Member resources

This library of curated content is designed to support your personal and professional development. Here you can find relevant, evidence-based and exciting resources to boost your knowledge and give you lots of new ideas for working in early education and care.

We know time is precious, which is why we've created a range of filters to help you find exactly what you are looking for. Explore the various tags to search by subject type, content style and reading time.

Every minute counts! Remember, with a free membership you can log your CPD for every member resource in the CPD tracker in your account area.

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Early learning

Discover free resources relating to the learning and care of children in their early years of life, from early literacy and communication to learning through play, our evidence-based resources give you pedagogical knowledge and practical ideas for educating under-fives.

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Children's health and wellbeing

Learn more about healthy habits and wellbeing for children in early education and care, including nutrition, physical health and socio-emotional development.

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Leadership and management

Curated with the workforce in mind, this area is designed with everyone in mind so take a look to find out how you can lead yourself as well as leading others too…

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding is paramount to working in early education and care which is why we have created a variety of helpful member resources designed to support your safeguarding knowledge so we can all work together to keep children safe.

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Inclusive education

Create an inclusive environment with help from our resources. The term inclusive education refers to an approach that focuses on the inclusion of all children, regardless of their abilities, in education settings. Topics related to inclusive education may otherwise be referred to as special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England, additional support needs (ASN) in Scotland or additional learning needs (ALN) in Wales.

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Working with parents and carers

Families are the most important partner we have in early education and care, which is why we have designed plenty of member resources to support building meaningful relationships with parents and carers. Not only are there informative resources for yourselves here, but also some great ideas to share directly with parents and carers.

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From staff room posters to learning workouts and practical tips in our articles, member resources are designed with you in mind and based on current research to provide you with everything you need to grow as professionals.

Members of the Institute of Early Years Education are able to use our handy CPD tracker to record engagement and show their professional development journey. Recording your use of ffree member resources is a great way to demonstrate your professional development and evidence your passion for early education and care!

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Top tips: Differentiation for children with SEND

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Early Years Maths Activity: Sorting Socks

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My special star - Inclusive Father’s Day craft activity