Woodworking: Strengthening Physical Skills and Building Self Belief
Marion Walker has been a childminder for 16 years. She works with her husband at Soar Childcare in Bishops Stortford. She loves creating bonds with families in her community and provides a caring, fun-filled setting within which children grow, learn and have new experiences. She continuously strives to improve her practice so that children get the best possible start to their early years.
"I can do it by myself"
As an early years teacher this is my favourite statement to hear from a child. A declaration of growth and self belief. A comment that means a child is secure in our setting and full of self-confidence - but not all children find it an easy statement to utter.
Meet Harry
Harry arrived at our setting a happy, playful 3 year old who was well spoken and loved learning new information. Each day he would inspect the room for anything new or different as if he was going on a treasure hunt. He wanted to talk about everything. He would get very excited about learning and his joy was infectious.