RECAP GUEST BLOG: Welcome to Twinkl
- Lucie Wheeler
- 4 hours ago
- 5 min read
Bio: With over 30 years of experience in early childhood education, I am Twinkl's National Lead for PVI Early Years Settings, Childminders, and Parents. I am deeply passionate about the well-being and development of babies and young children, particularly during their crucial first 1000 days.
My career journey is diverse, encompassing roles as a local authority consultant, manager, university lecturer, school trustee, and early years advisor, as well as various positions within nurseries.
As a mother of two, I understand the challenges and joys of parenthood firsthand. Additionally, I am a Director of a Community Interest Company, dedicated to empowering children in education. My passion lies in supporting both families and educators to ensure every child has the best possible start in life.
For over a decade, Twinkl has been a trusted provider of high-quality, affordable teaching resources to educators worldwide. However, there's more to Twinkl than meets the eye.
What Twinkl is known for: Our dedicated teams of content creators, production teams, curriculum writers, graphic designers, and illustrators who bring learning to life every day. They continuously create a vast and expanding library of instantly downloadable inclusive educational resources, catering to educators, parents, schools, and homeschoolers. The range covers every stage of a child’s learning journey, from maternity and antenatal care, to a baby’s first year and secondary education.
What Twinkl is less known for: We also foster interactive online communities across all social media platforms, offer a wide range of podcasts, ebooks, blogs, live webinars, and online training courses. These initiatives empower educators to build meaningful connections and achieve sustainable professional development and growth.
Greetings from Twinkl Parents
Our Twinkl Parents team believe in supporting parents to create enjoyable opportunities for children to learn at home, which are filled with moments of curiosity, fun and connection. Our team is made up of parents, health professionals and experienced educators who know firsthand how to balance busy family life with meaningful learning experiences.
What makes Twinkl Parents special:
Easy, ready-to-go resources: Activities and plans designed for busy families who want to support age appropriate learning without the pressure. Our resources range from editable Maternity Leave letters and baby shower games, to guidance on supporting a child to adjust to a new sibling, potty training and primary curriculum activities.
Weekly newsletters and updates: Parents can sign up to weekly newsletters for free, receive age and stage appropriate activity ideas for helping your child to learn and develop through play.
A friendly online community: A welcoming space where parents share tips, ideas, ask questions to our professionals and gain support and encouragement.
Inspiration year-round: From seasonally themed campaigns and crafts ideas to our popular social media pages and groups with tips, tricks and hacks to support every family.
At Twinkl Parents, we listen to our community, create resources based on your feedback, and celebrate the amazing ways families learn together. We’re not just sharing printables, we’re helping you make learning part of your child’s everyday life at home.
Where to find us:
Browse resources on our web page at Twinkl Parents Hub , join one of our Facebook groups Twinkl Midwife Twinkl Pregnancy, Baby and Toddler Group Twinkl Parents Group or come and find our Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube communities for ideas and support.
A warm welcome from Twinkl EYFS
At Twinkl, our EYFS team has a simple mission: to be ‘right there with you’ as you nurture those magical first years of learning and navigate Government legislation like the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework.
Whether you’re an early years educator, teacher or nanny, we’re here to make every aspect of your early years practice intentional, impactful and enjoyable.
Our Twinkl EYFS team is a passionate group of early years teachers and professionals, who are experts in understanding how young children learn best, through connection, exploration and fun.
What makes Twinkl EYFS special:
● Play-based learning made simple: Discover engaging activities and plans designed to build confidence and curiosity within the prime and specific areas of learning and development.
● Guidance you can trust: From phonics to fine motor skills, our expertly created content supports every stage of early learning and development.
● Policy and guidance: Feel safe in the knowledge that all of our content aligns with current legislation, Ofsted Inspection Frameworks and Apprenticeship level course requirements. Our Business Tools content line supports PVI and childminding providers with everything from accounting spreadsheets and invoicing templates and guidance, to risk assessments and recruitment documents.
● Supportive online communities: Join our online spaces where early years professionals share ideas, successes, and encouragement.
● Seasonal events and campaigns: Sign up to take part in purposefully planned weeks and months run by our marketing teams, who provide bespoke blogs, newsletters and curated content for, school based EYFS, PVI settings and Childminders. This ensures the content you see and the messages you receive are relevant to your specific role within early years.
Where to find us: Explore thousands of early years resources at :Twinkl EYFS Teaching Resources, and connect with us on:
You can also find us on YouTube and Pinterest for even more inspiration.
A big hello from Twinkl Home Ed
Our Twinkl Home Ed motto is ‘Together on Your Home Ed Journey’ because we truly are here to support families at every stage, whatever your Home Education style.
While many know Twinkl for its huge range of teaching templates and curriculum resources, Twinkl Home Ed offers so much more. Our team is made up of Home Educating parents and teachers, so we understand what families really need to make learning enjoyable, flexible and inspiring.
What makes Twinkl Home Ed special:
● Planning made easy: Our Home Learning Hub is perfect for families who want structure without the stress.
● Free live lessons and events: to spark curiosity and bring learning to life.
● A vibrant online community: Full of friendly support, shared experiences and connection with other Home Educating families.
● Fun events: Provided throughout the year including Twinkl Home Ed Bake-Off, Weeks of Wonder, CSI investigations and plenty more.
● A huge library of videos: with playlists featuring follow-along lessons, online challenges, kid-to-kid content, tips on getting the most out of Twinkl, and showcases of our resources in action.
We’re always listening to our members, creating resources based on suggestions, running themed weeks and competitions, and helping families discover all the features their Twinkl membership includes. This genuine care and dedication is what makes our community so special. We’re not just providing resources, we’re walking the Home Education journey with you.
Where to find us: Join our Facebook group to connect with other families.
Whatever your needs whether as a parent, home educator or setting based educator, Twinkl is here to help make your children’s learning easy, inspiring, and full of joy, with over 1,000,000+ resources and growing, so come and take another look.
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