According to Busy Bees, its curriculum, which promotes ‘playful teaching that is flexible to meet the uniqueness of each child’, is the first to be independently evaluated in the UK.
The Open University found that ‘Bee Curious’ ‘improved the knowledge and confidence of educators, which helped develop children’s creativity’, and had a ‘positive impact on the development and learning of babies and children’.
Following the evaluation and a successful pilot within 27 Busy Bees’ settings, it is now being taught across the group’s 300 nurseries to over 34,500 children and babies.
‘Bee Curious’ was developed based on over 40 years of industry experience and the latest child behavioural science research from experts, universities and Government bodies.
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