The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.7 – Physical Development I was shocked when, in my first visit to a nursery post Lockdown, the teachers had noticed the children’s core stability wasn’t developed. Having a strong core is like...
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The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.6 – Part 3: Personal, Social and Emotional Development Positive Relationships Imagine being dropped on a new planet. Everything is new, new places, new people, new experiences. Being a small child is not...
The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.6 – Part 2: Personal, Social and Emotional Development This is me – Nurturing the self Life is a journey of self-discovery and we all begin in a place where we have no...
The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.6 – Part 1: Personal, Social and Emotional Development The Heart of Learning In my career as an educator and through being a mum, I repeatedly come back to the same conclusion; the...
September Beginnings – Championing Your Child… I remember vividly as a child the nervous/excited feeling of a new term. The lady in my playschool was kind and we had bourbon biscuits for snack, but I didn’t like outdoor play...
The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.5: Understanding the World It wasn’t until I became an educator that I truly engaged with the actual purpose of subjects like Geography, History, RE and Science. Each one of these subjects...
The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.4: Communication and Language Development As humans, the need to communicate is central to our very being. Even pre-birth we strive to find ways to interact with our babies and this desire...
The Beautiful Early Years! Key Area No.3: Maths When I was at school, I thought I was no good at maths and so I really disliked it. It wasn’t until I was teacher training at uni, and I...
