Childcare and school: 0 to 4 years

Advice to help you with childcare and your child starting school.

Practical tips and expert advice

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Parent blog - Goodbody family on the challenges of childcare

How to support your child if they are worried about starting or returning to childcare or school

Supporting a child when they start nursery or school

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Cymraeg for Kids	Begin the bilingual journey
Gov.Wales	Childcare offer for 3 and 4 year olds Curriculum for Wales Nursery education for 3 and 4 year olds: A guide for parents and carers How and when to register your child for school Education is changing Healthy Lunchboxes
Wide Open School	Free learning activities for children learning from home
Cardiff Family Advice and Support	How to support your child returning to childcare and nursery How to support your child returning to school
Trama Informed Schools UK	How you can prepare your child for their first day back at school
Neurodivergence Wales	Information Sheet on Anxiety About Leaving Parents Top Tips on Transitions (Home & School) Top Tips on Transitions (In School) Helping a neurodivergent child
Aneurin Bevan HB Psychology Team	Talking to your child For Parents – practical tips
Hwb	Distance learning tools through Hwb Keep Wales learning A new curriculum in Wales: a guide for parents Education is changing: information for parents and carers
Facebook	Education begins at home
Money Heroes	Parent Resources
Money Helper	How to talk to your children about money
Mudiad Meithrin	Searching for childcare or playgroups Cymraeg for Kids
Care Inspectorate Wales	Find a care service
Action For Children	How do I prepare for my child starting school? My child is anxious about school transitions or changes Getting ready for a new school term How can I help my child with separation anxiety?
Family Lives	Starting primary school School readiness Establishing a school routine Coping with back to school blues
Barnardo's	Preparing for school Starting school
Anna Freud	Separation anxiety
BBC	Starting Childcare in 2023: How to prepare your child Seven tips for parents and careers to help prepare children when starting primary school School anxiety and refusal: How parents can help their child get through tough times Starting primary school
YoungMinds	School Anxiety and Refusal
Dewis	Choosing Childcare
Parentkind	Be School Ready
NHS	Preparing for primary school Lunchbox ideas and recipes – Healthier Families
Parent Talk	School refusal and emotionally based school avoidance

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