Crawling up and down steep slopes and clambering over uneven ground, including logs and rocks, are just some of the daily physical activities that babies and young children engage in at Millie’s Garden, in East Bristol. Children at the childminding setting enjoy the freedom of a 60m-long garden, which backs onto a nature reserve.
‘Our youngest cohort, currently aged 14 months and 23 months, have both been at the setting for a year – and we are settling in another 16-month-old. They spend up to five hours a day engaged in physical activity but they are very motivated to keep moving, exploring and challenging themselves,’ explains childminder Millie Colwey (pictured), who is also a qualified Forest School leader and has a BA in early childhood education.
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