Have fun investigating light and shadows with this special toolkit for childminders. The toolkit contains lots of fun ideas and resources and also contains special training and CPD activities and information to help you follow childminding best practice and be the best childminder you can be.

Your Learning Section:

• A self-evaluation question based on the new 'Inclusion', Early Years Inspection Toolkit area of evaluation. Includes additional information and things to think about.
• A CPD module about 'Ofsted Inspections: Understanding Inspection Expectations for ‘Establishing Routines.’'

One of the new evaluation areas of Ofsted Inspection is ‘Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines.’ Although routines have always been an important part of how your run your setting including them to such an extent inspection expectations is quite new. This module helps you think about some of the issues.

Objectives of this module:

• Understand why routines are important.
• Understand the expectations Ofsted have about routines.
• Consider which routines should be included as part of your curriculum.
• Think about the routines you already have in place in your own setting.
• Think about how you can work with parents to help establish helpful routines in both your setting and at home.
• Evaluate your own setting in relation to setting routines and set objectives for further improvement.

Quick and easy learning segments covering:

• Inspection preparation: what would you do if your inspector asks you?
• Safeguarding: Safeguarding Threshold documents
• SEND: What are communication passports?

Curriculum and learning activity ideas and resources:

• Planning ideas covering all areas of learning.
• 250th Anniversary of the USA Activity. 
• Exploring Simple Concepts with the under 2's - Shadow Play' Shadow play for babies is a fantastic sensory experience that promotes visual tracking, focus, and cognitive development. This segment of the toolkit gives you some simple ideas for your youngest children.

Light and Shadows themed section including:

Planning grids to help you choose appropriate activities and assess the children's learning.

Activities:

1. Shadow Matching. Encourage children to use their creative and critical thinking skills to match the objects to their shadow.

2. Light and Shadow Cameras. Make this fun craft together and encourage children to investigate light, colour and shadows. (With a printable template.)

3. Flour Shadows. Practice fine motor and critical thinking skills by making special shadows out of flour.

4. Shadow Puppet Theatre. Explore shadow puppets as a way to retell rhymes and stories. Comes with full instructions and printable templates for both the theatre and puppets.

All the activities come with full instructions, including 'What I Want Children to Learn,' and 'I Can' statements' to help you plan and assess children's learning.

Pack Length: 34 pages

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By purchasing this pack, you agree that it is for use only in your individual use. You may make as many copies as you need for the children and families in your setting BUT MUST NOT share, copy or distribute any of the materials in any way, to anyone else. If you are part of a larger group, for example, a childminding group, or a chain of settings, please purchase one pack per setting. 

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