Customised Development Wheels™: Enhancing Community Engagement in Early Years Education

Customised Development Wheels™: Enhancing Community Engagement in Early Years Education

Local authorities, children's centres, and health organisations striving to make a meaningful impact can benefit from Development Wheels™, which offer uniquely adaptable resources tailored to specific community needs. Instead of distributing generic materials, organisations can customise each wheel with their branding—incorporating logos, adjusting colour schemes, and adding bespoke contact details—to create a consistent message that resonates with local families.​

Targeted Guidance for Specific Community Needs

The primary advantage of these customisations is the ability to provide relevant and targeted guidance. Whether emphasising mental health support in underserved areas or highlighting local toddler groups, Development Wheels™ can be adapted to reflect pressing issues, cultural considerations, or upcoming initiatives specific to each community. By including regionally relevant tips and directories, these wheels become more than just educational tools; they serve as practical guides to essential local services and resources.​

Cost-Effective and Efficient Resource Development

From an organisational perspective, utilising these ready-made yet highly adaptable formats saves both time and money. The foundational research and design work have already been completed, allowing teams to focus on delivering support that genuinely benefits parents, carers, and practitioners in their locality. Even with smaller print runs—starting from as low as 100 wheels—the return on investment can be considerable, particularly when the wheels feature your organisation’s branding for sustained recognition.

Strengthening Community Presence and Engagement

In summary, customised Development Wheels™ enable organisations to strengthen their presence, foster local engagement, and address the unique developmental needs of children in the community. By pairing specialist-approved content with thoughtfully personalised details, these wheels play a crucial role in supporting families and professionals on a journey to improved outcomes and collaborative success.

For more information about Development Wheels™, visit our home page. Explore our full range of titles, including the early years collection, health and well-being collection, school age collection, and subject-based collection. For organisations interested in customised resources, learn about our customised Development Wheels. To understand the background and development of our products, visit our background page. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us through our contact page.

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Questions and Answers

1. What are Development Wheels™?

Development Wheels™ are unique, circular resources designed to provide information, ideas and guidance on various child development, health and family support topics. Each wheel is written by specialists and practitioners, making them accessible and relevant to parents, carers, health visitors, childminders, teachers and others working with children.

2. How do they work?

Each Development Wheel™ consists of three parts, featuring a rotating inner section. As you turn this inner section, information appears through a viewing window at the top. Both sides contain useful information: for example, our ‘Birth to Five Years’ wheel has age-related sections. One side highlights developmental milestones and suggests ways for parents or professionals to support a child, while the reverse provides advice on keeping children healthy and safe through their first five years.

3. Who can benefit from Development Wheels™?

They are ideal for a wide range of users, including parents, carers, health visitors, childminders, teachers, early years practitioners, students, and others working in childcare, health and family support. Because the content is created by experts, they are both practical for everyday family use and beneficial as a professional reference tool.

4. What sizes are available?

Standard Development Wheels™ (approximately 230mm): These are our subject-based titles, easy to carry around and wipe-clean for regular use."

"Super-size Practitioner Development Wheels™ (440mm): Larger wheels containing more detailed information, ideal as a comprehensive reference for early years professionals working within settings such as children’s centres, nurseries and group environments.

5. What topics do the wheels cover?

Currently, there are 23 standard Development Wheels™ titles (and more in the pipeline) covering early years development, speech and language, outdoor play, health topics like pre-birth and postnatal support, maths and reading, teenage years and more. There are also specialist titles such as the Schemas Development Wheels™, created to help understand and support children’s schemas.

6. Can they be customised with my organisation’s branding?

Yes. You can have your own logo and branding on the back of any standard Development Wheels™, and even adjust the colours to match your organisation’s style. This allows you to share important information with families and the community while promoting your brand.

7. Is there a minimum order for customised Development Wheels™?

Yes, you can order customised copies (with your logo on the back) in quantities as low as 100 wheels. But for really big savings on the unit price, with unit costs that are lower than our online prices, we recommend a quantity of at least 1000 copies. That’s because the cost per wheel decreases with larger orders, making it a cost-effective ‘branded’ solution for local authorities, family support organisations, health services and educational establishments.

8. Can I use my organisation's purchase order (PO) system to place an order?

Yes, but it is best if you contact us first. That way, we can give you all the details you require to place your order. Alternatively, you can make your initial purchases online now through this website.

9. Can I request samples before placing a large order?

The quickest way to see our Development Wheels™ is to purchase samples online now through our website. If you later place a larger order, we offer a scaled refund based on your original sample purchase.

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