Buckets & Spades Childminding

Lots of Halloween fun today..... ginger biscuits, paper plate spiders, and a Halloween treasure hunt in coloured rice! We also did apple printing to make pumpkin pictures but sadly no photos of these!

We made autumn leaf collages on sticky back plastic and stuck them on the window - they looked gorgeous when the sunlight came through!

It's National Baking Week and we couldn't pass up the opportunity to do some cooking! Today we weighed and mixed and rolled and used cutters to make ginger biscuits - yum!

We have been learning about all sorts of animals recently and this week we went on a trip to the Oceanarium. Lots of learning opportunities looking at size, shape, colour, patterns and all the different creature names. The giant turtles were our favourite!

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Today we made the most of the warm Autumn sunshine and enjoyed a picnic lunch outside on the decking - it's nearly the middle of October 😎

Today we went hunting for conkers and took a bus ride to the next village. Simple pleasures, but oh-so-exciting when you are only two!!

We had great fun at the Adventure Park at Snowtrax last week! Lots of outdoor fun: trampolining, balancing along the beams, climbing, sliding, swinging, running around, playing together and making new friends 😊

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We've had lots of fun this week, learning about farm animals, getting creative with playdoh and baking cakes to celebrate a birthday!

Had a great first week with my lovely children. I think I've found my dream job!

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