Early Years Educator: Understanding Phonics
EYE Consultant Janet Stearns offers guidance on teaching phonics as part of the new Level 3 EYE qualification, plus links to free resources to help you get to grips with phonics teaching. Read More
Childcare
Early Years Educator: Tackling Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is on the rise with 28% of two to fifteen year olds classed as clinically obese. Janet Stearn looks at some of the campaigns trying to tackle this worrying trend and suggests how your learners can incorporate them into their study. Read More
Childcare: The two-year-old entitlement
How changes to provisions of childcare for two-year-olds can be met by students studying for the Early Years Educator qualification. Read More
Preparing for the new Early Years Educator Qualification
We take a look at the criteria for the new Level 3 Early Years Educator Qualification and the implications for those teaching in childcare and early years. Read More
Childcare – Now I Am Two!
The government programme to provide funded childcare places for disadvantaged two year olds will be fully implemented in 2013 Read More
Childcare – ‘Tis the Season
As the end of the year approaches, our thoughts turn towards the seasonal festivities in schools and nurseries across the country. Read More
Class activities for child nutrition
Some class activities for your Children and Young Person's Workforce students based on food and nutrition Read More
Childcare – Activity plans for Health and Safety
Engage your Children and Young People's Workforce students with these activity plans and case studies for teaching Health and Safety. Read More
Communication: through the eyes of a child
The Communication Trust has recently produced four films to help parents encourage their children’s communication development. http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/parents/films-for-parents.aspx These short films (between 2 and 5 minutes) are based on material from last year’s national year of communication project ‘Hello’ and cover the age ranges birth to 6 months, 6 months… Read More
Secondary Childcare – Working with Parents and Carers
Earlier this year saw the launch of a new online directory, The Good Care Guide. It will enable parents to search for, rate and comment on the quality of care provided by all registered childcare settings in England. The creators of the guide, My Family Care, hope it will improve… Read More