The ELHQ Blog
Welcome to the ELHQ blog. We use this space to let you know about any new teaching resources we have put on to the site and to share any interesting thoughts or observations relating to the world of early years education. Please feel free to share your thoughts about any of the issues raised by leaving comments underneath the posts.
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How to get your children to read
One of the most important skills in life that you can learn is to read. Reading forms the basis for almost everything we do, from driving, to using the internet, reading...
Simple is sometimes best
Oh the joy of hearing a small child cry “Let’s have salmon for tea, the special way you cook it Mum!” This from a 10 year old who doesn’t often li...
Ofsted evaluation schedule for new EYFS published
I thought I’d draw everyone’s attention to the guidance for early years inspectors published by Ofsted recently. It’s an essential read for early years providers an...
Looking after a pet can help children with autism
A study by the Hospital Research Centre of Brest has revealed an interesting connection between pets and children with autism. The study divided a selection of aut...
Early Years Olympic Challenges
The Olympics was an obvious choice as a topic for the school holiday time. We have children ranging in age from barely 2 to nearly 5 who are together for this time...
UK Based Children’s Charities
Needless to say, there are absolutely loads of wonderful children’s charities who do amazing work to promote the welfare of children both here in the UK and across th...
Foundation Years Benchmarking Tool
One of our visitors sent me a link to a handy new application on the Department for Education’s Website. It’s called the Foundation Years Benchmarking Tool and it ena...
Site problems
Just a very quick message to say that we’re expriencing some problems with our site at the moment — the layott keeps breaking. It has something to do with our...
Teach Your Monsters To Read
Teach Your Monster to Read: First Steps is a free online game from the Usborne Foundation to help children practise and consolidate the essential first stages of readi...
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