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
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
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
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
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