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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June 23, 2022
Online Safety for Children – Safeguarding Children and Protecting Childcare Providers
Online safety refers to the actual act of staying safe online. It's typically called internet safety, cyber safety, or e-safety. This tactic incorporates all technolo...
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May 26, 2022
Health and Safety in Early Years Education
Maintaining health and safety within a nursery is critical to the highly vulnerable nature of all early years populations. As the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 speci...
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April 29, 2022
10 Tips for Introducing Geocaching in Schools and Out of School Clubs
As a free, family-friendly, fun option, geocaching is the perfect activity for getting outside and enjoying the weather. If you're tired of the same activities for th...
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March 31, 2022
Importance of Leadership in Childcare and Early Years Education
Leadership is a strong word that gets thrown around a lot, but many fail to incorporate key aspects into their centre. There's more to being a leader than simply adop...
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February 21, 2022
15 Ways to Increase Your Settings Childcare Occupancy Rate
Our previous blog covered effective ways to market your childcare business. But marketing your business is only one component of your childcare success. Childcare occupan...
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January 18, 2022
30 Ways to Market Your Childcare Business
Looking into childcare business marketing strategies for your business is often time-consuming and expensive. It seems there are countless options, both online and offlin...
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December 17, 2021
Why is mindfulness important in the early years?
Virtually every educator understands the importance of the first five years of development. Rapid brain development lays a foundation for health, wellness, and happiness....
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December 03, 2021
How to Talk to Your Children About Loss and Grief
Learning how to deal with grief is a difficult but important part of childhood development. From losing pets to grandparents, early childhood experiences of loss help set...
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November 17, 2021
7 Ways Childcare Providers Can Fight Climate Change
Although we've all heard the term climate change, few people actually know what it truly means. Even fewer people understand these changes' impact on our environm...
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October 28, 2021
Trick-or-treating in 2021 for Pre-schoolers
Halloween is a favourite holiday for children, with many parts of the world participating in the fun and festivity. The tradition dates back to the 16th century, with sli...
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