Kitewren / For childminders
Keep your thinking visible when you are the whole team in the room.
Kitewren brings together an EYFS resource library, planning prompts, adaptable activities, and practitioner guidance to help childminders connect observation, play, and the next useful step.
A simple practice rhythm
Notice
Start with what children are showing you, not a blank planning grid.
Respond
Choose a practical next step that keeps the EYFS visible in the room.
Evidence
Keep the useful thread for families and inspection conversations.
What can help
Useful support for the work already happening in your setting.
Choose a starting point, adapt it to the children in front of you, and keep your professional judgement at the centre.
01 / RESOURCE LIBRARY
Browse public resources organised by yearly topics and EYFS learning areas, then choose the ideas that fit the children, space, and week in front of you.
Browse childminder resources02 / PLANNING SUPPORT
Use weekly planning prompts and printable planning starters to connect what you notice with a practical invitation, observation, or intentional teaching prompt.
Explore planning templates03 / ACTIVITIES
Find activity ideas that can be adapted for a childminder setting, from listening and movement to meaningful early mathematics in everyday play.
See activity ideas04 / GUIDANCE
Use Notice–Respond–Evidence guidance to move from what children are showing you to a purposeful response, then keep the learning visible without paperwork for its own sake.
Read practitioner guidanceSolo practice
One rhythm, held by one practitioner.
The Notice–Respond–Evidence rhythm works when you are choosing the focus, preparing the response, and putting it into practice yourself.
Working alone: A solo childminder can fill both leader and practitioner responsibilities.
01
Notice
Start with what children are showing you, not a blank planning grid.
02
Respond
Choose a practical next step that keeps the EYFS visible in the room.
03
Evidence
Keep the useful thread for families and inspection conversations.
Activity preview
Start with an invitation, then follow what children show you.
These public childminder examples offer different ways into listening, movement, and early mathematics. Open one, then adapt it to your children and context.
CHILDMINDER EXAMPLE
Story Basket Listening Walk
A gentle prompt for noticing sounds, retelling discoveries, and extending vocabulary.
Open activityCHILDMINDER EXAMPLE
Move Like the Weather
An energetic movement sequence for exploring balance, direction, speed, and control.
Open activityCHILDMINDER EXAMPLE
Snack Shop Counting Play
A role-play setup for counting with purpose, comparing quantities, and noticing one more.
Open activityIllustrative example: Public activity and sample content should be adapted to the children, context, and your professional judgement. It is not statutory guidance.
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