cheqdin
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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cheqdin
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 ā providing too man...
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cheqdin
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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cheqdin
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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cheqdin
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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cheqdin
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 āwā, no,...
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cheqdin
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 thei...
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cheqdin
February 21, 2019
The Whys and Hows of Ā Writing Incident Reports for Childcare
Of all the documentation you wish you didnāt have to do as a childcare provider, incident reports aka ouch reports could be sitting right at the top of the list. ...
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cheqdin
February 18, 2019
8 Circle TimeĀ Activity Ideas for Preschoolers
When you have a group of chirpy preschoolers with attention spans averaging 10-15 minutes (20 at best!), you won't have a choice but to arm yourself with a massive st...
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cheqdin
February 14, 2019
Ofstedās Education Inspection Framework 2019: Whatās in it for Early Years?
The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has now released the draft for its Education Inspection Framework for 2019. The new framework has been developed in a...
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