TeachKloud Customer Resource Library

Resources curated for you, by TeachKloud! Browse our guides and share with parents or staff. 

Healthy Eating

Healthy eating guide for parents

Emotional Intelligence

A practical tip sheet on emotional intelligence strategies for children

Language & Communication Skills

A guide for supporting children’s language development through conversation, storytelling, reading and everyday interactions

Physical Activity and Play for Children

Discover ways to encourage active play, outdoor activities and daily movement to support children’s physical and emotional development.

Sleep Routines for Children

Helpful strategies for creating calm bedtime routines and healthy sleep habits that support children’s development and well-being

Toilet Learning for Young Children

A supportive guide to help parents navigate toilet learning with patience, consistency and a child-led approach.

Supporting Children to Develop Positive Friendships

Practical guidance for helping children build respectful relationships, develop empathy and learn important social skills such as cooperation, sharing and turn-taking.

Supporting Children with Developing Food Preferences

Helpful strategies for gently introducing new foods, encouraging curiosity about food and creating positive, pressure-free mealtime experiences.

Play-Based Learning at Home

Simple ideas for supporting children’s learning through play, exploration, and everyday experiences that encourage curiosity, creativity and problem-solving.

Supporting Early Language and Literacy Development at Home

Practical ways families can support children’s communication, language development, and early literacy through conversation, storytelling and shared reading.

Supporting Early Mathematical Thinking in Everyday Life

Ideas for helping children explore numbers, patterns, measuring, and problem-solving through daily routines and playful learning experiences.

The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Development

An overview of how play supports children’s learning, creativity, well-being and overall development during the early years.

Writing High-Quality Observations in Early Childhood Education

Learn how to write meaningful observations that capture children’s learning, recognise development during play, and connect documentation to curriculum frameworks such as Aistear.

Turning Observations into Planning

Explore how educators can use observations to identify children’s interests, recognise learning processes, and plan meaningful experiences that extend children’s curiosity and development.

Avoiding Tick-Box Documentation

Discover how to move beyond compliance-driven documentation and focus on meaningful observations that support reflective practice, curriculum planning and children’s learning journeys.

Scaffolding Children’s Thinking in Early Childhood Settings

This guide explains how educators can support children’s learning by extending their thinking through meaningful interactions, questions and responsive support. It explores practical strategies for recognising learning opportunities during play and helping children develop problem-solving, reasoning and curiosity.

Supporting Language-Rich Learning Environments

This guide outlines how educators can create language-rich environments that encourage communication, conversation and expression throughout the day. It highlights practical ways to support vocabulary development, storytelling, multilingual learning and meaningful interactions during play and daily routines.

Supporting Children’s Agency and Voice

This guide explores how educators can support children’s participation, choice and decision-making in early learning environments. It focuses on recognising children’s ideas, encouraging collaboration and ensuring children’s voices influence learning experiences and planning.

Integrating Mathematical Concepts into Everyday Practice in Early Childhood Learning Environments

This guide shows how mathematical thinking naturally develops through play, exploration and everyday experiences in early childhood settings. It provides practical examples of how educators can recognise and extend opportunities for children to explore patterns, quantity, measurement, spatial reasoning and problem-solving.

Supporting Children Through Big Feelings

This guide supports parents and families in understanding how young children experience and express strong emotions. It provides practical strategies for helping children recognise feelings, develop emotional vocabulary and gradually build emotional regulation through supportive relationships.

Documentation Phrases and Links to the Curriculum

This short guide provides brief phrases to use while documenting.

Understanding Lev Vygotsky Theories

A practical guide for early childhood educators

The Preschool Educator Language Toolkit

The words we use matter. This practical guide provides phrases that educators can use to  support communication, emotional regulation, independence, problem-solving and learning in preschool children.