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…
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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…
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…
