In Liverpool we have drops in most days of the week based at children's centres throughout the city. Each is run by a childminding network co-ordinator but if she is not availble we run it ourselves. We have a planning meeting to discuss what activities we will do with the children and if we have enough money in the kitty, where we might take them (zoo etc). We also draw up a rota which indicates whose turn it will be to provide drinks, snacks for the kids, who will read a story, who will do the dishes and who will carry out the planned activity for the session. That way every childminding in the group gets involved. Some drop ins charge a small fee of 50p per child to cover the cost of drinks and snacks. All our activities and outings are funded by the local early years team throught the children's centres. Everything is evidenced and we can take copies of the planning sheets home for our own files.
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