Development wheel

From Birth to five – a guide to child development for parents/carers

This easy to use full colour wheel twists around to reveal the age section you need and has information on both sides. It was developed as a follow on from the Helping Little Ones Bloom book (which is for birth to three years) by practitioners and early years advisors and contains useful information about what we might expect children to be achieving in the first five years of their life.

Split into nine sections the moveable wheel twists round to the relevant age section - the first being birth to three months and the last being age four to five. On one side of the wheel there are things that the child might/should be able to do and also a list of things that the family can do to help the child, for each age group. The reverse side gives parents information about how to keep the child safe and healthy at each stage of their development from birth through to five years old.

This simple to use one piece tool comes laminated for a longer lifespan and all of the information contained within it was written by practitioners and early years advisors to ensure that it will meet the needs of not only parents and carers, but also practitioners, students and others working in early years.

The price for a copy is £2.99 plus £1.25 post and packing (P&P). There are savings on P&P for  online purchases of five or more copies (see the ONLINE PURCHASE - buy it now page). Online purchase will mean a speedy despatch of your wheels/publications without the need of purchase orders or clearing payments. If you do not want to order online and only require a small quantity of wheels, scroll down to the red links below. Should you want to order 20 or more copies, you can make further savings by using our fixed delivery rate - please see the brown link further down this page to order your copies using our bulk delivery order form.

Organisations/authorities who would like to commission larger bulk quantities, can have their copies 'customised' with their own logo and contact details on (minimum 2000 copies) and these will work out much cheaper than the unit price of £2.99!  See the blue link at the bottom of this page for details and to email your enquiry.

To order online now using your debit/credit card, use the ‘ONLINE PURCHASE - buy it now’ button below.

ONLINE PURCHASE - Buy it now (secure site)

   

Small quantities: If you do not wish to order over the internet and you would only like a few wheels (less than 20 in total) you can print off an ‘order form’ and send this with your cheque, postal order or official purchase order. Click a link below to access a form.

Order form (for birth to five wheels only)

Order form (for mixed purchase of birth to five wheels, 5 to 12 wheels and teenage wheels)

 

Fixed delivery rate: Should you want to order 20 or more copies of the birth to five wheel (or a combination of wheels), please use the brown link below to make further savings and order your copies using a fixed delivery rate for your purchases.

For bulk quantities of birth to five wheels (20+) You can save on postage. CLICK HERE TO ORDER

For an order of mixed wheels (various sorts) of 20 or more in total, CLICK HERE to order bulk quantities

 

The wheel can also be customised for authorities/organisations who would like to 'brand' the publication for use in their own community and purchase bulk copies (for instance you may wish to have copies in each of your settings, in children's centres or to give to your registered childminders). This offers authorities the chance to save on the costs associated with the development and production of a new item like this, because all of the set up work has been done in terms of copywriting and editing, design, artwork, proofing and even the cutter guides to produce the wheel and rivet it together.

For organisations/authorities wishing to commission bulk 'customised' copies, discounts apply and your wheels will cost much less than the retail price of £2.99. Your wheels will be 'customised' by tailoring the back of the wheels with your own logo, contact details and colour scheme as per the samples shown here for Lancashire and Rutland Councils. To find out more and get a full price list, please use the ‘email enquiry form’ button and we will contact you to discuss your needs further. Please note that the minimum order for 'customised' wheels is 2000 copies which work out at well under £2 each and they can cost as little as around £1 each if you order a larger quantity, so this is a great chance to get hold of these wheels with your own details on at a very good price. For smaller quantities (not customised), please order using the green link above.  

Email enquiry for authorities/organisations

We now also have two other wheels to complete the 'family'. These are for parents and carers of 5 to 12 year olds and for parents/carers of teenagers (from 12 to 19 years). Like the birth to five wheel, these can be 'customised' with your own logo on.  Click here for details.

Delivery/schedule notice: We will always try to meet your needs in every way we can, but  'customised wheels' can take at least four working weeks to produce following the approval of your artwork. This is due to the complex manufacturing process, part of which is done manually to construct the wheels. In busy periods (such as Feb - April during the government financial year end) and for large quantities, production can take longer. Please therefore build in plenty of time in your schedule of needs to ensure we can meet your  timescales.  Sometimes we can get things done a bit quicker and we will always try, but the product is of a complex construction.      PLEASE  CLICK HERE TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES