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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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…
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…
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…
Practitioners should acknowledge the feelings that separation can trigger in a young child, a parent and themselves, says Anne O’Connor…
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…
Tyres are perfect open-ended resources and link well to children’s schemas, as Anne O’Connor observes…
Tuning in to children’s imaginative play will encourage language development, says Anne O’Connor…
Block play allows a child to mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving, says Anne O’Connor…
The benefits for children of playing in a mixed age group are explored by Anne O’Connor, with advice for practitioners on reinforcing it…
New sights and new textures are made familiar for a baby with careful adult interest, says Anne O’Connor…
The sensory experience of messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development, creativity and risk-taking, says Anne O’Connor…
