Early Years Tips, Activity Ideas and Best Practices

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Department for Education funding for Early Language Development in England

Cheqdin Childcare Software
April-23-2019

Department for Education to Invest £6.5m for Early Language Development in England

A £6.5m investment funding from the Department for Education is set to help disadvantaged children under the age of five with their early speech and communication s...

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Tips for encouraging curiosity in children

Cheqdin Childcare Software
April-15-2019

The Importance of Encouraging Curiosity in Children

From clever quips and brilliant observations to a barrage of questions that catch you off guard, curiosity in children can come dressed in many fascinating guises. S...

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Cheqdin Childcare Software
April-04-2019

The Dos and Don’ts of Online Safety for Early Years

According to Ofcom's recent survey on Children's Media Use and Attitude (2018), 52% of 3-4-year-olds use the internet for an average of 9 hours every week and 45% 3-...

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Teaching Mastery Motivation or Persistence to Preschoolers

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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 You will...

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Common terms used in childcare and Early Years

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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 child...

Tag: childminder, early years,

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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 many ...

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Benefits of constructive plain early years

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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 play...

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The Evolution of Early Childhood Education or ECE

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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 developme...

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Cheqdin Childcare Software
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 col...

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Fun Preschool Maths Activities for Preschoolers

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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, a typ...

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