gemmcd
22-12-2007, 09:10 AM
Hi - I am a newly registered childminder who thought I was pretty organised and had covered most things until in my quest to be ultra organised started to think about planning. I have read through the EYFS but find trying to put that into practice in a workable planning sheet just a nightmare. My problem is that I have young children on the books - 9mths and 18mths in Jan. the kind of things that are suggested in EYFS I would be doing naturally and instinctively - they are not realy what I call planning activities. I don't want to be writing down things like - playing in the mirror - to develop self awareness etc as they are things I would be doing on a regular basis anyway and like when we go to the bathroom to spend time playing in the mirror there. For me planning would be more about themes - what craft activities we would be doing, what outdoor activities, what visitsetc If i start trying to plan every thing I will be doing it would be a nightmare. Should I be planning like that though?
My idea for a planning sheet was having the days of the week one side and then highlighting the areas of my house and what is available there - eg craft area, role play area, outdoor area, music room, visits, extra activities eg cooking
I would like to refer these to the EYFS but there are no numbered points eg. A2 that you can just put down to refer to.(like section A point 2) Hope this all makes sense! I don't want to be writing loads!
I have not been on any courses yet so I guess that would all be explained but then I have the children starting before the courses.
I then in search for planning sheets came across these sites and have now been totally daunted about what else I should be doing! I am now panicking about toys -like how do you show multicultural and disabilities through toys apart from different race type dolls and the wheelchair I have in my little tykes set? I have spent all my funding on safety gates etc!
I am really beginning to panick. I am a perfectionist and aim so high but now it is beginning to get me down!
Please help!
Gemma
My idea for a planning sheet was having the days of the week one side and then highlighting the areas of my house and what is available there - eg craft area, role play area, outdoor area, music room, visits, extra activities eg cooking
I would like to refer these to the EYFS but there are no numbered points eg. A2 that you can just put down to refer to.(like section A point 2) Hope this all makes sense! I don't want to be writing loads!
I have not been on any courses yet so I guess that would all be explained but then I have the children starting before the courses.
I then in search for planning sheets came across these sites and have now been totally daunted about what else I should be doing! I am now panicking about toys -like how do you show multicultural and disabilities through toys apart from different race type dolls and the wheelchair I have in my little tykes set? I have spent all my funding on safety gates etc!
I am really beginning to panick. I am a perfectionist and aim so high but now it is beginning to get me down!
Please help!
Gemma