Corby Childminder Michelle

24/03/2026

Child sized trolleys and free fruit make a shopping trip fun, thanks !

24/03/2026

What books do you hate reading? Whenever we visit the library the children choose Peppa, Hey Duggee and Bluey every time!

24/03/2026

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15/03/2026

The children tried using scissors to cut pieces of paper to make a collage. If that was too tricky then they tore it instead. Either way, this supported the development of fine motor skills which produce some artwork for their mum’s.

10/03/2026

We have had a quiet couple of days as a sickness bug has been circulating amongst the children and their families. Yesterday morning was spent at Barnwell country park. The boys were fascinated by the flowing water in the river and stopped at each bench to take in the view. Today we were at Welland Park, walking alongside another river. We spotted some robins in the shrubs and enticed them out with crushed crackers.

27/02/2026

Yesterday I took the children to to choose a book with their World Book Day tokens. Do any other childminders have trouble redeeming the vouchers? Every year they tell me I need different tokens for each child despite their only being one barcode for all tokens and it being downloadable.

23/02/2026

This morning it almost felt like spring is on the way. The sun shone and the sky was blue. For the first time in weeks it was warm enough to allow the baby to crawl in the sand. Sadly it didn’t last, I’m almost finished work and the rain has started in time for me to walk my dogs! 🦮🐕‍🦺

20/02/2026

Building, filling and emptying boxes, hula hooping, making wands, watching themselves in the mirrors and playing with the large shiny “presents” at Made with Many’s Shiny Shop in the old Clarks unit.

17/02/2026

We’d love to win £100 to spend at in their competition. 🥰 I have quite a wishlist. 🙈

17/02/2026

The day started with a trip to Welland Park in Market Harborough followed by visit to Caffè Nero for a warm babychino. Back at home I made noodles and spring rolls. It’s the start of Chinese new year, one of our books taught us that noodles symbolise a long and propserous life. As well as reading about Chinese New Year, we watched some CBeebies clips on You Tube to learn more about it.

For snack, we moved on to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. We measured out ingredients and whisked them up to make fluffy pancakes which were topped with delicious Nutella. We read a story about pancakes, the seven boys were to share one pancake. We agreed that we’d rather not share pancakes! 😜

17/02/2026

Yes, it's Shrove Tuesday today, also commonly known to as Pancake Tuesday!!!
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