Face to Face
The importance of reciprocal expressions between a baby and an adult carer, and finding opportunities that enable it, are explored by Anne O’Connor…
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How does experience help to shape the brain?
Our brains, at birth, are really a ‘brain in waiting’. Although we are born with all the neurons (the special cells in the brain that communicate…
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See young children managing to avoid conflict
Three year old friends Fran and Lauren are playing outside together. Fran upsets Lauren and has to work out how to fix it. Notice what strategies the…
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How to support early literacy and emergent writing skills
Three year old Niaz has been playing shops in the home corner. He finds the teacher as he want help to make a shopping list…
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Acknowledging the feelings that separation can trigger
Practitioners should acknowledge the feelings that separation can trigger in a young child, a parent and themselves, says Anne O’Connor…
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Why crawling is such an important physical stage
Crawling is an important physical stage in its own right which enables babies to break away from their carers for the first time and is significant in reflex development, says Anne O’Connor…
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Open-ended resources link well to children’s schemas
Tyres are perfect open-ended resources and link well to children’s schemas, as Anne O’Connor observes…
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Tuning in to children’s imaginative play will encourage language development
Tuning in to children’s imaginative play will encourage language development, says Anne O’Connor…
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Block play can mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving
Block play allows a child to mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving, says Anne O’Connor…
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Benefits of playing in a mixed age group
The benefits for children of playing in a mixed age group are explored by Anne O’Connor, with advice for practitioners on reinforcing it…
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Introducing new sights and textures at the beach
New sights and new textures are made familiar for a baby with careful adult interest, says Anne O’Connor…
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Messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development
The sensory experience of messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development, creativity and risk-taking, says Anne O’Connor…
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