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    Inclusive picture books for children with additional needs: close but …

    by Stephen Kilgour on

    Our SEND Advisor and Outreach Teacher, Stephen Kilgour, was invited to take part in a panel to select books for children with additional needs for the wonderful BookTrust. The experience prompted him to think further about how publishers could make…
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    Nancy Stewart's keynote speech for TEC 2 - 'Steering the Changes: Who'…

    by Ben Case on

    We were delighted to welcome Nancy Stewart, early years teacher, consultant and trainer, to give one of the Keynote talks at TEC 2.  Read Ben's summary of her talk and watch it from the link provided. 
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    Beatrice Merrick's Keynote speech for TEC 2: A sector response to chan…

    by Jack Dabell on

    We were very happy to have Beatrice Merrick, Chief Executive of Early Education, give a Keynote speech at our second Tapestry Education Conference in November. Jack has written this summary of her talk, followed by a link so you can also watch Bea…
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    A Childminder’s experience of an Ofsted Inspection

    by Tania Leycester on

    We all know the feeling when the Ofsted call comes. Here, childminder Tania Lancaster describes her own experience of a recent Ofsted Inspection. 
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    Taking a Risk? The value of risk and challenge in the early years

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    This article examines the role of risk taking in child development and how practitioners can foster a positive attitude to risk in the early years.
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    How do young children learn to make decisions?

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    Babies and young children are able to make decisions that are relevant to their lives. This article examines what kinds of decisions children can make at different stages of their development and how practitioners can support them.
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    Resilience and early years experience: child, family, community

    by Kate Cairns on

    Kate Cairns invites us to consider the interaction between resilience and trauma, the key aspects of resilience, and the links between resilience and experience in the early years of life. Humans are not born able to regulate stress. At birth the b…
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    Biscuit Box Banter

    by Martine Horvath on

    Martine Horvath presents some fun ideas to get children talking, and to help them develop their speech and language skills.
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    Twenty top tips for helping to develop self-discipline for positive be…

    by Martine Horvath on

    With increasing numbers of children being diagnosed with special educational needs such as ADHD and autism, managing challenging behaviour in a positive way is a challenge most practitioners face in their settings on a daily basis. As practitioners…
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    Knock, knock can you come out to play?

    by John Blaney on

    Closeted in the home or watched by helicopter parents children lack much of the freedom they had 40 years ago. British children’s play has been transformed in the last 100 years. In the 1960's few children did not spend all their free time outdoors, …
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    Characteristics of Effective Learning: Active Learning in Action

    by Ruksana Mohammed on

    This article is the second in our series on the Characteristics of Effective Learning, following on from Play and Exploration in Action which was published on the FSFin July 2013. Please refer to the article for the summary of the characteristics as …
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    Fundamental British Values- what do they mean in the early years setti…

    by Ruksana Mohammed on

    In 2014 the Department for Education published guidance on promoting ‘fundamental British values’ in schools to ensure that young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. These values were first set out by the government in their coun…
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    Men in childcare, an ongoing debate

    by David Wright on

    For those of us interested in such matters, the received wisdom is that the number of men actually working with young children as part of the Early Years workforce in England represents around 2% of the total. This figure, despite much hand-wringin…
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    Becoming a Nursery of Sanctuary: reflecting on an ongoing journey

    by Sarah Ottewell on

    Sarah Ottewell describes her setting's journey to becoming a Nursery of Sanctuary. 
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    How research is used (or not!) in developing government policy.

    by Natalie Perera on

    I’ve worked in Westminster for over sixteen years now, yet the past couple of years since the EU Referendum and the election of President Trump have doubtlessly been the most fascinating in my career.
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    Emotion Coaching- a new approach to supporting children's behaviour (P…

    by Janet Rose on

    This article, by Dr Janet Rose from Bath Spa University, draws attention to a growing base of research evidence which suggests that a ‘relational’ rather than a ‘behavioural’ approach to supporting young children’s learning and behaviour is likely t…
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    Emotion Coaching -a new approach to supporting children's behaviour (P…

    by Janet Rose on

    In Part 1 we saw how Emotion Coaching offers a relational model for supporting children’s behaviour.  We compared Emotion Coaching to traditional behaviourist approaches and also to other styles of managing children’s behavior, such as a disapprovin…
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    Attachment Theory and the Key Person Approach

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    The Key Person Approach is now a fundamental part of developing secure relationships between staff and children in early years settings. Why is it so important and what is the theory behind it?
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    Aspects of Art: Sculpture

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    Here is the final article in the Aspects of Art series, looking at how children can be creative in 3D through sculpture. Working in three dimensions gives children the opportunity to practise skills such as planning and problem solving, fixing and j…
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    Welcoming new families and their babies to your setting

    by FSF Rebecca on

    Rebecca Swindells is owner and manager of Blue Door Nursery. Here she explains how staff at Blue Door put themselves in the families’ shoes as they welcome new babies to their setting.
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    The Musical Lives of Infants – a route to academic study

    by Robert Heath on

    I am currently working towards Early Years Teacher Status as an Early Childhood Studies graduate. I am sharing my academic journey hoping to inspire those considering academic studies of their own.
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