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  In the wake of the National Trust’s recent report highlighting the decline in outdoor play in t... Outdoor Learning: Forest School Approach

Outdoor Learning: Forest School Approach

The following is a review for our first app – Phonic Street by one of our independent testers... Phonic Street: The First Review

Phonic Street: The First Review

Positive preparations for September As we approach the end of the Summer vacation, there will be man... Positive Preparations for the Transition to Full-Time Education for the Under Fives (Part 1)

Positive Preparations for the Transition to Full-Time Education for the Under Fives (Part 1)

Communications between schools and parents Schools can sometimes underestimate the extent of a paren... Positive Preparations for the Transition to Full-Time Education for the Under Fives (Part 2)

Positive Preparations for the Transition to Full-Time Education for the Under Fives (Part 2)

I noted in my last post that a child’s ability to engage in socio dramatic play has a dramatic eff... Promoting emotional intelligence in early childhood

Promoting emotional intelligence in early childhood

After reading the post about planning the learning environment to promote language, literacy and com... Promoting language through dramatic play

Promoting language through dramatic play

There are many reasons why you are introduced to different activities as a child. Sometimes it’s b... Reading Music the Easy Way

Reading Music the Easy Way

o you remember a few years ago when there was a fashion for books about disabilities? They had snapp... Review of ‘Max the Champion’ – An Inclusive Storybook

Review of ‘Max the Champion’ – An Inclusive Storybook

Having been heartened by what I heard from Dame Clare Tickell on the review of the Early Years Found... Revised Statutory Framework for the EYFS – Readiness For School??

Revised Statutory Framework for the EYFS – Readiness For School??

  Development of phonological awareness Rhyming and rhythmic poetry, phonological awareness and... Rhyming poetry – a literacy and performance tool

Rhyming poetry – a literacy and performance tool

Rumpus is my Rompers is a children’s album for parents who hate children’s music. Classics like... Rumpus in my Rompers: A review

Rumpus in my Rompers: A review

I was asked to write a “blog”. I eagerly agreed and then stopped to think…what’s a blog?... School readiness: focus on the essentials

School readiness: focus on the essentials

Sleep and sleep related problems are foremost in my mind at the moment, not least because I have jus... Sleep & Sleep Problems in the Early Years (part 1)

Sleep & Sleep Problems in the Early Years (part 1)

On the Sleep Solutions workshop for parents and professionals (run by Scope), it was interesting to... Sleep & Sleep Problems in the Early Years (part 2)

Sleep & Sleep Problems in the Early Years (part 2)

I went to see the King’s Speech the other day and it made me think about developing resources to h... Speech and language difficulties

Speech and language difficulties

Next week is Children’s Book Week. But how do you get children to listen to stories? How do you ke... Storytelling Starters for Children’s Book Week

Storytelling Starters for Children’s Book Week

With World Book Day coming up in just over a month on March 6th, it’s a good time to take a fresh... Storytelling: Banishing the Nightmares

Storytelling: Banishing the Nightmares

Summer is here. School holidays are beginning and, for fortunate children, there may be beaches in t... Summer games

Summer games

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