mummyme
06-03-2011, 06:56 PM
Hi there,
The first of many questions from me I think!:o
I've only been minding for one week. I have 3 mindees, 2 of them are over 5, one of them is 1. For the older 2 I have been doing a basic journal of how they are settling in and what they have done including photos of lego sculptures etc. For the 1 year old, I know that I need to do the EYFS stuff. I have been typing up entries daily (is this right). The format I am using is for instance:
'X' had a great time at coffee morning today and loved playing on the slide with the other children and they seemed to work it out between themselves that they needed to take turns. (PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT / COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY / PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT). He also enjoyed playing with some coloured beads on an activity centre and managed to work out how to get them from one side of the bar to the other. He became very engrossed in doing this. While he was moving the beads I talked to him about the colours of the beads. (COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY / PROBLEM SOLVING / REASONING AND NUMERACY). OBSERVATION – I noticed that Zach is very good with his hands, which was clear by the way he managed to move the beads the many different ways it took to get the beads from one side to the other especially when the bar that the beads were on was like a cork screw.
Is this ok? Please feel free to tell me that it is absolutely awful, I value opinions. Just don't want to get months down the line and find that what i am doing is wrong! :panic:
Sorry this is long and thank you for reading. :blush:
The first of many questions from me I think!:o
I've only been minding for one week. I have 3 mindees, 2 of them are over 5, one of them is 1. For the older 2 I have been doing a basic journal of how they are settling in and what they have done including photos of lego sculptures etc. For the 1 year old, I know that I need to do the EYFS stuff. I have been typing up entries daily (is this right). The format I am using is for instance:
'X' had a great time at coffee morning today and loved playing on the slide with the other children and they seemed to work it out between themselves that they needed to take turns. (PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT / COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY / PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT). He also enjoyed playing with some coloured beads on an activity centre and managed to work out how to get them from one side of the bar to the other. He became very engrossed in doing this. While he was moving the beads I talked to him about the colours of the beads. (COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY / PROBLEM SOLVING / REASONING AND NUMERACY). OBSERVATION – I noticed that Zach is very good with his hands, which was clear by the way he managed to move the beads the many different ways it took to get the beads from one side to the other especially when the bar that the beads were on was like a cork screw.
Is this ok? Please feel free to tell me that it is absolutely awful, I value opinions. Just don't want to get months down the line and find that what i am doing is wrong! :panic:
Sorry this is long and thank you for reading. :blush: