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Welcome to the Â黨ӰÊÓblog, where you’ll find expert advice, best practice tips and ideas, thoughtful opinion pieces and successful case studies. For everyone who is passionate about the importance of Early Years.

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Coronavirus – what you need to know

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Jan 31, 2020
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Best practice

*This page was last updated on 21 February 2022*

Get coronavirus guidance and information for nurseries and the early years — includes links to government public health website and resources.Read more

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Emotion Coaching in the Early Years

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Jan 15, 2020
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Â黨ӰÊÓpublications

Being an emotion coach requires adults to respond fully to young children’s expressions of their feelings and to help them to learn to regulate them for themselves — not just to make them feel better but as a crucial part of their development into fulfilled, balanced human beings.Read more

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Why we must recruit more men into the early years — and how we can do it

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Jan 7, 2020
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Business management

Latest figures show that in England and Wales only 3% of staff in early years education are male. Dr Jeremy Davies from MITEY (Men In The Early Years) outlines why this is such a big problem and how we can address it.Read more

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Why the DfE's proposed changes to the early learning goals are flawed

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Dec 10, 2019
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Policy

The DfE is currently consulting on proposed changes to the EYFS with a focus on the proposed new early learning goals. But there are genuine concerns about whether the new goals can succeed, argues the Alliance's Melanie Pilcher.Read more

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Creating a popular pop-up children's space at events

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Dec 3, 2019
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Events

Laura Wilkinson shares a story of providing a successful bespoke pop-up children's space at a breastfeeding festival in Milton Keynes.Read more

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