Local Authorities

FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Support for everyone working with families in your area

Consistent messages help parents and carers know what to do and take action.

Share trusted, practical guidance at key stages of a child’s development across Best Start Family Hub and Healthy Babies, schools and health services. When everyone is saying the same thing, families receive clearer, more joined-up support.

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نصائح عملية وإرشادات للآباء والعائلات التي لديها أطفال صغار من عمر الولادة حتى 5 سنوات.

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دليل تنظيف الأسنان للأطفال

دليل عملي للعائلات حول كيفية العناية بأسنان الأطفال الصغار، وترسيخ عادات جيدة لتنظيف الأسنان بالفرشاة، والوقاية من تسوس الأسنان منذ ظهور أول سن.

Potty Training

دليل التدريب على استخدام النونية

دليل عملي للعائلات حول متى وكيفية تدريب الأطفال على استخدام النونية، يتضمن نصائح خطوة بخطوة لمساعدتهم على التوقف عن استخدام الحفاضات بثقة وبنجاح.

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المرحلة التمهيدية

دليل عملي للعائلات حول المهارات الأساسية التي يمكن للأطفال ممارستها في المنزل لمساعدتهم على الشعور بالثقة والاستقلالية والاستعداد لبدء مرحلة الحضانة.

“I attend a lot of New to Reception meetings and these resources are excellent to discuss with parents. They are genuinely excited to take them away and find them very accessible. They really support the message we have been sharing. Thank you.”

Emma Brown, Early Years Family Support Worker | Westmorland and Furness Council

مجموعات أدوات الطفولة المبكرة

In this section, you’ll find free, ready-to-use promotional materials and messaging for professionals working in early years settings, schools and local authorities, designed to help you share and promote each of the guides.

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مكتبة الندوات عبر الإنترنت

Explore our library of recorded webinars featuring practical, real-world approaches on how to support parents and carers of children aged 0-5 with topics from potty training to starting Reception. 

50 mins • 30th April, 2026

Starting Reception - Setting Expectations with Parents

This webinar explores how schools, early years settings and childminders can use Starting Reception to help families understand what starting school really looks like and why children need school readiness skills to thrive from day one.

You'll hear examples of practice from a school and a nursery, and come away with top tips and quick, easy wins.

48 mins • 8th June, 2026

Supporting Parents with Potty Training

This practical and supportive webinar for schools and early years settings explores how to work positively with families around potty training before children start Reception.

We discuss how practitioners can approach sensitive conversations, while balancing the realities and expectations within early years and school settings. Hear from experts in this area, who will share their experience, advice and top tips.

53 mins • 23rd April, 2026

Drive School Readiness for Local Authorities

This webinar explores how to improve school readiness for children starting reception, led by Kindred Squared. It highlights the growing gap between parent expectations and actual readiness, and introduces practical, evidence-based solutions to support early years development.

سجّل اشتراكك في نشرتنا الإخبارية

"نشرة أخبار شهرية لمجتمع الطفولة المبكرة (Early Years Community)، تقدم أحدث الأدلة والموارد المجانية وفرص التعاون. سجّل اشتراكك لتكون أول من يعلم بالمستجدات."

 

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