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Early Years Knowledge Bank

Welcome to the Early Years Knowledge Bank


The Early Years Knowledge Bank is a collection of high quality thematic early years content, curated to inspire ideas across practice, research, influencing and advocacy.

We hope to inspire ideas to enhance and shape our work with partners and to contribute to current Early Years discourse across the UK while improving learning and development outcomes for babies and young children (Birth to 5) experiencing poverty.

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Young Children's Voices

All children have a right to be listened to, but often, the voices of the youngest children are not heard.

‘Young Children’s Voices' explores why and how to listen to the youngest children.

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Why Early Years Matters

Children's early years are the most formative and crucial for later life and play a key role in their overall development.


 

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The impact of COVID-19 on young children

How were the youngest children impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, what is needed to mitigate this impact, and what can we learn from this?

 

Image credit: Volodymyr Hryshchenko / Unsplash

Parental engagement in children's learning

Coming soon:
When parents are engaged in their children's development, early learning and play, children do better. Yet poverty makes it harder for parents to make the space. 
 

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