What EYFS stuff do you do with mindees that attend pre-school?

[Picante]

Am starting back as a childminder after 6 months maternity leave and feel a bit out of the loop! How much EYFS stuff do you do with pre-schoolers who are at nursery part of the day? Do you do as much as you'd do for a full-timer? I figure they've had so much going on in the mornings, when they come back to me, have lunch and a rest, they just want to play and not do so much structured stuff.

Sorry if I'm waffling, hope someone has the patience to answer!

I don't do structured stuff, go with the flow and follow the childrens interests.
They will need lunch and rest as you say and that is meeting their needs.
Talking about what they have been doing and what they enjoyed in the morning may give you an idea for another day.
Sounds fine to me don't feel you have to fill every waking minute, children need to play and use their own imagination and also chill.

If you have a child who comes to your home from a childcare setting, it is usefull and Ofsted LOVE it, if you give them a letter of introduction and ask them if you can have copies of their newsletter and maybe even see how the child is doing in the pre-school setting.
But make sure you get the parent's permission in writting first!
Then you can decide whether to carry on with the pr-school's theme or do something a bit different.
But after pre-school, most kids just want lunch, chill out/nap and at around 4pm, they seem to 'perk up', so just have a structured activity ready.

Shouldn't I still be doing observations or suchlike? The child I've got goes to the same preschool as my own son so I should be able to make links there - thanks for that idea.

I use a diary that goes between a nursery/home and my childminding setting it works really well, yes you do do obs but they should be used to identify their interests etc but as you don't have them for long I find that I don't need to do any formal obs but I do do lots of 'wow'moments that are then shared between settings.
Why not ask at the pre school to see if they already do this with other children, if not, all you need is an A5 notebook to keep in the childs bag, it can then be used to send messages between settings and keep up to date with interests etc.

Our pre school have a topic each term, and send a leaflet home to parents with a lot of information about the activities the children will be taking part in. I always ask for a copy of the leaflet and I plan some activities to extend what they are doing at school. For example, the school is doing 'bugs and insects'. They look at the life cycle of a butterfly. So I will make use of the butterfly garden, get some caterpillars and we watch them develop into butterflies. The children really enjoy the occasion when we set them free in the garden. We play the hungry caterpillar board game, do butterfly paintings, etc.

I have one that goes to pre school in the mornings. She is ready for all sorts of fun (mostly her choice) in the afternoon. She dresses up, reads, writes, runs around the garden, etc etc and naturally does all the 'EYFS' stuff, without really thinking about it. The pre school are great about sharing their newsletters, themes, etc, so I can carry them on at home if she wants to. She does have observations in her file, but they are mostly about her own choices, rather than my plans.