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Hello Everyone! We are back from our holidays and raring to go with a new activity pack… Designed to complement the story Monkey Puzzle this pack can be used with or without the story to support children’s learning in a variety of ways to:  learn about animals, body parts and physical appearance support colour recognition practise counting and numbers introduce sounds, […]

MindingKids is on holiday from Friday 21st July until Tuesday 8th August. Please note that any CD or printed calendar orders will not be dispatched during this time and any emails or messages left either through the website contact form or on the Facebook page will not be responded to until Tuesday 8th August. If you do have any queries, […]

Our seasonal news updates summarise the latest childcare news plus which MindingKids resources have been added or revised so you can easily keep on track and up to date. YIPPEE! Summer is here! As British summers go, this one is turning out not bad so far with a fair amount of sunny days to get […]

The long summer holidays are already upon us and it can be hard to think of activities to keep children busy… and ones they can all agree on! Let everyone in your setting get involved and have their say by adding their ideas to this FREE Summer Bucket List. Your list will soon be bursting with so many […]

Exciting News! Our Five Senses Activity Pack is now available! Bursting full with activities this pack will help children to learn all about our five senses and how we can explore the world through sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell! Includes: Five Senses Fact Sheets Five Senses Activity Ideas Sheet – linking to the development areas! […]

As the summer holidays approach there will be many of us who have little ones who are moving on to school, nursery or even to a new care setting. As childcare professionals we have a duty to support children in their development and help to prepare them for transition. We should be constantly thinking about […]

We have now revised and improved our Child Protection / Safeguarding Policy template. The template now includes detailed descriptions of the various forms of abuse, the symptoms that we must look out for and the procedures we must follow should we ever suspect a child may be at risk of harm. The policy template also contains […]

Following requests from our very helpful members and customers, we have now added a further two useful risk assessment templates to the Risk Assessments Pack! Exception To Ratios The majority of childminders are permitted to care for up to six children under the age of eight at any one time. Of these six children, a […]

Are you looking to enter the exciting world of childminding but getting lost with what you need or feel confused with the registration process? Have no fear… MindingKids is here to help! We have several resources that will help you sale through registration and get you well on your way to running a successful, high quality childcare […]