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Falling Out This film encourages practitioners to reflect on what social skills children need to have to be able to deal with conflicts effectively

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Falling Out – Introduction

3:12
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Falling out – Toy fight

2:52
Falling Out – Unresolved dispute thumbnail

Falling Out – Unresolved dispute

2:58
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Falling Out – Adult intervention

3:18
Falling Out – It will end in tears thumbnail

Falling Out – It will end in tears

4:31

Learning through play Follow three year old Seb, as he learns through playful activities, alone and with friends, supported by his close adults

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Learning through Play – Personal, social & emotional development

4:50
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Learning through play – Communication & language

3:59
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Learning through Play – Physical Development

2:50
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Learning through Play – mathematical development

4:15
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Learning through play – Creative development

3:54

SEND Celebrating what children can do, rather than what they can’t, is a great place to start in supporting children with additional and complex needs.

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Introducing Oliver

2:06
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Oliver looks at books

3:40
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Oliver plays with blocks

3:48
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Oliver explores outside

7:01
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Introducing Khloe

1:30

COEL – Creating and thinking critically A collection of clips looking at children developing the skills to think flexibly

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Creating and thinking critically – Introduction

1:06
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Creating and thinking critically – Having their own ideas

3:36
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Creating and thinking critically – Making links

5:24
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Creating and thinking critically – choosing ways to do things

5:09
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Supporting creative and critical thinking

10:34

COEL - Active learning Active learning is about the motivation behind children’s learning and how to keep going when the going gets tough

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I want to climb a tree

4:19
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Rose hammers

1:16
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The three bears

5:45
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The wheel barrow

3:31

COEL - Playing & exploring Play enables a can do attitude where children are willing to have a go and are continual explorers

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Playing & Exploring – Introduction

1:05
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Playing & Exploring – Exploring

2:57
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Playing & Exploring – Playing with what they know

5:53
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Playing & Exploring – Being willing to have a go

3:04
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Supporting children’s play and exploration

10:47

Steiner Kindergarten Approach Steiner is currently celebrating 100 years in education. Find out more about this approach

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Steiner approach to play

4:19
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Steiner approach – environment and materials

3:03
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Making bread

2:56
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Building a dragon’s cave

5:47
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Emile builds a den

3:51

Cassie Holland's favourites Nursery manager, Cassie, has chosen her favourite clips from the library

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How does experience shape the brain? thumbnail

How does experience shape the brain?

2:02
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The treasure map

4:59
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Sam does woodwork

7:59
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Chatting at meal time

4:52
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What shall we do with the cauldron?

2:55

Personal, Social and Emotional development The key to children’s learning rests on their well-being and their social understandings.

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Understanding attachment – What is attachment? thumbnail

Understanding attachment – What is attachment?

4:00
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Understanding attachment – Emotional regulation

2:40
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Learning through Play – Personal, social & emotional development thumbnail

Learning through Play – Personal, social & emotional development

4:50
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Could baby ride with Alice? thumbnail

Could baby ride with Alice?

1:09
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Seth and Davide blocks and technology

2:52

Early Brain Development Following baby Orson and his family we take an in depth look at how the babies brain develops during the first year

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The wonder year – introduction

5:08
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How does experience shape the brain?

2:02
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Care routines

8:23
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Communicating, smiling, babbling & copying

7:14
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Strength, co-ordination, space and movement

3:24

Life at Two Meet Ava, a typical two year old, see all of her highs and lows as she deals with the emotional aspects of change involved in being two

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Life at Two – Introducing Ava and her family

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Life at two – Developing independence at home

7:08
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Life at Two – Ava starts nursery

12:23
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Life at two – Ava’s first full day at nursery

16:04
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Life at two – Learning & exploring with mum

6:57

Pretend Play Find out more about the most fascinating of all of the play forms

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Alison Gopnik – Why is pretend play so important?

2:10
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Angus feeds dolly

1:48
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Orson puts fireman to bed

6:18
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Joanne’s tea party

2:26
Heidi goes shopping thumbnail

Heidi goes shopping

3:46