Theme planning

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Depending on the ages in care you may want to think of some themes that you maybe haven't done before that you can do at home that maybe didn't work well at the centre. You can do more with baking, make a theme around sorting laundry and giving them a basket of socks to sort or a basket of washcloths to fold from lunchtime. Make use of the toys you have to sort blocks by colour, count the cars and create a parking lot for them with a piece of bristolboard and a marker. The activities you do do not always have to be about a major theme or last an entire week but can be centred around reading a book and then doing a related activity. My point is in homecare you may very well be dealing with a younger group as well as mixed ages and you can downplay the lessons accordingly so that they just naturally happen from what the children are showing interest in.