Down at the farm

Its not very often that Childminders receive funding. All the equipment I have has been purchased from my own pocket and I still feel like there is so much I am missing. So when my local council gave out some new WOODEN equipment at a training course I recently attended I was over the moon to say the least!!

I look after a little girl who has developed a fear of plastic toy animals which progressed into a fear of real farm animals. These wooden toys have helped to her gain more confidence around animals which I think is amazing.

I have fallen in love with wooden toys lately and feel so lucky to have been given this farm. Here are some pictures of the children enjoying the farm.

They loved making new homes for the animals. We discussed what food
 they might eat and where they would sleep 

The pigs had their very own sty.

The children made a garden using flowers and coloured bricks.