A reading list for Childcare learners
Our BTEC Childcare team have compiled a list of useful books, films and TV shows that can help your learners keep engaged with the childcare sector whilst they are studying from home.
Our BTEC Childcare team have compiled a list of useful books, films and TV shows that can help your learners keep engaged with the childcare sector whilst they are studying from home.
Two dads get laid off work and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can’t find jobs.
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven children.
This movie tells the inspiring story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences.
My Sister's Keeper, 2009 (12A)
Follow Anna Fitzgerald's journey while she looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents.
One Born Every Minute (Channel 4)
A ground-breaking look at the drama and emotion of a maternity unit, from the perspective of the parents-to-be and the maternity ward staff.
15 kids And Counting (Channel 4)
Meet couples who can’t stop having babies, find out why they can’t stop and follow the highs and lows of life in super-sized families.
The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)
The award-winning series that lifts the lid on the ups, downs, tears, tantrums and triumphs of the playground.
The Secret Life Of Brothers And Sisters (Channel 4)
The young stars of The Secret Life of... return, and they've brought their younger siblings along.
Parenting expert Jo Frost goes around America helping parents deal with their children’s behavior.
House Of Tiny Tareways (YouTube)
Three sets of young couples with babies, toddlers and young children are invited to The House of Tiny Tearaways, a specially modified country residence where they will learn the skills they need to turn their lives around.
The Beginning Of Life (Netflix)
Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how the environment affects infants and how infants can affect our future.
The Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.
Babies: Their Wonderful world (BBC)
200 babies are brought together to take part in an ambitious scientific study exploring how the incredible changes that happen in the first two years of life make us who we are.
The World According To Kids (BBC)
70 children aged between six and 11 across the UK tell us what they really think of the world, with insightful, funny and moving results.
This show follows five couples age 18-20 who are forced to grow up overnight as they are challenged to set up a home, land a job and act as parents to children of various ages over the course of three weeks.
The Educating Series shows the everyday lives of the staff and pupils of secondary schools all over the UK, each series is filmed in a different school.
Your Child Your Way by Tanya Byron, 2007
Dr Tanya knows about parenting from both a professional and personal perspective. Here, she offers the tools to deal with any situation or behaviour.
Life-affirming and sometimes heartbreaking story, a facially disfigured boy named August navigates his way through his first year at middle school.
Boy Made Of Blocks by Keith Stuart, 2016
Funny, heartwarming story of family and love inspired by the author's own experiences with his son.
My Son's Not Rainman by John Williams, 2016
Heartfelt and uplifting account of everyday events in the life of John and his son.