Aunty Cocos Childminding Services

19/10/2025

1 Year(&2days) Since I became a registered childminder.
Best decision I ever made!! Wholeheartedly love my job and My little group of mindees 🥰 🥰

17/10/2025

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ElfDay2025-CourtneyMires?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

Wednesday 3rd December we’re raising funds for Alzheimer’s research. A cause very close to my heart.
Myself and the children will be dressing up as elves, along with our playgroup friends and having lots of Christmassy fun!
Please donate if you can 🥰🩷

Help Courtney Mires raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

16/10/2025

15/10/2025

I do try to keep this page about the children and learning opportunities we face together. But I think baby loss is a very important subject to talk about. It’s still very taboo, but if you have been through this, know you are not alone. My door is always open if you want to talk. And talk you should. There are many amazing charities that will support you including ’s and . If you need any help or guidance please call or message me and I will help where I can. 🩷🩵
For baby Mires(2009) and all babies gone to soon.

14/10/2025

Last week we went on a woodland walk in search of the Gruffalo! We challenged ourselves to big steps and walking along beams and we stopped along the way to try catch some falling leaves and to collect acorns and conkers for crafts. We had very good listening ears and walking feet and members of the public kept telling us how well behaved we were, which made us all very happy. After lunch we finally found the gruffalo, snake, owl, mouse and fox and even the squirrel in the tree.
We had lots of fun touching them and talking about them. How they feel. What noise they make etc.

*Outdoor play is full of learning opportunities for children. They learnt gross and fine motor skills. Importance of cleaning our hands after collecting conkers/before lunch and to work together to collect conkers, climb beams and tree stumps.

05/10/2025

Parents!
If you have any glass jars(sauces jam etc) please can I have them before 30th Oct for crafts.
Many thanks ☺️

04/10/2025

This week we welcomed 3 new friends to the setting. ‘I’ showed her new friends all her favourite things to do and places to go. We visited the geese and grown up goslings at the park, visited our favourite playgroup to meet more friends and sit in the police car that came to visit. We also enjoyed the sensory scarves and spent a lot of time talking about the colours and shapes. ‘E’ is our oldest new friend and he enjoyed telling his new friends about the shapes we could see inside the sensory eggs 🙂 we even shared some cuddles with our new friends.
It’s been an amazing week and I am happy and surprised at how well our new friends have settled in. Im really looking forward to many more adventures with my new mindees 🩷💙

03/10/2025

A fantastic story & I’m gonna bet another great short film! Definitely worth keeping an eye out this Christmas. & maybe catch up previous adaptations on bbc I player :)

27/09/2025

Introducing… The Curiosity Box!

Curiosity boxes are important in EYFS because they ignite children’s natural sense of wonder, encourage exploration, and support holistic development across multiple learning areas.

A curiosity box is a container filled with unusual, intriguing, or everyday objects that invite children to look closer, touch, and ask questions.

Uses of a Curiosity Box
• Stimulates conversation – children describe what they see, ask questions, and build vocabulary.
• Encourages exploration – promotes hands-on discovery and investigation.
• Supports inquiry-based learning – children begin to hypothesize, predict, and find answers.
• Promotes creativity and imagination – items can spark stories, role play, and problem-solving.
• Enhances focus and engagement – unusual objects capture attention more effectively than routine toys.

25/09/2025

With lots of children to take care off and being Out & about most of the day, tab nappies are so much quicker and easier for all. Especially when wearing wetsuits etc.

Ever wondered why your childminder prefers tab nappies?
This is why.
On our trip to the woods I needed to change one of the Hedgehogs.
They were covered in mud and really didn’t want to stop to have their nappy changed.
It was a bit chilly and a bit damp as well!

Thankfully this child had tab nappies on.
This meant I didn’t have to fully undress them, they stayed dry and mostly warm too.

We were sorted in half the time it takes to fully undress for pull ups!

Which meant that this hedgehog was back off playing in the woods in no time!

23/09/2025

23/09/2025

It’s officially Autumn!!
We’ve been celebrating the new season with lots of arts and crafts, including leaf stained glass windows. Cork printing. Hand print leaves. Leaf wreaths and lots of conker picking! We’re loving the change in the season and incorporating it into our setting.