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19-05-2009, 07:43 PM
I took on a 4 yr old mindee, for just one afternoon a week until after half term. He is very single minded - knows exactly what he likes and what he doesn't like. Until mid June he is my only mindee so he is a good to have on board so I can ease myself into things gently and work out if my systems work.
Today is his 3rd week, week 2 was just horrible. I planned loads of cool activities and he wasn't interested - he asked to watch TV just about every 10 mins and I really struggled to keep his interest. In the end I put a load of duplo down and let him get on with it. By the end of last week I wondered if I was cut out for childminding. It was a long 5 hours!!
This week though, brilliant. He even tested the boundaries with his behaviour and responded well to the management of it. We had fun and he watched about 15 mins of TV at the end of the afternoon - such was his enthusiasm for playing and doing stuff. I felt at the end of today relief and jubilent that I might actually be ok at this childminding.
I am really pleased actually as I have this lad until summer hols, another one starts in June until mid aug and then I go pretty much full time from Sept. I think I needed today to realise that there is a pretty fantastic side to childminding which makes the down days not so bad. Overhearing tell my oldest in front of his mum that he liked coming to my house was reward itself!
Just wanted to share really. Its been a great day.....
Today is his 3rd week, week 2 was just horrible. I planned loads of cool activities and he wasn't interested - he asked to watch TV just about every 10 mins and I really struggled to keep his interest. In the end I put a load of duplo down and let him get on with it. By the end of last week I wondered if I was cut out for childminding. It was a long 5 hours!!
This week though, brilliant. He even tested the boundaries with his behaviour and responded well to the management of it. We had fun and he watched about 15 mins of TV at the end of the afternoon - such was his enthusiasm for playing and doing stuff. I felt at the end of today relief and jubilent that I might actually be ok at this childminding.
I am really pleased actually as I have this lad until summer hols, another one starts in June until mid aug and then I go pretty much full time from Sept. I think I needed today to realise that there is a pretty fantastic side to childminding which makes the down days not so bad. Overhearing tell my oldest in front of his mum that he liked coming to my house was reward itself!
Just wanted to share really. Its been a great day.....