Pebbles Childcare

Caring for Under-Ones.

September is a period of change for most childcare providers; with children leaving to start their transition to school and a new cohort of children to settle in and introduce to the setting. We are no exception to this rule and as we bid farewell to our five school leavers this year, we embarked upon…

Choosing A Childminder

Our over-arching aim and mission with Pebbles Childcare, is not only to provide an exceptionally high quality of childcare on a home-from-home level, enabling us to dedicate ourselves to providing an individual service for all of our children and their families, but also to promote the benefits of being and choosing a childminder as a…

Pebbles Turns 3!

This week we have celebrated our 3rd Birthday! To celebrate another incredible year and commemorate such an occasion we enjoyed a wonderful (but blustery!) beach party with all of our children and their families. We feel so lucky to be able to do what we do every day and create such incredible family-like bonds with…

Product Review – BioBuddi Learning Symbols

Disclaimer: This post has been produced in partnership with Early Years Resources catalogue. We were not paid for this article, but goods were sent in exchange for an honest and frank review. As soon as we were offered the opportunity to test and review the ‘BioBuddi Learning Symbols’ blocks, we were excited for their arrival…

Jumpers For Goalposts

Now the football frenzy of the Russia World Cup 2018 has finally died down, we take a refelctive look back on a tournament that not only bought the entire country together as a whole, but also the incredible impact and learning opportunities this tournament had on our children within Early Years. You don’t have to…

Fun in the Sun

As the country basks in this glorious sunshine, whilst we want to enjoy this incredibly rare occurrence of such tropical weather, we must of course spare a thought for our children and how the heat affects them and what we can do to help. On numerous early years and home-based childcare forums we are a…

Pebbles in Parliament

A wonderful, inspiring and quite frankly unbelievable afternoon for Team Pebbles today as Bridgit was invited to attend afternoon tea at The House of Commons to kickstart celebrations for this year’s TES School Awards, of which we have been shortlisted for Early Years Setting of The Year, for the second year running. We are completely…

School Readiness

‘School Readiness’ is a term widely used within the Early Years sector, but many people appear to have conflicting views on what the term actually means and what we as practitioners should actively be doing to ensure our preschool children are ‘ready’ for their transition to school. Is ‘school readiness’ something we can easily define?…

Professional Love

As professionals it is essential that we all strive to improve, build and reflect on our own practice and professionalism and with the countless amendments, revisions and food for thought that the the Early Years Sector provides, there is always something to consider and build upon in our practice. This was the case for us…

Utilising Your Early Years Environment

In our blog on ‘Outdoor Play’ we touched upon the restrictions in terms of space and flexibility that so many settings face in terms of their learning environments. This seems to be an ever recurring problem amongst smaller settings and home-based childcare providers alike. However, we pose the question – is the space the problem or…

Dealing with Death in Early Years

Death is never a pleasant topic to discuss, even as adults, but it becomes even more difficult when approaching and dealing with the subject of death and bereavement with young children. How much is too much information? Will they understand? How will they react? Are we equipped to deal with their grief and know how…

Outdoor Play

Across the Early Years Sector, accessing outdoor spaces for outdoor play opportunities is essential for children of all ages as we all know; the idea of the ‘outdoor classroom’ is one that so many of us as professionals strive to achieve on a daily basis, but this ideal is not always obtainable. There are so…