The Childminding Forum

Childminding Forum - December Newsletter

2011-12-10T13:08:00.002Z

The Forum newsletter is now available to read online for those who do not receive it via email.

http://www.childmindingforum.co.uk/newsletter/1211.html

New You Tube 'Make it' added - Cheer Leader Pom-poms

2011-09-23T17:19:00.002+01:00

I've just added another You Tube video 'make it' for Cheer Leader Pom Poms, the idea came to me when my granddaughter was playing with some she had bought as part of a dressing up outfit, I thought they should be easy to make!

http://www.youtube.com/ChildmindingHelp

Please 'subscribe' if you can - enjoy!

NCMA Cymru Regional Forum

2011-09-13T14:09:00.001+01:00

Find out full details of the up coming Cymru NCMA event here:

http://childmindinghelp.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=88763

2011-04-01T14:11:00.001+01:00

Forum Members competition - log into the main forum for your chance to win a BuggyBoard Maxi - courtesy of Cheeky Rascals Ltd, plus generous discounts for childminders

New competition

2011-03-29T18:31:00.001+01:00

Members competition - your chance to win a years subscription to Creative Steps Magazine.

See the main Competitions page on the Forum.

Good luck everyone!

Forum Newsletters

2011-02-13T15:19:00.004Z

We now have Forum newsletters!

The first one has gone out automatically to all green and amber members, if you haven't received yours or you are not one of those member groups and would like to read it, just go here:

http://www.childmindingforum.co.uk/newsletter/

Rabbit from a paper plate, activity

2011-01-30T13:08:00.003Z

I've added a rabbit made from paper plates to the You Tube activities. Ideal for any time but good for a Chinese New Year activity as it is the year of the rabbit.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ChildmindingHelp

10,000 Members!

2010-11-26T08:30:00.002Z

We reached 10,000 members on the Forum on 25th November 2010

Thank you to everyone who makes the Forum a fun, friendly and informative place to be!

Come and join us! Childminding Forum

Make a Nativity Scene

2010-11-06T13:45:00.000Z

I've just uploaded another You Tube video

You can make a Nativity Scene which the children can decorate and then play with.

Great fun!

Would make a nice gift from the children to parents too.

http://www.youtube.com/childmindinghelp#p/u/6/imS09QgCBwA

You Tube - new activities

2010-10-16T16:21:00.004+01:00

I've just uploaded two new activities to the You Tube Childminding Help channel.

A Thaumatrope - a spinning disc popular in the Victorian era and my 3D Christmas Tree made from cut out hand shapes.

Find them and other activities here:

New You Tube Activity added 4th July Flag

2010-06-30T18:11:00.004+01:00

Looking for a 4th July activity? Make a simple flag with the children to help them understand American Independence Day.

Full instruction on You Tube video - 4th July Flag.

Book Reviews

2010-06-30T18:09:00.001+01:00

Two new book reviews on the website. Both for Poisonous Plant information.

Helpful for childcare workers in assessing the risk of plants in their gardens.

Product Reviews

Member competition

2010-06-04T16:59:00.001+01:00

Don't miss the latest member competition. Win a Treasure Basket.

Check out the competitions page for full details.

New video tutorial added to You Tube

2010-06-04T16:57:00.002+01:00

I've added an activity tutorial to You Tube, this one is for a Yogurt Pot Puppet

Yogurt Pot Puppets

Timmy Time Competition

2010-04-15T13:34:00.002+01:00

Today we launched the Timmy Time members competition, prizes kindly donated by Titan Publishing.

Timmy, the loveable little sheep has launched a new comic this week, providing fun activities for pre-school children.

Find out more by logging into the Forum

Easter Competiton ending Sunday!

2010-03-12T22:13:00.000Z

Last two days to enter, don't miss out.

Easter Competition

2010-02-25T14:10:00.001Z

Members Easter competition now running, log in for details - good luck!

New Competition now running

2010-02-04T14:08:00.003Z

Check out the competitions page for the latest Forum members competition, if you are not a member no better time to join!

Back to normal!

2010-01-16T22:52:00.001Z

All back to normal now.

Thank you technical support!

Forum and website problems

2010-01-16T22:23:00.002Z

Well, there seems to be some technical hitches tonight. I'm waiting for the technical support to get back to me with what the problem is.

and, as we speak they get back to me to say there is a server problem and things should be back to normal very soon.

So, while you are waiting why not dust off that EYFS pack and have a read! LOL

Concerns over sparklebox website

2010-01-13T09:19:00.003Z

At the moment I am asking that members do not post links to sparklebox site. Please see this thread for more details:

http://www.childmindinghelp.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=49413

Thank you

Tax payment time!

2010-01-08T22:53:00.003Z

31st January is fast approaching, don't forget if you don't pay on time you risk penalties.

If you have any tax questions, this is the place to go:

Tax and Childminding

Fundraising

2010-01-02T15:59:00.000Z

The Big Swig www.justgiving.com/the-big-swig is still open to take donations to the end of January 2010

A big thank you to everyone who has donated so far.

View all previous posts on the old blog

2010-01-01T16:21:00.003Z

Archived blog posts can be found here:

old blog archives

The Forum Blog has moved!

2010-01-01T14:43:00.000Z

Welcome to 2010, the Childminding Forum blog is moving to Blogger!
Just like the old Blog it will be keeping you updated with all latest news.

Watch this space!