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Shelby D

Childminder in Biddenham

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Female Member since Jul 2018 Last Updated Aug 2024 Last Login Aug 2024

My Summary

Ofsted Registered
First Aid Training
DBS Check
Newborn Experience
Full Driving Licence
Own Car
Childcare Qualifications
2 Year old Funded Childcare
3 and 4 Year old Funded Childcare
Tax-Free Childcare
Key Worker Childcare
I'm Covid-19 Vaccinated

About Me

Welcome to Little Dinosaurs Childminding!

We've recently moved from Kempston to the new St Mary's estate in Biddenham. The setting is a bright, airy, family home with resources for various age groups to stimulate a fun, friendly learning environment. My aim is to provide a home-from-home atmosphere, ensuring the children feel safe, comfortable and welcome in my setting.

We live for the outdoors at Little Dinosaurs - rain or shine we're out in the fresh air! You can often find us at the woods, parks, lakes, nature reserves, farm and the garden. We also enjoy trips to the library and playgroups.

I love arts and crafts, and I've adopted a more process driven approach with the children at my setting, encouraging them to explore their own creativity with a range of materials such as pencils, poster & watercolour paint, collaging, clay etc.

We learn lots through nature, and have a keen focus on caring for the environment. The children are encouraged to notice the small changes around them throughout the year and I love to bring the outside in wherever I can. Since having my own two children, I have adopted a more heuristic approach to learning; offering more natural and household objects to enable lots of child-led, open-ended play. The use of loose parts such as pine cones, sticks, shells etc supports exploration, investigation and experimentation - we all know their favourite ‘toy’ is a cardboard box!

My Experience

Learning and child development is something very close to my heart, I achieved a 2:1 BA Honours in Developmental Psychology and have 5 years’ experience in social care / education sector. I started my school centred teacher training, working as a full-time unqualified teacher in a year 3 class whilst completing the course before falling pregnant with my little boy.

Since having my children, I have fallen in love with teaching the early years in a home setting. The freedom and control it allows, with a small group in a warm and friendly atmosphere, means I can give each child the individual care, attention and teaching they need.

I completed the level 3 award in preparing to work in home-based childcare to add to my teaching experience and further develop my knowledge of the EYFS, giving me a great understanding of how to help them grow into happy, confident children in a safe and caring environment.

My Qualifications

• 2:1 BA Honours in Developmental Psychology
• BTEC Residential childcare - including experience with developmental delays, ASD, ADHD, emotional dysregulation and lots more.
• Cover supervisor in 4 form entry primary school
• 5 years’ experience in social care / education sector before starting my SCITT primary teacher training
• Level 3 preparing to work in home-based childcare
• Paediatric first aid
• PACEY Safeguarding Children
• PACEY Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Early Years Settings
• Sounds-Write phonics
• Hygge in the Early Years Wanderlust study
• Many borough funded training courses, lots of focus on speech and language

My Availability

Term time only setting
Mon-Fri
8am-4:30pm

Unfortunately, no spaces available at this time.

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Afternoon no no no no no no no
After School no no no no no no no
Evening no no no no no no no
Overnight no no no no no no no
Last Updated: 31/08/2024

My Fees

  • Childminding from £6.00 per hour

My Local Schools

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My Ofsted Inspections

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Good
14 July 2022

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