Welcome to the ELHQ blog. We use this space to let you know about any new teaching resources we have put on to thesite and to share any interesting thoughts or observations relating to the world of early years education. Please feel free to share your thoug h ts about any of the issues raised by leaving comments underneath the posts.
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Posted by: PETER SAMUEL On: February 21, 2012 our contributors
Apologies to anyone who’s tried to get on to the site in the last couple of days. We’ve been dark for the last 36 hours! It’s been quite a traumatic experience but we’ve finally emerged back in to the light. Read More...
Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: February 17, 2012 our contributors
Jack seems to be in a world of his own. While other children run and play, he hangs back and when it is time to put things away and sit on the carpet for story time he seems to be dawdling. Yet if you get him on his own and talk to him he is very articulate, bright and funny. If you are working with a child who fits this profile it is quite likely that he has dyslexia or, dyspraxia or a combination of the two. Read More...
Posted by: PETER SAMUEL On: February 17, 2012 our contributors
Just a quick note to draw everyone’s attention to our new lesson plan section which can be accessed on the menu bar. It features loads of interesting ideas for use in early years settings submitted by several early years professionals. We’re really keen to make this section as comprehensive as possible so if you have a plan or idea that has worked well in your setting then please get in touch, we’d love to share it with our visitors....and you will be given full credit of course. Read More...
Posted by: KATRINA PARSONS On: February 8, 2012 our contributors
WEBSITE: http://www.kitchenfairygodmother.co.uk/?p=about.me/
I am delighted to be working with the Reepham Learning Community and extended schools programme which is very active in providing a wide range of activities for their local community. My involvement is in running a series of family cookery workshops. These take place on a Saturday morning and one parent comes along with either one or two children and we cook a main course and a dessert. The idea of these lessons is that not only do both parents and children pick up valuable cooking skills and learn some new recipes, but it provides a perfect opportunity for quality family time. Read More...
Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: February 3, 2012 our contributors
The trouble with data is that there is just too much of it and sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees. Successive governments have encouraged us to gather information about every conceivable aspect of school life and to develop increasingly narrow and specific pigeonholes for children. As a result we are all overloaded with figures but cannot necessarily interrogate them to spot trends or make sense of the numbers, grades and bands. Read More...
Posted by: KATRINA PARSONS On: February 3, 2012 our contributors
WEBSITE: http://www.kitchenfairygodmother.co.uk/?p=about.me/
I have recently been working with a local school in my area providing cooking lessons as part of their personal learning activity. I was trying to think of activities to do to fill up time while their creations were cooking and came up with the idea of doing food tastings that tied in with the recipe being cooked that day. Read More...
Posted by: LINDSAY JANE BROWN On: February 1, 2012 our contributors
WEBSITE: http://www.lindsayjanebrown.co.uk/
I felt compelled to share with you the following short video (Click on the link to download it). The voice that you hear is of a 3 ½ year old on the autistic spectrum.
The activity itself was a visual storytelling workshop which I facilitated outside to encourage boys particularly to participate. Read More...
Posted by: MARY MEDLICOTT On: January 26, 2012 our contributors
We’re on the verge of National Storytelling Week. Between Saturday January 28th and Saturday February 4th, events that are part of the week will be happening all over the country. Remarkably, they are for every age-group from Nursery age to elderly people. The whole idea is to inspire people in all areas of the community with the joy of listening to good stories, awakening imagination and creativity. It’ll be worth looking out for any events near you. Read More...
Posted by: PETER SAMUEL On: January 19, 2012 our contributors
In my last blog entry I introduced our new ‘enabling environments’ section. Within this section there are several resources devoted to so-called ‘learning journeys’. I thought I‘d give a quick overview of what is meant by this term in case there are early years practitioners out there who are unfamiliar with the concept. Read More...
