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Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - meeting the needs of two-year-olds

Accepting children from the age of two has brought many changes in our setting, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex.

We are now over halfway through our first term with a growing number of two-year-olds on board, and in a position to reflect on our practice and plan ahead with greater knowledge.

We made our decision to accept children from the age of two years, instead of waiting until they had reached two years and six months, at a team meeting just before our summer break.

With the loss of so many children to the new 'single point of entry' to schools and the prospect of financial hardship if our numbers didn't increase, taking on much younger children appeared to be the solution.

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