So, babysitting circles. Does anyone still have them in their area? What are they, I hear you ask? When we were kids, we lived on a commuter village housing estate full of families with school age children. It was a really friendly place to live, everyone seemed to know everyone else and there were lots…
Nursery learning journals and photo interest
Like any other nursery, ours keeps learning journals for each child. As parents we can sign them out as and when to peruse at leisure and see what they’ve been up to. Always useful when you only get a short handover at the end of the day, when I can never remember what I want…
It’s all change round here with childcare
Now the summer holidays have hit, it means N’s childcare is changing. He used to do two days a week being looked after by my sister-in-law, which he and his cousin thought was brilliant. Plus it meant being only round the corner, his dad could have coffee there and the kids also sometimes got taken…
Mud kitchens
Nursery have a new feature…a mud kitchen. I used to think N was bad with sand, but at least that was dust-able off (and even when he mixed it with water, it wasn’t too awful on the washing front). But the mud kitchen…. He arrived at nursery in neat and tidy red, white and blue…
Positive thoughts
I’ve just realised how easy it is to jinx good thoughts. People usually say I’m a bit of a moaner and that I can be negative. However, I like to think I’m a realist. My theory is that if you can point out what could go wrong, things can only get better. Well, that’s the…
