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Security and affection are essential to young children, says Jennie Lindon in her new series on the principles behind Birth to Three Matters Babies and young children have significant needs wherever they spend their days, be it at home with their families, in the home of a childminder or in an early years setting such as a nursery.

Babies and young children have significant needs wherever they spend their days, be it at home with their families, in the home of a childminder or in an early years setting such as a nursery.

To begin to understand those needs and how to respond to them, practitioners need first to turn to the two sets of national guidance: Birth to Three Matters: a framework to support children in their earliest years, in England, and Birth to Three: supporting our youngest children, in Scotland.

These two resources may look different in layout, but they give consistent messages for child-friendly, developmentally appropriate practice.

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