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TotalCare Childminding
GALLERY
The following photos show a very small selection of our setting and activities (please look at our facebook page which is regularly updated)
 Garden with tents added |  3 Ofsted Outstanding Graded Certificates |  Purpose built sand pit (with safety covering) and Water Wall with accessories on both sides to extend play |
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 Re-planting strawberry plants into larger containers |  Garden showing lots of green artificial grass to play on |  We enjoy lots of trips out - this one was to a local farm |
 Valentines craft activity |  Magnetic wall (we have several) - we love to add to our collection thanks to our children and their parents on holidays and days out |  Valentines activity - using cotton buds in paint |
 Enhancing fine motor skills by putting stickers into the circles |  Splash pad - the water height can be changed for different aged children |  Using magnetic tiles to create animals - recognising positioning and matching animal parts |
 Trip to our local fire station - they are very supportive of our visits and the children always enjoy getting to try to use the hose |  Handprints are done regularly to go in Memory Books |  Using cotton buds in paint to make markings on a foam butterfly - can be adapted for children of all ages and abilities |
 Our Catterpillar and Climbing Wall - den underneath and platform on top which can access our hanging accessories for older children |  Hanging accessories |  Hanging accessories |
 Mark making with a magnetic board |  Loose parts play |  Our caterpillars which then hatched into beautiful butterflies (and were then released) |
 Our butterflies (photo taken before being released) |  Laa Laa and Lew Lew elves came to visit us - they got up to lots of mischief and mayhem... including making 'snow angels' |  Butterfly stickers on butterfly templates |
 Decorating buns into 'monster faces' |  Sensory stepping stones |  Making cookies |
 Garden chairs to chill out on |  Our interactive garden board |  Strawberries - very excited to see them grow |
 Ball tubes |  Play area view |  Sticking 'jewels' onto a butterfly template |
 Cress Heads |  Ghostly Footprints |  Making an owl (autumn craft activity) using paper plates, heart cut outs and bun cases |
 Paint stamped over bat templates which were then removed |  Finger painting - autumn leaves |  One of the sensory bottles we have made - glitter |
 Hama beads which can be ironed (by myself) so the beads mesh together (or simply tipped back out to restart) |  Using an iPad app to assist with learning how to write letters |  Painting for those who don't like getting messy (or a different sensory experience) - paint underneath cling film which can then be used to make extra prints |
 Weighing ingredients for a cooking activity |  Harvesting the potatoes we had grown |  Hand and footprint reindeer with moveable eyes and a pom pom nose |
 Glue and tissue paper added to a leaf template |
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