EAL: Why the home language matters
Settings should be welcoming to every child and parent to show that they are valued and part of the community.
Supporting parents and carers to get children vaccinated against MMR
The NHS has launched a campaign to try and boost take-up of the MMR vaccine which is at its lowest rate for a decade.
The Early Years Pupil Premium – making the most of it
As educators, we want to make sure we use our Early Years Pupil Premium Funding (EYPP), in the most inclusive and effective way possible to make it stretch — so how can we do that?
Celebrating World Nursery Rhyme Week
World Nursery Rhyme Week is an international celebration promoting the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development.
Emotion Coaching in the Early Years
Being an emotion coach requires adults to respond fully to young children’s expressions of their feelings and to help them to learn to regulate them for themselves — not just to make them feel better but as a crucial part of their development into fulfilled, balanced human beings.
Exploring schemas
As educators we support and value the unique child in our settings, but do we really understand what their play is telling us?
How do we ensure that we really include every child?
In a world that changes so fast how do we ensure those children that think and react differently to expected norms, are supported and guided through this noisy, ever-changing and, at times, inconsiderate society?
National Week of Play: The importance of parents’ involvement in their children’s learning
We must make sure that parents recognise the huge impact they can have on their children’s outcomes and attainment…
National Week of Play: Playing outdoors and in the local environment
Although not having a garden might add additional challenges around getting outdoors, we can all become experts at thinking outside the box and create opportunities for the children we care for to explore their immediate environments.
National Week of Play: Harnessing the Therapeutic Value of Play
Sometimes, it can be harder to distinguish the benefits of play to children’s mental wellbeing and emotional intelligence, than on social and physical development — but they are there and we should be aware of them.
National Week of Play: Social play and its benefits
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for children play is serious learning….
National Week of Play: Reclaiming children’s right to play
Play is not just a right that we can bestow on children, it is a basic need integral to their learning and development and vital to their wellbeing…