The Early Years & Childcare Blog
Expert insights, practical tips, creative activities, ideas and inspiration to enhance your early years practice—explore it all on the Cheqdin Blog.
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April 01, 2019
10 Cute Easter Craft Ideas for After School Clubs
With Easter just around the corner, here is a roundup of some super cute Easter craft and activity ideas the kids are sure to love.
1. Easter Egg Unicorns
Thes...
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March 28, 2019
How to Teach Persistence to Preschoolers
‘Tis a lesson you should heed -
Try, try again;
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again.
Then your courage should appear;
For, if you will persevere
Y...
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March 25, 2019
Childcare and Early Years Lexicon
From au-pair and childminder to the interchangeably used preschool, daycare, day nursery and kindergarten, we take a look at some of the commonly used terms in chil...
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March 21, 2019
5 Common Mistakes Start-Up Childcare Businesses Make
1. Going for a complex business model
A cardinal mistake many start-up childcare businesses tend to make when shaping their business model is – providing too man...
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March 18, 2019
Why is Constructive Play Important in Early Years
From cardboard-crate-turned-pirate-ships, kitchen-roll-tube telescopes and muddy trenches in the fields to meticulously built lego police stations, constructive pla...
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March 14, 2019
How to Tackle Food Waste in Out of School Clubs
From the unfinished meals left on the plates to the spoiled food and usable bits and bobs tossed out from the school kitchens, the Education Sector churns out nearl...
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March 11, 2019
A Peep into the Evolution of Early Childhood Education
Early childhood education (ECE) is the education of children from birth until the age of eight. As these formative years mark the most rapid phase of brain developm...
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March 07, 2019
Tips for Managing Preschool Billing
To most people, managing preschool billing begins and ends with the collection of payments. However, as any business owner who's ever been there would admit, the co...
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March 04, 2019
7 Fun Maths Activities for Preschoolers
We have some fun preschool maths activities in our activity round-up this week.
1.Ishful Maths
Before you start wondering about the ‘w’, no,...
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February 28, 2019
4 Tips to Choose a Staff Time-Clock Software
Time clock software come in all shapes and forms these days. You get them as free stand-alone products; as part of full-fledged management software packages; with o...
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