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Tummy Time Find out about the benefits of tummy time
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Tummy Time and Brain Development
About this clip: This video is a practical hands on experience learning approach to therapist led practice. Is shows a tummy time session with Carly leading a session showing various different positions that are good for supporting babies to spend time on their tummies. The benefits of tummy time for babies' brain development…
Tummy time – tiger in the tree
About this clip: This video is a practical hands on experience learning approach to therapist led practice. Is shows a tummy time session with Carly leading a session showing various different positions that are good for supporting babies to spend time on their tummies. "Tiger in the tree" is a good position for…
Tummy Time with a water cushion
About this clip: This video is a practical hands on experience learning approach to therapist led practice. Is shows a tummy time session with Carly leading a session showing various different positions that are good for supporting babies to spend time on their tummies. The water cushion is a great way to support…In conversation with... Watch interviews with experts
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In conversation with Liz Pemberton – exploring anti-racist practice
About this clip: In this in-depth conversation, early years expert Liz Pemberton reflects on race, identity and belonging in early childhood education. Drawing on her experience as a nursery manager, consultant and mother, Liz explores what anti‑racist practice looks like beyond tick-box approaches — from the stories children develop about themselves to the…
In conversation with Warda Farah, Lecturer of Speech & Language Therapy, University of Greenwich
About this clip: We recently met up with Warda Farah in Greenwich to talk to her about the origins of speech and language therapy and how the profession cannot move to the future without confronting and acknowledging its racist and colonial knowledge base. We know that children from Black backgrounds are overrepresented as…Two Year olds outdoors Find out how the outdoors supports children's play and learning
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Two year olds outdoors – introduction
About this clip: Through observing what children are interested in at this stage of their lives this film gives real insight into why spending time outdoors is essential for their holistic development. Following six children of gradually increasing ages we’ll see that movement is still an intrinsic part of learning for this age…
Two Year Olds Outdoors – Tristan
About this clip: Tristan is 2 years 4 months old: Here we see him with his mum, playing in his garden and on a trip to the local park. We see his schematic explorations, the confidence he needs to explore the wider world and look at the language explosion that is happening at…
Two year olds outdoors – Skye
About this clip: Skye is 2 years 5 months: we see her foraging and exploring her nursery garden environment, exploring objects and materials. We see her taking risks physically and socially in an environment that she feels comfortable in.
Two year olds outdoors – Sheja
About this clip: Sheja is 2 years 9 months old; we see him enjoying the freedom to move, explore and make noise in his nursery garden. We also see him beginning to socialise with other children at the nursery. His home language is Persian and he is also learning English.Playing and Exploring See how play and exploration shapes children’s understanding of their world.
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Playing & Exploring – Introduction
About this clip: Playing and exploring contribute greatly to children’s learning. This short section introduces the question of why children spend so many of their waking hours engaging in these types of activities.
Playing & Exploring – Exploring
About this clip: Right from the start even babies seem motivated to find out about things in the world. Find out what motivates children to explore their world and how they use what they find out to help solve problems.
Playing & Exploring – Playing with what they know
About this clip: Once babies have learned something about the properties of objects they move on to see what they can do with them – how they can play with them. Find out how this develops into sophisticated pretend play, developing rules and problems for them to solve and supporting their self-regulation.
Playing & Exploring – Being willing to have a go
About this clip: From being very young children have what’s called a ‘growth mindset’. Find out what this looks life and how this develops.Active learning Discover the motivation behind children’s learning.
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Active Learning – Introduction
About this clip: Active learning is all about motivation and the will to learn from experiences. This short section introduces the concept and how it links with children's self-regulation.
Active learning – Being involved and concentrating
About this clip: Children want to be in control and to act autonomously. They can be highly motivated to learn about things and to master different activities. Find out about how being deeply involved is one of the key features of learning to learn in an active way and how children achieve these…
Active Learning – Keeping on trying
About this clip: An ability to stay with things and keep on trying even when things keep failing is most likely to lead to self-regulated learning. Find out what this looks like and how it builds children's brains.
Active Learning – Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
About this clip: Find out why the joy experienced when you achieve a goal you have set for your self is so important for children's development of effective learning.Creating and thinking critically Explore how reasoning helps children test ideas and choose the best ways to solve problems.
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Creating and thinking critically – Introduction
About this clip: Creating and thinking critically involves young children becoming able to use their minds to process all the information they’re taking in. This short section introduces these concepts and what they mean for children's problem solving abilities.
Creating and thinking critically – Having their own ideas
About this clip: To be creative children use their imaginations – sometimes it’s using imagination to find new ways of doing things or solving a problem. Find out what this looks like in young children even before they can verbalise their ideas.
Creating and thinking critically – Making links
About this clip: Human beings seem to be pre-programmed to look for patterns and make links between things. This section looks at how exploring through exploring their world and testing their ideas leads children to make links in their thinking.
Creating and thinking critically – choosing ways to do things
About this clip: Once children have had an idea they need to work out how to make it happen. Find out how the creative process is bound up with critical thinking as children begin to evaluate their actions, ideas and things they notice to come up with an effective solution.Self-regulation Find out why developing self-regulation has powerful, long-lasting benefits for children.
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Understanding attachment – Emotional regulation
About this clip: How do babies make sense of their emotions? To learn how to regulate your emotions you need to be able to recognise what they are. See how Orson builds up his knowledge of feelings and facial expressions during interactions with his family.
Developing self-regulation through physical play
About this clip: Find out what self-regulation looks like and how it is supported through rich play experiences. See children feeling in control, setting their own challenges and taking appropriate risks in an environment of warmth.
