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10 Ways To Promote Good Mental Health In Children

Mental Health is important no matter what age, and to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week (7th-13th February 2022), we wanted to share some help...

Imogen Clegg February 1, 2022
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What are some of the challenges facing smaller childcare settings?

Our CEO, Chris Reid, recently shared his thoughts with ChildCare Club surrounding how the right technology can help childminders, after school clubs, ...

Lewis Rennison August 10, 2021
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Four top tips for encouraging and enjoying constructive play

Our customer success manager, Nikki Walsh, recently shared her four top tips for encouraging and enjoying constructive play. Stacking, moulding, assem...

Lewis Rennison July 13, 2021
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Top five messy play ideas

From jumping in puddles to making mud cakes, messy play – or sensory play – is much-loved by children. As well as being oodles of fun, it also car...

Lewis Rennison July 12, 2021
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Free Childcare Webinar: Self Regulation with Sue Asquith

    Watch the webinar back here in case you missed it.   Back in 2020, we introduced our extremely successful free webinar series ‘Co...

Lewis Rennison April 26, 2021
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Supporting ‘Big Emotions’

Supporting children’s personal, social and emotional development has always been a top priority within our sector, but never before has it been more...

Lewis Rennison April 15, 2021
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Childminders & Tech – Guest Post

Home-based childcare providers are already under increasing time-restraints and additional workloads as a result of lone-working, there are just not e...

Lewis Rennison March 22, 2021
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Four top tips on how to continue child learning in the home

Spending time at nursery is an important part of child development – cognitively, socially and emotionally – but when little ones leave the childc...

Lewis Rennison March 9, 2021
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The Best Messy Play Ideas For Childminders

Learning through play (and messy play) is essential to everything we do in Early Years, and has been proven to help the brain establish new synaptic-c...

Lewis Rennison March 4, 2021
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Guest Blog – Five ways childminders can unlock more time in their day

This month, we welcome Chloe Webster of Pebbles Childcare, to contribute a guest blog on her topic of choice – helping childminders to unlock more t...

Lewis Rennison February 25, 2021
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Eid will be celebrated on the 2nd May, and we have Eid will be celebrated on the 2nd May, and we have compiled a fun printable resource for your children to use for celebration! This guide features 5 Eid card designs for children to draw and colour to celebrate the end of Ramadan! 

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International Space Day is almost here, and to cel International Space Day is almost here, and to celebrate we have put together a new activity guide with 10 fun space themed activities for you to try with the little ones! 🚀

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Have you downloaded our FREE World Book Day Activi Have you downloaded our FREE World Book Day Activity Guide yet? 

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With Storm Eunice visiting the UK over the weekend With Storm Eunice visiting the UK over the weekend, we decided it was the perfect time to put together a collection of Rainy Day activities for early years. Our FREE activity guide features 10 fun activities you can do with children on a rainy day...
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Imogen has been cooking up some Korean style fried Imogen has been cooking up some Korean style fried tofu this week! These sticky bites of goodness are healthy, full of protein, and ideal for a balanced midweek meal alongside rice and vegetables. 
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Water play is the perfect time to break out a mini Water play is the perfect time to break out a mini beach setup! 

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We’ve got a few fun Valentine’s Day crafts cur We’ve got a few fun Valentine’s Day crafts currently on the blog, check them out! 💖 
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Herbs are wonderful in water play, as they provide Herbs are wonderful in water play, as they provide colour, texture, and amazing scents!

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