TRACEY DAVIES REGISTERED CHILDMINDER
Activities
Activities are planned around the children taking into account their age and stages of development, their individual interests, the seasons and celebrations. I have a wide range of toys and equipment to cater for all children and their needs. Children of all ages will learn something from all activities. They will all learn something different according to their age. Where one child might learn to throw or catch another child may just learn how to share and play with others. All the activities can be changed to accommodate most ages of the children, some things might still be too old for a younger child but can be left until that child is taking a nap or when that child isn't there. As well as activities mentioned below there are loads of learning opportunities in everyday things we do like laying a table for dinner, how many spoons/forks do we need, who uses what ie spoons ,fork. Washing hands before and after food and going to the toilet and why its important to do so. Even walking to school or shops we can see things o help us learn. What colour must the crossing lights be, what shapes can we find, how many of a certain coloured car. When at shops what do we need, how many apples etc. Below is a few of the activities we do and some of the toys i have.
Spring - New life (lambs etc being born) learn about animals, planting seeds etc.
Summer- Importance of sun care and why we put cream on. Watching the seeds we planted grow and flower.
Autumn- Collecting leaves to make collages and leaf rubbings. Looking at the different colours the leaves turn. learn about animals that are preparing for winter.
Winter - make snow flakes and talk about what snow is etc.
Throughout the year we will also be learning about events going on at different times of the year eg- St Davids Day, St Patricks Day, Easter, St Georges Day, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas etc.
Other things we will be doing - making instruments for joining in singing and dancing. All ages can take part eg- shaking a rattle, banging a drum etc.
Role play making a shop with toy money, dressing up, palying with the kitchen, tea set and toy food. Being mum and dad with dolls and prams playing house.
Construction building with the wooden blocks or duplo bricks, making a train track from the wooden train set.
Cooking making biscuits and cakes.
Counting, building, drawing, painting, playing with the farm and garage/ cars. Reading books and talking about the stories. Water play - using different containers to measure water, why some objects float or sink.
Outdoor play ie riding bikes, playing ball games learning to catch, kick and throw, hoops, tents, tunnels, slides learning under, over in and out.