Childminding Mummy on you tube

[mumofone]

Have you checked that it is ok to promote your you tube site?
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Sarah advertises her you tube videos and we all know of her website and e-books, i don't see how this is any different? For what its worth, It was me that posted the link to her site too not chilmindingmummy, this site is all about supporting eachother and our own individual ways of doing things, i think it's really interesting to see how other childminders work and in particular their settings because we don't usually get this opportunity - i think we should embrace it.

[mumofone]

Hey, ive been childminding since Nov 2011 with my mum and we have an assistant with another starting before Christmas this year, so super busy I was from liverpool but moved to devon a few years before we started childminding so my accent is very messed up haha one day i sound hard as nails the next a farmer
Im hoping by doing youtube videos i can spend more time with my kids but at the way its going (very slow) its going to take a lot more to make any sort of money from it.
Is there any videos you would like to see?
I also have a facebook page under "A Childminding Mummy" xx

Do you mean give up childminding to vlog full time? I know of lots of people trying to do this (not childminders!). Its a world i know nothing about but i believe some make a decent income from it. You're certainly getting lots of views and subscribers - how many do you need to make a decent income dyou know?
I love the playroom tours, whats in the garden, toys used, typical days, whats for lunch that kind of thing.
You seem a complete natural on camera, its my worst nightmare!

[mama2three]

Yes, but aren't the changes you have made more the result of your own experience and insight over time?

From what I see at CMs' premises, there's a growing trend towards 'nurseryfying' (wow, there's an ugly word) and I have to agree with Dragonfly that it appears to stem from over-regulation.

Historically, and inevitably (if I can slip in an extra adverb to my already poor writing style), the moment Ofsted got involved, childminding was set on a path in which 'education' became preeminent. I use the word 'education' very specifically here, and as a distinctly different term from 'learning'. Learning is value-free and socially/politically-neutral. Education always comes with an agenda; it is limiting, controlling and inherently polluted by the socio-political goals of those who organise it from the top down.

This trend is on the rise, as evidenced by increasing interference. Witness the imposition of ideas such as 'school readiness', 'home activity planning' (aka homework for babies/toddlers), and the blatantly politicised Prevent programme, something even Ofsted inspectres find deeply worrying and embarrassing to have to enforce.

Now lump this all in with that dreadful ideal of "professionalism". New (and some old) CMs measure themselves against goals which have very little to do with what tried and trusted 'old school' childcare was (and should be) about. Safe and happy children who learn what they find interesting and develop good, loving, trust-based relationships just don't count. They have to be 'achieving'. It isn't enough for them to be learning. They have to be learning the right things: targets set by Whitehall technocrats, according to an 'educational' agenda: all good preparation for school, where nothing matters unless it is meeting targets. If it can't be counted, then it doesn't count.

Within this framework, everything that looks like a nursery or tends towards school-centred 'education' is seen as 'right' and "very professional". Anything homely is seen as quaintly outdated, "unprofessional" and doesn't quite cut it.

The pressure is so great, I make no claim to being above it nor immune from its insidious influence. When I talk with CMs I pull them up for constantly referring to their "setting". I say, "why don't you call it your 'home'? Because that's what it is, and that's probably why your clients send their children to you." But I expect any search of my paperwork or forum posts would take less than five minutes to reveal a dozen examples of me hypocritically using the word "setting" too.

So, whilst I most definitely think your 'de-nurseryfication' is the right way to go, it has to be seen in the context of brave resistance to regulatory trends, rather than passively allowing yourself to be coerced by DofE-Ofsted. Don't take that the wrong way: I'm not accusing you of breaking the regulations. But the way things are now, I believe we have to tread a very hazardous pathway in which we simultaneously fiulfil and subvert the diktats of the Ofsted-DofE-Westminster triumvirate, if we are going to do right by the children/families.

I do see where you're coming from bunyip , but no , I don't feel I'm resisting regulatory trends at all , in fact I do make sure that all the hoops are jumped through....and doing that in a largely Reggio fashion is seen by some as 'just another trend' . I feel that I tick the boxes , I teach , I just use slightly different methods. Experience and insight may have played a part , certainly my confidence has grown when I read posts from flora or loocyloo or other likeminded and wonderful childminders who haven't got nursery style set up but still provide fantastic learning experiences. The best childminders listen to the regulations and find a way to jump through ofsted hoops whilst keeping childhood as wonderful as it ever was. I don't claim to be one of them, but am certainly inspired by them.

[bunyip]

Do you mean give up childminding to vlog full time? I know of lots of people trying to do this (not childminders!). Its a world i know nothing about but i believe some make a decent income from it. You're certainly getting lots of views and subscribers - how many do you need to make a decent income dyou know?
I love the playroom tours, whats in the garden, toys used, typical days, whats for lunch that kind of thing.
You seem a complete natural on camera, its my worst nightmare!

IIUC making a realistic living from YouTube is limited to a tiny number of the very top Minecraft vloggers. I gather you need something in the region of ten thousand subscribers/followers before you begin to attract some advertisers who'll pay a couple of hundred £s a month if you have a high enough number of views.

[bunyip]

I do see where you're coming from bunyip , but no , I don't feel I'm resisting regulatory trends at all , in fact I do make sure that all the hoops are jumped through....and doing that in a largely Reggio fashion is seen by some as 'just another trend' . I feel that I tick the boxes , I teach , I just use slightly different methods. Experience and insight may have played a part , certainly my confidence has grown when I read posts from flora or loocyloo or other likeminded and wonderful childminders who haven't got nursery style set up but still provide fantastic learning experiences. The best childminders listen to the regulations and find a way to jump through ofsted hoops whilst keeping childhood as wonderful as it ever was. I don't claim to be one of them, but am certainly inspired by them.

Purely my own observations, and possibly I'm over-generalising, but I find the nursery-style CM tends to be:

Relatively young.
Recently registered.
Ambitious, keen to have lots and lots of minders.

After a while, some seem to take stock and opt to tone it all down a bit towards the homely, whilst others go the whole hog and start looking to open a nursery for real.

[childmindmummy]

Hey, so we decided to build a room on the back of my house for the childminding. My own children use it too over the weekends and when everyone has gone home so it was just personal preferences on what we wanted from being a childminder.
I understand some people might disagree with some of the things we do but again personal preference. Theres no right or wrong i just want to show what we do.
We call ourselves a setting because its a different room from our house if it was in my living room i would probably called it my home.
Hoping to upgrade my camera phone to a real camera soon but they are a lot of money i don't have at the moment with paying for a wedding. But hopefully that will sort out the shaky camera work (sorry) x
No i don't want to give up childminding fully, just have another day with my kids would be nice. Also as my kids grow i want to swap from under 5's to after schoolers.
To make a decent income from youtube you need a few thousand views on each video you post. With mine only in the 100's im not making near enough to drop a day of childminding.
I wouldn't want to open a nursery only on the fact i like to be at home, i think ive gained some anxiety from having kids and i enjoy being at home and going on trips out whenever i want with the children. I feel being in a nursery i would have to be there 5 days a week, 8-4 maybe later. Thats not for me i don't think x

[snortlet]

Purely my own observations, and possibly I'm over-generalising, but I find the nursery-style CM tends to be:

Relatively young.
Recently registered.
Ambitious, keen to have lots and lots of minders.

After a while, some seem to take stock and opt to tone it all down a bit towards the homely, whilst others go the whole hog and start looking to open a nursery for real.

I am guilty of this. Registered at 23 with every plastic toy known to man! Now 14 years in and much more home from home/less is more. Enjoying open ended and loose parts play. You grow and gain confidence and learn what works best in your own set up.

[FussyElmo]

I have removed the links to the youtube channel as it is against the forum rules.

I do appreciate they were posted in good faith but since you now on the forum promoting the link yourself childmindmummy they do need a link to the forum before being allowed. Which Im sure you understand

[FussyElmo]

I haven't had chance to watch any of the videos yet, but they sound interesting so I'll have to find the time.

I'm just amazed that at the first mention of Childminding Mummy on the forum, Childminding Mummy herself appears - brilliant!

I believe there is a search engine that people can use to see while their bogs etc are being used

[FussyElmo]

Sarah advertises her you tube videos and we all know of her website and e-books, i don't see how this is any different? For what its worth, It was me that posted the link to her site too not chilmindingmummy, this site is all about supporting eachother and our own individual ways of doing things, i think it's really interesting to see how other childminders work and in particular their settings because we don't usually get this opportunity - i think we should embrace it.

Sarah provides the forum with a linkback - if childmindmummy does the same then her blogs etc can remain

[bunyip]

I believe there is a search engine that people can use to see while their bogs etc are being used

Does this mean taking my laptop in the toilet?

Sorry...... couldn't resist.

[childmindmummy]

Sarah provides the forum with a linkback - if childmindmummy does the same then her blogs etc can remain

Hi i totally understand, what does a linkback mean?
Thanks

[FussyElmo]

Hi i totally understand, what does a linkback mean?
Thanks

You put a link back to the forum :-)

[childmindmummy]

You put a link back to the forum :-)

On my blogs or videos?

[FussyElmo]

On my blogs or videos?

Any social media/websites you wish to share :-)

[mumofone]

Purely my own observations, and possibly I'm over-generalising, but I find the nursery-style CM tends to be:

Relatively young.
Recently registered.
Ambitious, keen to have lots and lots of minders.

After a while, some seem to take stock and opt to tone it all down a bit towards the homely, whilst others go the whole hog and start looking to open a nursery for real.

The more "nursery type" settings ive seen (what are we actually saying IS a nursery setting, do we actually know?!) have generally been run by older ladies (sorry if that sounds ageist or sexist but just what ive witnessed) or couples. They start of with 2 of them then employ assistants as time goes on.

[mumofone]

Hey, so we decided to build a room on the back of my house for the childminding. My own children use it too over the weekends and when everyone has gone home so it was just personal preferences on what we wanted from being a childminder.
I understand some people might disagree with some of the things we do but again personal preference. Theres no right or wrong i just want to show what we do.
We call ourselves a setting because its a different room from our house if it was in my living room i would probably called it my home.
Hoping to upgrade my camera phone to a real camera soon but they are a lot of money i don't have at the moment with paying for a wedding. But hopefully that will sort out the shaky camera work (sorry) x
No i don't want to give up childminding fully, just have another day with my kids would be nice. Also as my kids grow i want to swap from under 5's to after schoolers.
To make a decent income from youtube you need a few thousand views on each video you post. With mine only in the 100's im not making near enough to drop a day of childminding.
I wouldn't want to open a nursery only on the fact i like to be at home, i think ive gained some anxiety from having kids and i enjoy being at home and going on trips out whenever i want with the children. I feel being in a nursery i would have to be there 5 days a week, 8-4 maybe later. Thats not for me i don't think x

especially with young children yourself, especially your baby daughter (congrats btw) you want to be at home not tied to a nursery, it crossed my mind to work in a nursery but as childminders i think we all know the benefits of working for ourselves at home with hours to suit us so i quickly shelved that idea! My Partner said "why on earth would you want to do that!"

Ive began thinking i would eventually like to drop the younger ones but im not keen on after schoolers!

I say "setting" now too, i cant even remember when i started saying it it just slipped in to my whole childminding spiel!

I am super interested in childminders who have branched out and taken on assistants etc - i think its really enterprising and it really interests me...can't explain why!

i think some people can be disparaging of anyone with a playroom and im not sure whats behind that thinking particularly but ive definitely notice it. I have one - its not massive but i dont think i would mind without one (just for me personally).