Well where did 2015 go? its been such a busy year and we have done lots of new and interesting things and visited some very pretty places.  The forest type activities were a great success and the children loved them,...

We had great fun going to see the Christmas decorations in Covent Garden yesterday and a fantastic train made out of Lego.  We ended up...

We were very luck y to have Pacey take some professional photographs of one of our Forest type sessions this month, the children had a great sessions and here are some photographs to show...

Hello We thought we would share some of the fun activities we covered for Hallowen and some of the photographs.   We started the week off by making a sensory tray which included black beans and flash cards with Hallowen pictures and corresponding...

Montessori activities are one of this child's favorite activities and you can see how absorbed she was doing these. The following photographs show her using a variety of materials. Read More

I was invited to the above Roundtable review meeting at the Department of Education in Westminister yesterday.  The purpose was to get some input from childminders on the Entitlement for 30 hours for 3 year and 4 year olds...

As a Camden childminder, l am always looking for new classes and ideas to get the children using different mediums so that they are introduced to different textures and activities on a weekly basis. l have been taking my little ones...

During my first two years of running Busy bumblebee Montessori Childcare, l have become very aware of the importance of providing enabling environments for the children to develop.  The  EYFS requires that the physical development of...

One of the children at the setting is finishing with me this month and heading off to big school, her mother wanted to mark the occasion as a special event and we decided to hold a mini graduation event. Her...

The Pacey conference in May was an interesting and stimulating event with some great key speakers, including Penny Tassoni who talked about The rainbow shades of play - an exploration and Gill Jones from Ofsted who talked about and answered...