Sarah's Childminding Stuff for sale on Ebay

[sarahnev707]

Well….. I’ve been a bit of a busy bunny recently! All that rain put me off the gardening, soooo, not one to sit around being bored, I thought I’d do some writing instead!

So far, I have put together –

•A 100+ page book called ‘Multicultural Activities for Pre-School Children’ – not reams of colourings but real activities, games and planning for you to use with the 0-5 age-group, which supports the learning and development areas of the EYFS. The biggie part of this one is that I have fully planned 2 multicultural activities for each month of the year, using the EYFS as a guide – even Silkysteps gets a mention in this bit!!; I am selling it at £7.99 plus £2 p&p and will be posting it out on a cd (cos it’s too big to email) – a bargain!

•‘Childminders Daily Diary’ - my daily planning schedules which helped me get an Outstanding Ofsted the other day (sorry boasting moment there!!)….. including my daily diary header sheet, a daily diary sheet for you to share with parents, weekly visitor log, weekly things to do list, daily safety check – with notes, food temperature sheet (covers 2 weeks at a view), household cleaning schedule (5 week month), things to do monthly (2 months at a view), annual planning sheet (2 pages Jan – Dec); I am selling this one at £4.99 and will email it (no p&p)

All forms can be easily adapted to your individual needs – simply copy and paste into a new document, keeping the original intact for future reference (or in case you muck it up first time!) also I haven’t put a lot of colour in cos I, like many of my friends, don’t always have a colour cartridge – but you can jazz it up if you like! Of course, if I sell loads of these I’ll be able to afford colour cartridges – but that’s a different story!

•We all worship differently’ for Childminders, nurseries etc – covering some of the most popular world religions in words and pictures, complete with links for researching more information; I am selling this one at £4.99 and will email it (no p&p)

I am using the eBay name ‘ndg1963’ (cos that one’s linked to Paypal) and the titles will be searchable by the word ‘Childminder’ though the stuff is relevant for use by nurseries, pre-schools etc…. there are more to come as well – working hard on them right now! Well actually right now I’m writing this, but you know what I mean! I intend to put my witterings on 10 day listings and renew regularly, but I am on holiday the last week of August so won’t list to clash with that!

Thanks for reading! Sarah x

Contact [e-mail] for more information or if you want to see some samples....

Angel has looked at some stuff for me and pronounced it good and Pauline is doing a review.... so all systems go!! ;D

PS - nearly finished the 'risk assessment for Childminders' one!!!!! watch this space!!

[Pauline]

I've just spent the evening reading Sarah's multi cultural booklet and can honestly say it's FAB

Where else would you get a whole year of activites, all written and planned for you?!

Plus there is loads of other information and planning help, links to a wealth of websites to name but a few things.

Well done Sarah!

(Will add a review on Childminding Help asap

[mel]

Hi Sarah,
Just bought the multicultural one from you - looks great.

Mel x

[allykidz]

I've also just bought the multicultural pack ;D
x

[manjay]

I have just received the Childminders diary and it is fab. I usually struggle with things off ebay as they are geared towards OFSTED who of course do not regulate Wales. The EYFS is also not used in Wales so I have to be able to remove references to it. However Sarah has done this so I will be able to replace OFSTED with CSSIW.

Thanks very much Sarah you have obviously put a lot of work into it. I look forward to receiving my multicultural pack.

Amanda xx

[manjay]

Have received the multicultural CD today. It is excellent. Sarah has obviously put so much work into this and I can honestly say it is THE BEST stuff I have bought on Ebay (and I have bought quite a few).

Thanks soooo much

Amanda xx

[susan]

Well done Sarah

I sell my policy documents and portfolio on ebay for £7.50 if anyone is interested also. ( cheeky aren't I, sorry )

I will be shopping with you shortly Sarah, do we get discount on the forum....LOL ;D

xxx

[rainbowmum]

Just orederd the multicultural pack!

[melliemel]

Have just ordered the multicultural pack, looking forward to receiving it!

[mel]

Received the multicultural pack and I have to say it is absolutely fabulous. Have you thought about doing one geared towards disability / inclusion Sarah? I'd buy that one too!

Mel x

[sarahnev707]

Thanks for that Mel - I'm busy working on risk assessment just now cos it's something we all need to do for EYFS (it's huge!).... and finishing off a 'bullying and behaviour' booklet for slightly older children - will look at disability / inclusion after I come back from hols (1 week to go!!)

To those who have bought my cd..... an apologetic note

The person who has been posting them for me from his work told me they cost £1.27 each to post - he lied didn't he? I sent one yesterday and it cost 47p.

I am sorry - I am an honest person and in no way meant to cheat anyone - I have donated £1 from each of your sales to the Hearing Dogs for the Deaf

I couldn't work out why the EBay 'postage and packing' star was getting emptier then yesterday at the post office I found out!

I hope you still feel you have got value for money

Sarahx

[ajs]

that's very generous of you sarah
most buyers allow a little extra for the packing and the trip to the post office etc but as i don't know what your charge was i suppose it's up to you.
i bought some lovely multicultural banners off a lady on ebay but her postage was ridiculous i didn't leave bad feedback just commented on feedback her answer was it covers her ebay costs which is not really what p and p is meant to be so i won't buy from her again. the ebay cost are meant to be covered in the item your loss if no one bids for them and you lose out.
anyway i am going to have a look at ypour stuff as i just don't have time to produce my own

mandy xx

[manjay]

That's very honest of you Sarah. I didn't take any notice of the postage cost I was in such a rush to put the CD in my computer.

as I said before the content of the CD is excellent value for money.

Amanda xx

[tasha]

Sarah ultra honest,
But your star is probably getting emptier as you email a lot of your stuff, so p& p is not relevant - your postage costs are fine, so don't worry yourself too much!
Tasha

[mel]

I never gave the postage cost a second thought. if you had charged over £2.00 i maybe would have but I still think that its reasonable. DOn't worry!

Mel x

[snowqueen]

Ooo this looks interesting, when i have some spare cash will buy some off you;)

[littleladybirds]

Well done Sarah your packs look fabulous. I will be buying them all as anything that makes my life easier concerning paperwork then i'm a fan.
You must be superwoman to find time to do something as professional as this and still childmind and other daily tasks ;D

kim x

[angeldelight]

I did look at some of Sarahs work and I thought it was excellent

I am sure you would all find it very useful

Good luck Sarah hope you sell loads

Angel xx

[sarahnev707]

:)Thanks Angel and everyone else who is saying nice things!!

All re-listed tonight..... plus a couple of new ones....

Multicultural activities
Daily diary
Risk assessments (for EYFS)
Religions of the world
Children's behaviour

Sarahx

[rainbowmum]

Have just had the Behaviour file and it is excellent - mamy thanks Sarah!

[rubybubbles]

I would love to get some stuff of you Sarah but noticed your files are on Word and don't have it! Oh well your stuff does look fab though -

[sarahnev707]

Don't cry rubybubbles!! I can make you better....! LOL Have you ever come across open office?

I used to run it on my other machine and it's great - it's freeware and you can use it to read and convert Word, Excel etc

Have a look at the blurb here - www.openoffice.org/

It's part of the reason I chose to do the books in Word - this way anyone at all can read them!

Sarahx

[susan]

do you offer discounts to forum members Sarah ....sorry but if you dont ask you dont get....lol

am gonna buy lots of you at the end of the month pay day after reading all the excellent feedback you have got xxx

[sarahnev707]

I love the new avatar Susan - really cute!

Not thought about it to be honest - they take me sooo long to write and EBay take a HUGE chunk, so think I would be cutting off my nose to spite etc....

I am, however, totally grateful to the forum for supporting me and giving me the confidence to carry on writing - and to Pauline for the intial review

I have just managed to put paypal on my website!!! It took 2 pretty computer literate adults and nearly a whole bottle of wine but we've got there!!

Is there a particular subject you're interested in Susan? Maybe I can help researching something for you? I just love a new challenge!

Sarahx

[susan]

well I'm going to order everything you have at the end of the month but wondered if you had thought about story sacks Sarah ? they seem to sell really well but there aren't many on ebay. Will have a think and get back to you .... but definately gonna buy at end of month and i appreciate the hard work it takes to put them together xxxx

[rubybubbles]

Sarah thankyou so much I'm managed to download that and will be paying you a visit on ebay tonight ;D I checked it on some other stuff dh couldn't open (ie funny stuff from his friends )

Now off to wake children for the school rum

[buildingblocks]

I would just like to say these are fantastic and have spent ages adapting them for my setting (not sure hubby is impressed lol). The multicultural book is wonderful. just want to say thanks Sarah for all the hard work you have put into these.

love Kate