Christine

About Me

My name is Christine and I am a wife and mother of four grown up children, and six grandchildren so far.

I am an English speaking care provider with makaton sign language skills and experience.

My childminding service is called Grandma Childminding which provides a Home-from-Home setting located in Fulham, SW6 London, in a three-floor semi-detached house with a safe back garden for the children to play and enjoy the sun. The setting has all the comforts you can think of in a home environment; with learning facilities, and a wide selection of toys and resources for children of all ages and stages.

I strive to give each child individual and close attention and cater to their individual needs. The children’s safety, care, and happiness are paramount. I send monthly reports and daily/weekly progress to the parent/s.

When we are not enjoying the playroom or the back garden, we take a nice walk to the nearby park where the children get to play with each other as well as play and interact with other children. We also take the children to the library, children’s centre, museums, and other cultural interests (with prior permission from parents of course).

At Grandma Childminding (GC) we enjoy being outside and to give children the opportunity to not only play but to learn about nature, traffic sign, etc. What they learn outside is taken inside and we either paint what we have seen outside or create some interesting crafts that the children can hang up in the playroom or take home.

The type of educational support we provide for the children are homework help for the older ones. We provide numeracy and literacy, communication, physical exercise, crawling and walking for the little beginners, as well as pen control, art and design, crafts, personal, social and emotional development.

HAND HYGIENE

I teach the children to wash their hands several times during the day, such as; when entering the setting after coming from outside, before and after meals and snacks, when using the lavatory, and when wiping the nose.

By keeping and maintaining hand hygiene we are aiming at reducing bacteria from travelling from room to room and causing the sensitive ones from becoming ill. This is especially the case during the current global pandemic and has proven to be effective in our setting.

EXTRAS

Each child has their own basket where we keep their extra clothes. Parents are advised to provide extra clothes for their children including a towel and extra shoes. For the tots we ask parents to provide diapers.