NCB: Early Years Developmental Journals

[Simona]

At the ncma event yesterday John Oates of Open University did a presentation on these journals
They are from National Children's Bureau (NCB)and approved by the DfE

Take a look and see if they can help in your Progress check and doing your records for children
Developmental Journals | UK children's charity | National Children's Bureau (http://www.ncb.org.uk/early-support/resources/developmental-journals)

Some cms found these very very useful...we were told you can use an app...not sure how that works
If you use them how do you find them?

[BuggsieMoo]

We were at the PACEY event also yesterday. The app is not available as yet - it wont be for around another 2 months he said. Keep an eye out for it though as it certainly looked very interesting. x

[sarah707]

The Journals are very good - I have already added them to the end of this thread -

http://www.childmindinghelp.co.uk/forum/learning-journals-scrapbooks-diaries/117181-learning-journeys-links-free-help-advice.html

I am sure they will provide a lot of childminders with reassurance if they are caring for children with disabilities :D

[gef918]

These look great. I like that they're not linked to ages - just steps. It's useful for assessing children's starting points when getting information from parents rather than sifting through Development Matters.