Teach Early Years Awards 2018 Finalists Announced
Nominations to this year’s Teach Early Years Awards have closed, and we are now delighted to reveal our finalists.
- by Teachwire
Comprising five nominations from each of our 12 trade categories, the shortlist features a wide variety of innovative resources – from construction toys and musical instruments, to CPD packages and picture books, and much more.
You can find a full listing below.
The next stage will see the finalists assessed by a nine-strong expert panel of early years authors, leaders, consultants and educators, amongst them LEYF CEO June O’Sullivan MBE, Old Station Nursery MD Sarah Steel and award-winning author/illustrator Lizzy Stewart.
Their verdicts will be unveiled in Teach Early Years magazine in September, with our five-, four- and three-star winners in each category showcased in a comprehensive Awards special.
To all those who made nominations, thank you again for taking part – and to our finalists, good luck!
If you have any queries about this year’s Teach Early Years Awards, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the team – email Teach Early Years editor, Jacob Stow or advertising manager, Samantha Law.
Early Years Excellence 2018 – Finalists
Communication, language & literacy
- Tales Toolkit
- Yellow Door – Early Literacy Progress Pack (available at Eduzone)
- Memorability Ltd – MemorAbility
- The Curious Fox Company – Early Scribbles Role Play Boxes
- Chatta
CPD
- Inclusion Expert – Watch Read Do Review
- Mine Conkbayir – Applying Neuroscience to Early Intervention
- Foundations Focus – Supervisions for Early Years: Complete Guide
- NDNA – Maths Champions programme
- Laser Systems – Laser Short Courses
Creative play
- Commotion / TickiT – Sensory Blocks (available from Gompels)
- Hope Education – Magicubes
- Fafunia and The New Factory – Tengja
- Roylco – Curlicue Rods (available from Educational Advantage)
- KAPLA – KAPLA 100 Box
Digital learning
- Genee World – Early Years Tilt & Touch Table
- Bloomsbury – Bloomsbury Early Years
- Talking Products – Voice Pad
- EducationCity Ltd – EducationCity
- Learning Resources – GeoSafari Jr Talking Microscope
Early exploration
- Commotion / TickiT – Rainbow Viewers
- Yellow Door – Honey Bee Number Kit
- Oxford University Press – Numicon Firm Foundations
- Lakeshore – STEM Block Play Kit (available from Eduzone)
- Booklife Publishing – Booklife non-fiction range
Happy & healthy
- Be the Jellyfish – Be the Jellyfish resources
- Wisdom – Sensory Balance Beams (available from Educational Advantage)
- Lawrence Educational – Beat Baby Handbook
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers / Jo Cormack – Helping Children Develop a Positive Relationship with Food
- Early Years Resources – Superpower Superhero Set
Music
- Musicbuds
- Collins Music – Music Express Foundation Stage
- ABC Creative Music – ABC Early Years Musicality Resource & Instrument Bag sets / Digital resources
- Ocarina Workshop – 4-hole Oc
- Out of the Ark – The Niki Davies Book of Splendid Science Songs
Picture books
- Bloomsbury / Tom McLaughlin – Along Came a Different
- Lantana Publishing / Chitra Soundar & Poonam Mistry – You’re Safe With Me
- Old Barn Books / Bryony Thomson – The Wardrobe Monster
- Phaidon / Barbara Kanninen – Circle Rolls
- Nosy Crow / Ross Collins – This Zoo is Not For You
Reception
- 3P Learning – Mathseeds
- Schofield & Sims – Get Set Early Years
- Jolly Learning – Jolly Music Player
- Oxford University Press / Nuffield Foundation / Elklan – Nuffield Early Language Intervention
- Sound and Music – Minute of Listening
SEND
- Commotion / TickiT – Sensory Mood Light Ball (available from Gompels)
- Orkid Ideas – TomTag Manage my Feelings kit
- Wedge Whiteboards – Wedge Jotter pack
- Playlearn – Liquid Floor Tile (available from Eduzone)
- Therapy Box – ChatAble
Toys & games
- Talking Turtle – Playtime Dinosaur Castle
- Orchard Toys – Dinosaur Lotto
- Playmobil – Pirate Ship
- Orange Tree Toys – Crocodile Alphabet Puzzle
- Indigo Jamm – Benji Bus
Under-2s
- Boogie Mites – Minis Music and Movement Programme
- Le Toy Van – ABC Wooden Blocks
- Orchard Toys – Animal Shapes
- Little Learner Books / Little Signers Club – At the Bottom of my Garden
- Learning Resources – Snap-N-Learn Matching Dinos