How to cover the new EYFS

[melco]

Hi,

I have a lo who started with me last week. He comes 2.30pm-6.30pm. When he arrives he is due for a sleep and will only sleep in the buggy so we go for a walk before school pickup. We pickup from school at 3.30pm and don't normally get home until 3-50-4pm. Once all the children are settled and playing I have around 45mins before I get dinner ready. This is when the lo is put in the high chair. He may get to play while dinner is cooking but for only another 30mins at the most. He then has dinner and goes home.

My question is how will I cover the EYFS with roughly only 1 hour 15mins in the day to do things with him?

The other little one I have is all day 7.45-4.45pm so I do find it a lot easier to plan for him due to the toddler groups and singing groups I can go to and the amount of time I have.

Any ideas will be much appreciated as am trying to put some planning together for him.

Thanks

melco

[blue bear]

You can only work within the time frame you have so your planning and lj will be a lot smaller than for your full timer.
You will be amazed how much you do cover when you break it down.
Separating from mum, routine, healthy practices for sleep, being outside sleeping on school run, socialising, and self care at meal times.
Try and follow his interests in the short time he is up and about, and vary the things given for him to do n the high chair while you prepare dinner.
You are inot wonder woman you can only do what you can.

[sarah707]

You can only do as much as seems right to you when you don't care for a child very often or they are very part time.

I have cared for part timers in the past and just taken odd photos to show their learning and engagement in activities... they have thin learning journeys but that is fine because I am still noting their learning and development.

Hth :D

[melco]

Thats great.

Thanks for your help as always I get great advice from this forum and you always make my worries go away.

x

[LittleLadybirds]

Include stuff to do on the school run; counting trees/flowers, singing rhymes, buggy books, talking about the world around them and what you see on the route each day; set off earlier and let them walk and jump in puddles.

Then you can do a quick activity when you get home that you already have prepared, such as messy play with mashed potato/baked beans/jelly/pasta, or collage pictures, dressing up etc..