PACEY is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. Formed in 1977, we are a charity dedicated to supporting everyone working in childcare and early years to provide high quality care and early learning for children and families.
PACEY is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. Formed in 1977, we are a charity dedicated to supporting everyone working in childcare and early years to provide high quality care and early learning for children and families.
Celebrating me: An Early Years Guide aims to help early years professionals support children in their care to develop a positive body image – and provide practical ideas to help children feel body confident right from the start.
The download covers practical activities and top tips that you can use in your setting, linked to your Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) practice in England, or to Foundation Phase practice in Wales.
This guide is supported by the Be Real Campaign, a national movement of individuals, schools, businesses and charities working hard to change attitudes to body image and behaviour.
Two inspirational quote posters to display in your setting or classroom.
"Children see magic because they look for it" Christopher Moore
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" Aesop
Free to PACEY members via pacey.org.uk/mypacey
Two posters about the power of education and reading to display in your setting or classroom.
"Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world" Nelson Mandela
"The more that you read, the more things that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go" Dr Seuss
Two motivational quote posters to display in your setting or classroom.
"Believe you can and you're halfway there" Theodore Roosevelt
"The most certain way to succeed is to just try one more time" Thomas Edison
Free to PACEY members via pacey.org.uk/mypacey
Steps to starting school is a poster ideal for sharing with parents whose children are due to start in the Reception class at school.
The tips contained in the poster allow them to build a child’s confidence so that they start school confident, curious and ready to learn.
A list of books to support children in the early years to address and express their feelings as part of their social and emotional development.
Recommended by childcare professionals and produced by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.