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24 Sept 2025
Explainer Film 5: Supporting early learning
This film explores scaffolding, a guiding approach where adults support children in accomplishing tasks just beyond their current abilities, gradually withdrawing assistance as children become more...
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23 Sept 2025
Exam Practice Papers for Units 1 & 2
We’re excited to launch brand-new Exam Practice Papers to support learners preparing for the AAQ BTEC National in Early Childhood Development. These practice papers provide the most realistic...
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22 Sept 2025
Explainer Film 4: Back and forth interactions
This explainer highlights the importance of contingent responsiveness, the finely attuned, sensitive response adults give to a child's cues, likened to a game of "serve and return." When adults...
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19 Sept 2025
Explainer Film 3: Managing big feelings together
This film explains how adults support children through co-regulation, helping them manage overwhelming emotions with empathy and calm, so they can gradually develop their own emotional regulation,...
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18 Sept 2025
Printed Student Knowledge Books for Units 1 & 2
We’re delighted to launch brand-new Student Knowledge Books to support learners studying the AAQ BTEC National in Early Childhood Development. Think of these as revision guides that students write...
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17 Sept 2025
Free Knowledge Organisers for Unit 1 Children's Development
We are pleased to offer a full set of Knowledge Organisers for Unit 1 Children's Development. Included in the download: A completed set for teacher and student referenceA blank set for download...
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15 Sept 2025
Explainer Film 2: Noticing and navigating feelings
The second film explores attunement, the sensitive noticing, understanding, and responding to children’s emotional cues, such as expressions, sounds, and actions, in ways that support their...
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11 Sept 2025
Free Key Term Glossaries for Early Childhood Development
We’re excited to share free digital Key Term Glossaries to support teaching and learning in the AAQ BTEC National in Early Childhood Development. Available now for: Unit 1: Children’s...
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9 Sept 2025
Explainer Film 1: How we grow an emotionally healthy brain
This first film explores how early experiences shape lifelong health, wellbeing, learning, and opportunity. It shows that during the first years, a child’s brain develops at a remarkable pace,...
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9 Sept 2025
Introducing the Royal Foundation Explainer Series for Early Childhood Development
The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has created a stunning set of short, evidence-based videos called the Explainer Series. Each film is beautifully animated and designed to make...
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9 Sept 2025
New Student Guide: AAQ BTEC National in Early Childhood Development
Our series of Student Guides are a great way to provide your students with a printed or digital overview of their qualification. We recommend every student is issued with one at the start of term...
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9 Sept 2025
Choosing Complementary AAQs: A Perfect Partnership Between Early Childhood Development and Health & Social Care
This September marks an exciting milestone as we begin teaching the new raft of Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs). With the recent shift in policy under the Labour government, schools and...
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9 Sept 2025
Welcome to tutor2u Early Childhood Development!
We’re delighted to extend the trusted tutor2u support to this important subject. Our mission is simple: to make teaching easier and learning more effective. For over 20 years, tutor2u has been at...
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