Home from home childcare for babies and children in a warm, family environment.I am a registered childminder working in the Daison/ Plainmoor area of Torquay. I currently offer full time and part time places to Early Years children and before and after school care for those in Primary school.I live with my husband Sam and our three children, in a terraced house with a dedicated play room and large garden.I hold a BA (Hons) degree in Childcare and Education, as well as an up to date Child Protection certificate and Paediatric First Aid certificate.I have previous experience in nursery nursing and have recently taken a break from childminding to set up a new 16 place nursery unit for 2-3 year olds at a local school. However, I made the decision to return to childminding.

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Home is where the heart is after all.Please have a scroll through my FaceBook page and a look at my 'Likes' to get a good idea of what we get up to and my general approach to childcare. You are most welcome to send me a message or give me a call for more information.LeahMission: To provide authentic, natural and nurturing childcare in a family home environment. Lec translator 15 world premium edition 2011 hyundai. November fun. My daughters helped me to collect leaves, conkers and sticks for a cosy nature table. We've got a few woodland creatures hiding there to support storytelling. This week our books are 'Autumn', 'It Was A Cold Dark Night' and 'The Very Helpful Hedgehog'. We're still enjoying real pumpkins and squashes in our Autumn kitchen (in a big witches cauldron of course!).

Today, we watched a short video about fireworks to help prepare children who might be a bit scared of the noise and made it fun with edible sparklers. Did you know that childminders must follow the exact same curriculum as nurseries as pre-schools? All within a smaller setting, lower staff turn over and better adult to child ratios.Get involved with our new campaign #notababysitter!We are continuing to tackle this and other common myths head on by targeting parents, health care professionals, children's centres and more to spread the facts. Childminding is not only a fantastic option for childcare but also a valuable career.Find out more and get involved today - bit.ly/2CCIego.

Surgery students 'losing dexterity to sew'An interesting and sad report ☹️. I'm not convinced the computers are to blame though.

The students graduating this year will have grown up with Playstations, not smart phones which arguably require a degree of manual dexterity. I can't help but feel it's an education system that demands the Early Years sector deprives children of free play in order to sit at tables and skip ahead to some 'real academic learning' and then acts all surprised when they can't don't have any real life skills.A surgery professor expresses fears over the consequences of a generation more adept at using screens. Re sharing this as it's 'that' time of year.A great reminder for anyone planning New Year's resolutions this year! As observed by Mayo Clinic experts, 'moms are probably the most important influence on a daughter's body image,' surpassing the impact of other significant influencers such as media and peers. Given the importance of mothers as body image role models, Dr.

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Leslie Sim, clinical director of Mayo Clinic's eating disorders program, recommends that they avoid talk about weight, diets, and outer appearances around their daughters.' Zero comments not only about your daughter's weight, obviously, but zero talk about your weight and even other people's weight,' says Sim. Rather than focus on weight, parents can model healthy behaviors for their children such as eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly.