Early Years Websites

Journals
Nursery World http://www.nursery-world.com/
Nursery Directory http://www.nursery-directory.com/
 http://www.triangle.co.uk/ciec/index.htm Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is a new online, fully-refereed, international research journal. Over 7000 readers have already registered their subscriptions. The journal provides a forum for researchers and professionals who are exploring new and alternative perspectives in their work with young children (from birth to eight years of age) and their families. It aims to present opportunities for scholars to highlight the ways in which the boundaries of early childhood studies and practice are expanding, and for readers to participate in the discussion of emerging issues, contradictions and possibilities
EYE magazine is the leading monthly magazine for early years professionals. http://www.eyeonline.co.uk/

Practical Pre school http://www.practicalpreschool.com/home.html Monthly professional support in a magazine crammed full of ideas and activities - as well as keeping you in touch with developments and other professions in the early years sector

 



 Early years educator http://www.earlyyearseducator.co.uk/
ERIC – articles on Early Education - http://ericeece.org/
 Book Trust www.booktrust.org.uk
Book Trust is an independent charity that works to bring together readers and books. It runs the books for babies project Bookstart, funded by Sainsbury's.
Contact: Book Trust, Book House, 45 East Hill, London SW18 2QZ. Tel: 020 8870 9055/8. Book information service: 020 8874 8526.
  Roehampton Institute - http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/education/depts/earlychild.htm

 Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin (MYM - the largest provider of nursery education in the voluntary sector through the medium of Welsh/bilingual).  The website (bilingual) is www.mym.co.uk, whichcan tell you more about the organisation and its activities.

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Early Years organisations
 BAECE (now Early Education) - http://www.early-education.org.uk/
 Children's Play Council http://www.ncb.org.uk/cpc.htm
The Children's Play Council is a strategic alliance of leading voluntary organisations working together to promote children’s play. As the independent voice of play, the Council works to improve play opportunities and to campaign for more resources for play.
Contact: Children's Play Council, 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE. Tel: 020 7843 6016. Fax: 020 7278 9512.
Child care and Early Learning http://www.dete.sa.gov.au/cel_home.asp
http://www.kidsclubs.org.uk/ Links to Early years sites and lots of information
 Scottish Pre-School Play Association
Contact: Scottish Pre-School Play Association, 14 Elliott Place, Glasgow G2 4HL. Tel: 0141 221 4148.
 Pre-School Learning Alliance http://www.pre-school.org.uk
The Pre-school Learning Alliance is a national educational charity and umbrella body linking 17,000 community-based pre-schools. The charity aims to support the involvement of parents in their children's early education and to provide opportunities for parents to take part in further education and training.
Contact: Pre-School Learning Alliance, 69 Kings Cross Road, London WC1X 9LL. Tel: 020 7833 0991. Fax: 020 7837 4942. Childcare Helpline: 020 7837 5
National Childminding Association http://www.ncma.org.uk
National Day Nurseries Association www.ndna.org.uk
Daycare Trust www.daycaretrust.org.uk
Playgroup Network www.playgroup-network.org.uk
Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN) www.pat.org.uk
Childworks www.childworks.co.uk
Kids & Co Online www.childcare-info.co.uk
London Play www.londonplay.org.uk
A London-wide voluntary organisation supporting and co-ordinating out of school play services across the Capital
Kiddikare www.kiddikareuk.co.uk

National Resources

www.qca.org.uk/ca/foundation
Developmentally Appropriate Technology for Early Childhood
http://www.becta.org.uk/technology/infosheets/html/foundationstage.html What is the foundation stage?
The foundation stage is a new stage in education that was introduced in September 2000. It refers to the two-year period in Nursery (or playgroup) and Reception prior to Key Stage 1, when children are between three and seven years old. This period is clearly crucial, as it is at this time that the foundations are laid for lifelonglearning
 Consultation Paper on the Regulation and Inspection of Early Education and Day Care http://www.dfee.gov.uk/earlyed/earlyed.doc
 QCA site looking into structure for qualifications for early years http://www.qca.org.uk/child_care/
 The Early Childhood Research Group - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/education/earlyyears
 Hampshire’s Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership site - http://www.hants.gov.uk/childcare/
 National Children’s Bureau - http://www.ncb.org.uk/
 National Early Excellence Centres - http://www.earlyexcellence.org/sidebar.htm
 National Early Years Network An independent charity concerned with improving the quality of life for all young children. It offers practical support to people who provide services for young children and families, and six times a year it publishes Coordinate, a magazine covering a useful variety of early years issues, including research, government initiatives, opinion and policy.
Contact: National Early Years Network, 77 Holloway Road, London N7 8JZ. Tel: 020 7607 9573.
  Roehampton Institute - http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/education/depts/earlychild.htm
 National Family and Parenting Institute www.nfpi.org
An independant charity set up by the Government in 1999 to provide a strong national focus on parenting and families. Contact: National Family and Parenting Institute, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AU. Tel: 020 7278 1920
http://www.sightlines-initiative.comSupporting creative thinking and practice in early childhood services in North-East England and across the UKUK reference point for the Reggio Children Network .

FOUNDATION STAGE PROFILING - BOOKLET AND GUIDANCE:-
http://www.foundationstageprofile@qca.org.uk/ca/foundation/foundation_stage_handbook.pdf
http://www.foundationstageprofile@qca.org.uk/ca/foundation/foundation_stage_profiles.pdf

Foundation Stage Resources

Lots of ideas on How to use ICT in the foundation stage http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?pagetype=client&client=cteacher&clientcat=001000003002
Learning with ICT at the Foundation Stage Early learning goals for information and communication technology All children from the age of three should begin to show an interestin ICT http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=2666
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/primary/ey/index.htm Birmingham National Grid fro learning early years site
http://www.4learning.co.uk/numbercrew/The Number Crew is Channel 4's highly acclaimed television series to support Maths teaching and learning for five to seven year olds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/littlekidsThis BBC site is aimed at pre-school children and has a selection of activities featuring characters who appear on CBBC such as the Teletubbies, Spot, Postman Pat and Noddy. Activities include pictures to colour in, sending an email postcard, games to play and a gallery for sending in children's own contributions.
Hop Pop Town - A musical project ...The main objective of this project is to encourage children to improvise musical sequences, one of the vital factors for young children to enjoy music. We have developed a child-friendly interface that allows smooth navigtion for children and invites their confidence and further motivation.
Young children can enhance their imagination by combining sound with pictures. We have also introduced writing pages that take material from musical games and help children use multiple media to express themselves. These games do not require the shockwave plug-in file.http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/

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Under 5s http://www.underfives.co.uk
Argosphere activities for age 3+ http://www.argosphere.net/n_auth/n_fr_age3.htm
Learning Early: 0 - 5 years http://www.learningearly.com/
Teaching Ideas: Early Years http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/earlyyears/contents.htm
http://www.earlyears.com offers free information and advice to everyone who lives or works with young children. The alphabetical format is easy to use and articles range from the educational (the Foundation stage, the value of play) - to the useful (behaviour management, helping the left-handed child) to the recreational (swimming, planning a trip to the zoo)
. Nursery Teachers’ resources - http://www.theteacherscorner.net/
 The Child Literacy Centre www.childliteracy.comThe Child Literacy Centre is a commercial organisation that aims to make early learning fun for young children and help parents help their children
.Pre school Zone http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/pz.html
 Underfives site http://www.underfives.co.uk/
Kidscape www.kidscape.org.uk
Keeping children safe from harm or abuse. NSPCC www.nspcc.org.uk
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Child Accident Prevention Trust www.capt.org.uk
Child Line www.childline.org.uk
Action for Leisure www.actionforleisure.org.uk Action for Leisure is a small national charity working to promote play, leisure and recreation with and for disabled adults and children.
Children's Rights Alliance www.crights.org.uk
Anti-bullying Network www.antibullying.net
Kidsactive www.kidsactive.org.uk Play and opportunities for disabled children.
NCH Action for Children www.nchafc.org.uk
Nescafé Getting Together to Help http://213.41.46.98 Information about the Nescafé Kids' Clubs Challenge.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/
http://www.sunnydownbuses.com/index.htm

Activities for the under '5s'

On line stories There are original stories with color illustrations for young children as well as older children and young adults. Children's Storybooks Online seeks to combine education and entertainment to amuse and engage children's imaginations. There are riddles, mazes, coloring book pages and a page with children's links that have won Children's Storybooks Online Award for excellence. http://www.magickeys.com/books/about.html
Fun with Spot lots of interactive activities for the very young http://www.funwithspot.com/house.asp?locale=UK
PSB KIDS an interactive site with lots of games and puzzles links to lots of activities http://pbskids.org
North-Pole.com - Santa's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.northpole.com/
Pilkey - Website o' fun http://www.pilkey.com/
The Mouse Club we hope you enjoy the games to play, stories to read and cards to make. The site has been developed for 3 to 6 year olds and all those of us who are 'young at heart'.http://www.themouseclub.co.uk/update3/home/news.asp
Web Type - Learn the Alphabet & Learn to Type http://www.web-type.com/alphabet/
Young at @rt http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/teach/young_at_art/index.html
 www.enchantedlearning.com This is a delightful site, packed full of material "designed to capture the imagination while maximising creativity, learning, and enjoyment". Mostly aimed at children it makes a big effort to be user-friendly, easy to navigate and the Little Explorers picture dictionary has over 1000 links for small surfers. For teachers there is advice for teaching pre-readers. Software available.
 http://animabets.com/charbook/contents.html A useful section within a large site. The character book provides instantly-appealing cartoon characters for each letter of the alphabet and a 'resume' of that character using a rich and varied vocabulary. This provides highly motivating support for work with initial phonemes. Emailing the characters results in a swift and automatic response.
 http://www.dreambox.com/storybox/bluebear/bluebear.shtml Bluebear is a charming animal who features in this on-line storybook. It is a lovely story, beautifully illustrated. A useful feature is that the images may be preloaded to allow the story to flow more smoothly. You can colour in and print out the pictures too
. www.beartime.com This is the most delightful of sites for anyone with a soft spot for Teddy Bears. Use the site to support literacy work by reading the exciting adventures of John and El, (supported by high quality photography of the bears in action), then submit your class’s own Teddy Bear stories. Alternatively have the children write directly to John and El, or send in their Teddy Bear pictures or photographs for the Gallery. There are pictures to be coloured, book reviews and a list of links including bear and Teddy Bear links.
 www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/menu.html This BBC Education site features the Little Animals Activity Centre, a group of six woodland creatures who invite you into interactive word, number, making etc type games. You’ll need Flash and Shockwave to successfully animate and add music to the site.
CBBC Newsround Online www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
A unique daily rolling news service designed especially for children.
Grid Club www.gridclub.com A site for 7-11 year olds with free educational games, an online thesaurus, dictionary and atlas, plus online clubs for children to chat safely to other kids who share their interests. (The clubs are constantly monitored by educational professionals).
Cybertales www.cybertales.co.uk For children aged up to 10 years. A site where parents can read original stories with their kids. Also includes games, puzzles and jokes.
Cartoon Network www.cartoonNetwork.co.uk Cartoon site for children, featuring characters from Scooby Doo and Hong Kong Phooey to The Powerpuff Girls and Dragonball Z. Plus games, downloads and prizes

 

 

Nursery Schools
http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/foundation/index.htm
Interesting site full of good relevant information
 Newcastle University, Dept. of Education Early Years site - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/education/earlyyears/
 Northern Ireland Early Years - http://www.deni.gov.uk/parstu/earlylearning/foreword.htm
 Nursery School Web site - http://www.rosegrovenursery.freeserve.co.uk/Page1.html
 Pen Green - http://www.btinternet.com/~pengreen/
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Government Oranisations

The Department of Education and Skills www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm
Do something you love for a living www.dfes.gov.uk/childcarecareers
Early Years Development and Childcare www.dfes.gov.uk/eydcp
Small Business Service www.sbs.gov.uk
Work Life Balance www.dti.gov.uk/work-lifebalance/index.htm
Wired for Health www.wiredforhealth.gov.ukThe health website for schools.
The Department for Work and Pensions www.dfwp.gov.uk
The Treasury www.treasury.gov.uk
Working Families' Tax Credit www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/wftcInformation on the Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC).
ChildcareLink www.childcarelink.gov.uk Government site providing information on local and national childcare.
OFSTED www.ofsted.gov.uk The Office for Standards in Education.

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