iChild.co.uk is sponsored by Childsure
Friday 12th March 2010
iChild.co.uk is sponsored by Childsure
Friday 12th March 2010
Our 3-5 years section focuses on your child's pre-school years. We've produced printable activities based around the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which will help your child's development in language, creativity, problem solving and understanding of the world.
Now your child has reached the age of three, with the ‘terrible twos’ hopefully a thing of the past, the financial game changes a little. You can strike nappies and baby formula off your shopping list, unless of course your little angel has been joined by a younger sibling, but you will probably be spending more on shoes and items like bikes and scooters. Now is also a good time to revisit your longer-term financial plans, or put some in place if you haven’t already.
F&C has produced some articles relevant to our 3-5 years section, giving information on Nursery Costs, Switching Your Child Trust Fund and Other Savings.
Childcare.co.uk is the UK's largest childcare search site and a great tool in helping to introduce parents and childcare providers.
The site has over 70,000 members including babysitters, nannies and registered childminders. Both parents and childcare providers can register for free and post a profile advertising their childcare requirements or childcare services. The site offers a secure, web based messaging system and childcare providers can be reviewed by parents. Register for free at www.childcare.co.uk.
Sarah J. MacDonald's Magical World of Nursery Rhymes is now available to buy at iTunes and Amazon as an MP3 album.
You can listen to all the wonderful tracks and receive 2 FREE MP3 songs here, plus you can also download the lyrics and colouring-in sheets.
Childsure has launched a brand new initiative to allow every school and nursery in the UK to receive FREE sports and play equipment. Please let your school or nursery know that they simply need to register for the free sports equipment scheme, and then if you purchase a Child Health Solutions policy from Childsure (and nominate that school), the school will receive £15 of vouchers to spend on sports or play equipment. Schools and nurseries should register here. As a parent you can receive a quote, purchase a policy and nominate your school or nursery to receive free sports equipment here.
Register for free at Natural England's new Big Wildlife Garden website and find out everything you need to know to get birds, butterflies, frogs and toads migrating to your back garden. You can earn points for everything you do and track your progress towards Bronze, Silver, Gold and Green award levels.
We've got a set of 5 great Waybuloo story and activity books to give away. Visit our Waybuloo competition page for all the details.
We would love your views please in our UK pocket money survey. The questionnaire will only take a couple of minutes to complete, and you will then be able to enter our prize draw to win a selection of development toys from Learning Curve.
Milissa Seiler is an early years professional at the Nagila Pre-school in the London borough of Barnet. She explains why she chose Early Years Professional Status (EYPS).
Read her story here and you could win £60 of great pre-school toys from Learning Curve!
We have an exclusive clip here of Driver Dan's Story Train. You can see this new series now daily at 12.30pm on CBeebies.
Insuring your pre-school child privately, will give you peace of mind that should your child need it, they will receive the best care possible. Here's more information on Childsure Insurance for your child.
In 2006 the government launched a dental referral scheme, with the aim of getting more children seen by a dentist. At present 30.4% of children are NOT seen on a regular basis by a dentist. 33% have missing teeth or fillings by the age of 5. Child Health Solutions gives your child up to £300* of dental cover in every policy year, in addition it will also provide accidental dental cover (up to £600 per policy year) should your child accidentally injure their teeth. View the Childsure website for more information. * Subject to an excess of £50 (only applies to routine dental cover)
We have partnered with leading primary language specialist La Jolie Ronde, to develop our French and Spanish foreign language learning activities on iChild.
La Jolie Ronde has been successfully offering language learning for 3-11 year olds throughout the UK for 25 years with fantastic results.
