Early Years Tips, Activity Ideas and Best Practices

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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

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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 ...

Tag: childminder, early years, out of school programs, starting your own childcare business,

Benefits of constructive plain early years

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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...

Tag: billing and invoicing, early years, starting your own childcare business,

Fun Preschool Maths Activities for Preschoolers

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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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The benefits of heuristic play and treasure baskets

Cheqdin Childcare Software
February-25-2019

What You Should Know About Heuristic Play

Children are at their happiest when given space to explore. They scuttle around their environment touching, handling and chewing on anything they can grab with their...

Tag: early years, nursery management,

How to write incident reports in childcare or writing ouch reports

Cheqdin Childcare Software
February-21-2019

The Whys and Hows of Writing Incident Reports for Childcare

Of all the documentation you wish you didn’t have to do as a childcare provider, incident reports aka ouch reports could be sitting right at the top of the list. W...

Tag: accident and incident reporting, early years, nursery management, ofsted, starting your own childcare business,

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