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📣Attention ALL Early Years Providers… Our Learning Journals have now been UPDATED and IMPROVED and are READY for the EYFS 2021 Statutory Framework! ⭐ also supports ✔ Realising the Ambition  ✔ Curriculum for Excellence  ✔ SHANARRI  ✔ Foundation Phase Our EYFS Version now includes NEW Learning Area Aspect Insert Sheets to reflect BOTH the Development […]

Do you already support Gaelic Learning in your setting or are you looking to introduce Gaelic to children in your care? Learning Gaelic as an additional language has many benefits including encouragement of communication and developing literacy skills whilst also learning about it’s associated culture. We have now updated and improved our Scottish Early Years […]

Get ready to BLAST OFF into Outer Space with our Outer Space Activity Pack! This Friday is World UFO Day 🛸…do you believe?? 👽 And on 20th July we celebrate Moon Day🌑, commemorating the first moon landing in 1969 when American astronaut 👨‍🚀 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Space is […]

Ready for the NEW EYFS 2021 Statutory Framework?  Our NEW EYFS Learning Log will assist with monitoring, assessing and recording the development progress of children in relation to the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS 2021).  Based on the Development Matters guidance, this new resource takes the focus away from […]

Do you like to plan along with the SCHOOL YEAR? As the summer holidays approach, many of us will already be thinking and planning ahead for the next school term.  Use this handy Activity Planner to prepare and set out topics and themes for the entire academic year! Includes a useful list of special dates […]

As the end of the school year approaches you may be looking to organise attendance and fill spaces over the summer holidays.  Providing Holiday Care Sessions can be an excellent way of topping up your income… Fill spaces that would otherwise lie empty whilst term time only children are not in attendance. Offer extra hours […]

As childcare providers, we have an important role to play in supporting children and families prepare for starting school.  With many restrictions and safety measures still in place, it remains difficult for schools to offer their usual transition and settling in procedures so it is especially important that we do what we can to support […]

Our seasonal news updates summarise the latest childcare news plus which Minding Kids resources have been added or revised so you can easily keep on track and up to date. Although the weather has been somewhat autumnal, we are in fact approaching the end of Spring and HOPEFULLY the end of coronavirus restrictions too! The […]

Updated and improved for 2021 our FREE Childminder Checklists are now READY!  For providers in ENGLAND we have revised and updated our EYFS Childminder Document Checklist and our EYFS Legislation & Guidance List READY for the NEW 2021 EYFS Statutory Framework! 👉CLICK HERE for the NEW EYFS Childminder Checklist For providers in SCOTLAND we have […]