🐸 Helping Nurseries and Preschools Thrive in Challenging Times

How Story Frog Consultancy Can Support You With EYFS Changes, Literacy, and Beyond

Running a nursery or preschool today is both joyful and demanding. Early years managers are working harder than ever to balance quality, compliance, and care — often with fewer resources and more complex needs within their settings.

At Story Frog, we understand the pressures you’re under. Our consultancy and literacy programmes are designed to help you navigate change, support your team, and keep learning fun and engaging for every child — all in a low-cost, positive, and sustainable way.

🌟 The Challenges Nursery & Preschool Managers Are Facing

If your days feel more stretched than ever, you’re not alone. Across the early years sector, managers tell us they’re struggling with:

• EYFS framework updates and inspections – Interpreting and implementing the latest priorities around curriculum intent, implementation, and impact can be daunting.

• More children with SEND and additional needs – Increasing complexity means staff need more confidence, training, and resources to adapt learning effectively.

• Lower speech, language, and communication skills – Many children are starting nursery with delayed or limited verbal ability, often post-pandemic, requiring focused support for early literacy and interaction.

• Behavioural changes and emotional regulation – Staff are seeing more children who need help with social skills, self-regulation, and positive behaviour — adding new challenges to daily routines.

• Recruitment and retention pressures – Finding and keeping skilled, motivated staff has become a major hurdle, impacting consistency and team morale.

• Budget constraints – Doing more with less is the reality for many managers trying to deliver high-quality provision while meeting rising costs.

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It’s a lot to juggle — but you don’t have to do it alone.

🐸 How Story Frog Can Help

Our mission at Story Frog is to make life easier for early years leaders while improving outcomes for children. We do this through consultancy support, EYFS guidance, and our Story Frog Literacy Programme licence — all rooted in creativity, fun, and practicality.

✅ Fun, creative literacy programmesOur proven approach helps children develop early phonics, communication, and literacy through play, stories, and imagination — perfect for engaging children with lower speaking skills or additional needs.

✅ EYFS inspection and framework supportWe guide you through what’s changed and how to show impact — helping you feel confident and inspection-ready, without extra stress.

✅ SEND and behaviour supportWe provide practical strategies to help your team respond positively to challenging behaviours and create inclusive environments that meet diverse needs.

✅ Staff development and confidence-buildingThrough training and coaching, we empower your staff to feel confident, creative, and capable — reducing burnout and helping with retention.

✅ Low-cost, flexible consultancyOur services are designed with real settings in mind — affordable, adaptable, and focused on the areas that will make the biggest difference to your provision.

✅ Positive, empowering approachWe celebrate what’s already working in your setting and build from there, creating a supportive atmosphere where your team feels motivated, not overwhelmed.

🌈 Join the Story Frog Family

When you work with Story Frog, you’re joining a community of passionate early years educators who believe in learning through creativity, storytelling, and play.

Together, we can help your nursery or preschool:

• Strengthen literacy and communication outcomes

• Support children with SEND and emotional needs more effectively

• Prepare confidently for EYFS inspections

• Boost staff morale and retention

• Keep fun and imagination at the heart of learning

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💬 Let’s Chat!

Whether you’d like to explore our Story Frog Literacy Programme licence, arrange EYFS consultancy, or simply talk through your setting’s challenges, we’d love to connect.

👉 Visit [your website link] or email [contact info] to book a free, friendly chat about how we can help your setting thrive.

Because at Story Frog, we believe every setting can shine when learning starts with a story. 🐸✨