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CM Club: Lesson planning?

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crace · 17/11/2006 18:46

I have quite a lot gathered together but is there a good place to grab things for lesson plans, and ages that they apply to?

TIA for any direction given, sorry very new to this!
Carrie

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hana · 17/11/2006 18:47

cms have to do lesson plans now?

smeeinit · 17/11/2006 20:00

lesson plans? are you accredited to teach nursery education?

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crace · 17/11/2006 20:49

Err... no but I thought we had to "educate" rather than just play with them? Or am I being overly ambitious?

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smeeinit · 17/11/2006 23:14

i educate my mindees through everday play/situations. i wouldnt ever do any lesson planning as such as im not accredited to teach nursery education.
if thats the route you are wanting to take then contact your local cis to find out more about training to teach nursery education.

ayla99 · 18/11/2006 07:38

Unless you are accredited you don't need to provide a lesson plans but as we are expected to follow frameworks like Birth to Three, Foundation Stage it is useful to show Ofsted any planning you have done/evidence of activities and some parents are interested to see this too.

Some parents, however, find the idea of lessons/curriculum at a childminders ott and are just looking for somewhere safe & happy their child can chill & play.

I've opted for a kind of middle road - I am building up files of resources & activities and I do write notes in my diary about what I plan to do each day. But this often changes and is pretty much led by the children themselves and the mood of the day. I leave plenty of time for free play and if a child doesn't want to join in with the activity I spend ages preparing then they don't.

I think its also important that children learn to amuse themselves, selecting their own activities.

ThePrisoner · 18/11/2006 17:10

You certainly don't need to do "lessons" as such, but Ofsted love to see that you do some "planning" - a few written details about your weekly routine (eg. music group), longer term stuff about religious festivals, seasons etc. will certainly keep them happy. I have (written) ideas on art/craft activities, days out, what we do during a normal week, and so on. I also take lots of photos, which proves that I do some of what I say I'll do!

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