Ready Steady Two!

Ready Steady Two Guidance

We were delighted with the publication of the refreshed national practice resource “Realising the Ambition: Being Me” in 2020. It confirms Scotland’s commitment to  ensuring early earning and childcare is of high quality and meets the developmental needs of our youngest learners, helping make Scotland the best place to grow up! Ready Steady Two’s focus on developmental theories and evidence-based practice about high quality provisions for two-year-olds aligns with the principles of nurture,  relationships and  the golden thread of quality experiences, interactions, and spaces for all young children in “Realising the Ambition: Being Me”.

Ready Steady Two! was published in 2019 and builds on the principles of “Building the Ambition” and “Pre- birth to Three”. We are pleased that the content, research, and evidence-based practice in Ready Steady Two! compliments this suite of early years resources for local practitioners, especially in relation to two-year-olds.   Digital copies of the Ready Steady 2 Guidance can be accessed below. Due to the size of this file, signing in to a Google Account is required in order for the pdf to be viewed. 

Ready Steady Two Training 

Virtual training to supplement the Ready Steady Two Guidance is now available! Following focus groups with early years practitioners in Aberdeen, we have developed training inputs on key areas of practice when working with 2 year olds:

Brain Development and Developmental Theory Evaluation

Social and Emotional Development Evaluation

Language and Communication Evaluation

Short video presentations with resources and reflection points have been developed for use by individual practitioners, or whole team settings. Above are the links to the training sessions with voice overs, and the accompanying evaluation forms. See an excerpt from a presentation below, to give you a flavour for the Ready Steady 2 content.