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What Is a Key Person at Nursery?

Understand the key-person approach and why a consistent relationship can help children feel secure in an early years setting.

A parent-friendly explanation of the seven EYFS areas and the kinds of experiences children may have.

Simple ways parents can support listening, attention, understanding and speaking through everyday activities.

How early years settings support movement, coordination, healthy routines and growing independence.

A simple guide to early literacy and how parents can encourage a love of books, stories and mark-making.

How young children develop early mathematical ideas through counting, comparison, patterns, shape and everyday play.

What 'Understanding the World' means in the EYFS and how children explore their environment.

How music, movement, art, role play and making help young children express ideas and develop creativity.

Understand how early years settings support confidence, relationships, emotional regulation and independence.

What happens during the two-year progress check, what parents can expect and how it supports early development.

Simple ways to make reading part of family life and support language, attention and early literacy.

What parents can do if they have concerns about communication and how nursery can help identify support needs.