Early Years settings play a big role in supporting children and families with toilet training.
With reception just around the corner, the Best Start in Life campaign is providing new support to help parents and carers build their child’s confidence in using the toilet independently before they start school in September, reassuring parents that if they haven’t mastered it yet, there is still time.
For many families, toilet training can be one of the trickiest parts of preparing for school. The campaign offers practical, expert-backed support to help families take small, consistent steps and feel reassured that progress takes time. Find out more here: Best Start in Life Potty Training
Best Start in Life is also launching a new short film, Toilet Training Talks, featuring reception teacher and influencer Georgia Lucas and Dr Emily MacDonagh. You can watch the video on the Best Start in Life facebook page.
Eric (Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity) also provide resources, policies and assessment tools to support professionals and early years settings:
Managing bowel and bladder issues in early years settings
At the bottom of this page you can view a video about Eric’s ‘Let’s Go Potty’ training for Early Years Practitioners and ‘Potty and Toilet Training, The Three Stages’
Downloadable advice sheets: