Musical bumps at stay and play

Wednesday this week sees our introductory session to Musical Bumps with Angela Bogie - can't wait for the fun to begin.  We are asking families for a £1 contribution for stay and play on this day in the hope that we can ask Angie along to future sessions also.

We have been successful in our recent bid to the Shepshed and Hathern Community Forum gaining funds towards offering some guided play sessions and increasing our advertising and marketing to attract more users to our unique service.

The play sessions will run between June - December and will cover topics such as

• treasure basket exploration with babies and young children,
• children's communication - how adult interaction can help,
• physical development for babies / toddlers and beyond
• putting the play back into learning - helping adults to play alongside!

Dates for these sessions will be advertised shortly with some running in our existing stay and play times and some outside to try and suit all our supporting families.

If you have any particular interest in any of these outline topics then do let us know by emailing to shepshedtoylib@tiscali.co.uk with your interest and contact details so we can keep you informed as dates are planned.

Other sessions coming up will include dedicated child minder sessions during National Childminding Week (11 - 15th June) run by our own Professional Childminder - Maria, who will help and support child minders on aspects of the new EYFS, record keeping, Learning Journeys and basically any other queries or support needed.  Again - let us know if you'd like to come along.

Look forward to seeing you soon