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Allow children to explore shapes, learn about their properties and discover two and three dimensions. Use as individual posters / information sheets or assemble together to create a fascinating display to brighten up your setting. Involve children in the creation of your display then test their knowledge of shapes with the shape worksheet and snap […]

We have now added a Birthday Chart to our FREE Resources collection. Download now to help you plan ahead and never forget anyone’s special day. Excellent for keeping track of children’s ages throughout the year.  Click HERE for more details and to download your copy for FREE!

Are you getting ready to offer the new 30 hours funding or do you already offer funded childcare within your setting? for example through the existing schemes (15 hours), childcare vouchers or via local college / university student funding   We have now added a Funded Hours Contract Template and a Funded Hours Agreement to […]

Do you provide care for a child with specific health care requirements, for example do you look after children who have allergies, suffer from asthma, experience seizures, require a special diet or have a medical condition requiring specialist care? We have now put together Health Care Plans that will help you to organise essential health care information and […]

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! […]