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Happy Birthday To Janice.
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Happy 50th birthday!!Have a lovely day to-morrow!!
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Reading In Nursery!
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Hello everybody, Iwould like some of your wonderful advice please. I am an NQT in Nursery and had a new little girl start last month. Mum spent a long time telling me how clever her daughter is and how she can read already. She wanted to know how was i going to progress her daughters reading skills. After listening to her daughter 'read' her book from home it was obvious she had memorised the story and was unable to point to individual words or recognise any words in other books. She is unable to hear initial sounds too. I have managed to steer clear from this subject with Mum up to now, but i know she is going to ask eventually. How can i tell her that h…
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Nanny Job.
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Going for a interview for a nanny job one day a week to look after a one year old boy in East Sussex.Any one know what is the rate down there?? I shall miss my present group so much and need something in place before we move otherwise I shall be bored and lonely!!sad really!!
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Hi All, just wondering if you could post and give me some idea how many of your settings have a seperate home corner as well a a themed role play area. We have ours as a florists at the moment. After having the early years advisor in this morning she said that most settings are offering this now, well not the ones that I know about !. We do have a seperate role play area in the playhouse outside. Thanks for taking time Jackie
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Children Leaving For Reception
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Hi Everyone I was just wondering if anyone can help me find some idea's for presents for our pre-schoolers who are going on to reception in September. We have 13 altogether and i wondered if somebody knows a website i can use or a specialist shop. Thanks in anticipation and do you know how addictive this site is,it's Brilliant!!!! SamSeath
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Barnadoes Big Toddle
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I have just recieved a pack through the post for the Barnadoes Big Toddle and was just wondering if any other settings were getting involved in this event. Our setting are doing it on Thursday 2nd June and then having a teddy bears picnic on the cricket field that we are toddling round! Just wondering if anybody else is holding an event and how they are planning to go about it., are you getting extra help? and inviting other children who do not attend on that day. Thanks for your help Lynathome
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Children's Records
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I was approached by a parent last week, she asked to take her child's records home with her, as she says, she did this at the other pre-school her child attended. I've never been asked this before and informed her that she was welcome to look at them at the Pre-school but not to take home. What does everyone else do regarding this???? Angie
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Semi-skimmed Or Whole Milk?
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I just wondered what type of milk everyone provides for their preschool - we currently provide whole milk, but our PDW has recommended we change to semi-skimmed as the children are probably getting enough fat in the rest of their diet. Carolyn
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Templates
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We are not aloud to use any templates in the setting. Children have to drow and cut everything by themselves. I understand that product is not important, it is the proces. but, for example, if learning objectiv is math and we making ladybird with spots it is going to be frustreting that we make children to do shape that they can't. Some of our children haven't got sccissors skils. Local school use templates! What do you think? I am interested to see are everybody else working under same rule?
