Find out about best practice surrounding intimate care routines and how to turn them into meaningful learning opportunities. What are intimate care routines? Intimate care routines are essential throughout the day to ensure that children’s basic needs are met. Intimate care routines include nappy changing, supporting children with using the toilet, changing clothes and administering… Continue reading Respectful intimate care in nurseries
Blog Tag: PSED
Oral health in early years: Healthy mouths, healthy children
Find out about the importance of good oral health in early years, as well as how to support it in your setting. Looking after children’s teeth is essential for keeping their whole bodies healthy. Creating good oral health habits early is essential to preventing and controlling tooth decay. Tooth decay is largely preventable but is… Continue reading Oral health in early years: Healthy mouths, healthy children
Nurturing children’s emotional well-being
Discover the key aspects of nurturing children’s emotional well-being as well as strategies to support children in the early years to develop resilience and happiness. Well-being is at the core of the early years and vital for all areas of learning. Increasing levels of well-being in the first five years of a child’s life is… Continue reading Nurturing children’s emotional well-being
Learning through play in early years
Best practice in early years encourages a play-based curriculum coupled with practitioners who hold a full understanding of the pedagogy of play and the different techniques and methods for teaching children through play. A range of research tells us that children learn best through play too and there are a number of play theorists that… Continue reading Learning through play in early years
Settling children into nursery
See our top tips for settling children into nursery. Thinking about childcare and returning to work can be a daunting and often scary thought, especially when baby places in popular, high-quality nurseries often fill up fast – meaning you may have to make these decisions when your baby is still quite young. See our tips… Continue reading Settling children into nursery
Top tips: Supporting nursery children to manage feelings
Managing feelings and behaviour is a crucial element of Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) for nursery children. Here are our NDNA early years expert’s tips on supporting PSED at your nursery. Personal, Social and Emotional Development is a prime area of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework (2017). As an early… Continue reading Top tips: Supporting nursery children to manage feelings