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A calmer way to teach, lead and nurture childhood.
Practical ideas, reflective insights and nature-led inspiration for educators who want to do less — and do it more meaningfully.
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"I was churning out quantity and not quality and totally wearing myself out, which was ridiculous!"
I have been a registered Childminder since 2002.
I began Childminding after my divorce in 2000.
I wanted to have an occupation where I could work from home and be there for my two daughters and support them through their school life.
Throughout my career I have given 100% and so far achieved 3 Outstanding Ofsted Grades.
Unfortunately I feel that because I have given so much to my job and the families I care for, I have missed out on the main reason for starting this childminding journey......... my family.
For years I thought that my vision was to provide a setting which emulates a school nursery. I would be obsessed with the EYFS Development Guidance, taking multiple daily observations and obsessively completing tracking charts.
I used a variety of online platforms to observe our children and found the whole process to be so time consuming and a complete chore. I felt that because I had constantly done so many observations, I needed to keep up that pace.
In actual fact, I was...
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