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Development wheel charts care for parents

Parents are being guided through the different stages of a child's development with the help of a printed device designed by early years practitioners for a London local authority.

The Birth to Five Wheel, from Harrow council, is themed around keeping a young child healthy and safe. The centre rivet in the wheel allows the parent or carer to twist it around to the age bracket they are interested in. This contains advice like 'Play with me outside each day' and milestones such as 'Use trial and error and start to say "no" often', for two-year-olds.

The wheels have proved popular in Harrow children's centres and as word has spread, other local authorities have ordered copies of the wheel with their own details printed on the back.

Rutland, Lancashire and North Yorkshire councils have all distributed them around their early years settings.

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