TLC Childminding

14/08/2026

Sun please stay for another week ! ☀️ 🙏
Annual leave starts here ! 🥂 🍾

04/08/2026

**Screen use in the EYFS

DfE has included a link to the new screen use guidance to the EYFS from 1 Sept 2026.

https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/screen-use

It is to be clear that screen use is not ‘banned’. What has changed are expectations that settings follow the new guidance around building healthy habits, co-viewing with the child/ren, ensuring content is age-appropriate and slow paced and limiting use. DfE advise:

*Birth to 2 - avoid screen use where possible.

*2 - 5 years - keep screen use limited and purposeful, no more than 1 hour a day balanced at home and in the setting.

DfE say that screens should never replace play, conversations and interactions. However, screens can be used to support learning - to watch a story, listen to a song, look something up together etc. We love the Barefoot Books range on YouTube here and we will sometimes watch Danny go, kids yoga or use a drawing app - that’s not what DfE are trying to stop - it’s the mindless noise from the box and children sat in front of it for too long that they are trying to stop.

I need to make sure as a setting I share screen use and it has been discussed with parents and supports children’s learning. And you can talk about how you have reflected on your own screen use in front of the children during the day - are you setting a good example to your children?

Evidence shows that screens can have a big impact on children and their development in the early years. Screen use should be avoided for under 2s and limited to up to an hour a day for children aged 2 to 5. You should take a precautionary approach to using screens in your setting by limiting screen....

03/08/2026

31/07/2026

30/07/2026

☀️ Life skills … growing our own food … today we made cress heads, learning that we need sunshine and water to make things grow, and we need to look after it, and if we do a good job of it, then we can get to eat it too ! Great fun 🤩 we even decorated our pots with funny faces so as it grows it looks like hair ! 🪴

30/07/2026

🌻 ☀️ We visited the sunflower farm this week, at North Farm, our first visit, and we had a lovely magical time walking through the sunflower fields, seeing who could find the tallest, and looking at the funny faces that some of them had. We each chose our favourite sunflower picked it and took them home, after having a picnic lunch. Such a lovely day ☀️ 🌻

22/07/2026

🌟 It’s always a hard day when it’s the end of an era, but it’s so satisfying knowing what you’ve done together learning playing helping for the future and much more, and that its bought a positive effect on their lives. I’m always so grateful to have been chosen to look after parents treasures ❤️‍🩹, and equally proud to see them grow. Thank you H for my afternoon tea and Prosecco 🥂 I shall look forward to that, and wish you every happiness for the future … go conker the world 🌎!

16/07/2026

🌟 📚 🌎 The end of an era … a school pick up for a lovely family with two children over the years, so privileged to be able to see them grow, and as sad as it is, move onto their next chapter. Go conker the world kiddoes 🌎 📚 🌟 and thank you for my amazing prezzies 🎁

15/07/2026

First day back after annual leave and a day of safeguarding training… sometimes hard to listen to and heartbreaking but a necessity to understand and be able to play an important part to children’s and adults lives alike ❤️‍🩹