The teachers on the course have really connected with and been inspired by Becky from Play & Learning at School DVD…
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Made in the 1980s by Wendy McEvoy (director of Siren Films) for Channel Four , Woodbine Place is more poignant now than ever…
Alison Gopnik talks about the science of relationships between parents and children, how children learn differently from adults and why children play…
Alert observation is a crucial part of being an adult who will be helpful to young children. Parents are most supportive of their children when they notice what…
If we focus on what children do best we can take the strengths of human behaviour and with knowledge of theory and practice…
Movement is an integral part of life from the moment of conception until death, and a child’s experience of movement will play a…
Self-regulation and executive functioning are consistently linked with successful learning, including pre-reading skills, early maths…
Early literacy skills of reading and writing develop in parallel and are closely interwoven. They require a slightly different sets of skills…
Dr Jools Page, Director MA in Early Childhood Education at Sheffield University, research explores the biggest challenge, that love is…
It is an interesting observation that young children clearly appear to derive considerable enjoyment from engaging in risky or slightly…
The importance of reciprocal expressions between a baby and an adult carer, and finding opportunities that enable it, are explored by Anne O’Connor…
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…
