The right atmosphere for babies | Early Years Educator What do we want baby rooms to feel like, and why? Sara Bonetti asked practitioners to create a shared vision for quality as part of Middlesex University’s Baby Room Project, with some powerful results

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What makes the ideal #babyroom? Sara Bonetti and The Baby Room project team have been touring the country to find out @nuffieldfoundation.org see this month's EYE for the results of their vision building workshops (link below)

A language-rich home learning environment | Early Years Educator The home learning environment plays a pivotal role in shaping early development – so how can we help parents unlock the power of reading at home? By Jo Knuckey

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Research from the @literacy-trust.bsky.social shows only half of parents of 0-5-year olds read with their children every day. How can settings support parents to create a language rich environment at home? Jo knuckey has some ideas (link in comments)

Screen time, attention, and the young brain | Early Years Educator In the first of a new neuroscience series, from the Institute for the Science of Early Years, Dr Katie Daubney and Prof Sam Wass talk about the science behind the UK’s new screen time guidance, and how it relates to the developing brain

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BIG 🧠news! 👇 We've launched a new 'neuroscience of' series, which will clearly translate the latest research on young brains into practice. See below for ISEY director and series author Prof Sam Wass explaining why young brains are special.
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Creatures of the night | Early Years Educator Night-time offers a host of ideas for boosting the imaginations of young children, with opportunities for dark den play, night bug hunting, and moth finger puppets which link to the ELGs, says Karen Hart

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Owl-themed activities form part of this article about night time, with sensory dens, night bug hunting and a host of other ideas from @karenjkhart.bsky.social

The role of a graduate: policy and practice | Early Years Educator Following a debate on social media about the true status of those who work in the early years, Emma Davis explores the realities of being a graduate today, and what can be done to boost recognition of this skilled role

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Following a debate on X about #earlyyears #teachers #graduates 👨‍🎓 and their status with a man who refused to believe they exist, Emma Davis examines what it is like to be a early #childhood graduate today, and calls on all staff to advocate for their profession. link in comments 👇

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Those new to early years must complete introductory training to register as a #childminder, but this doesn't have to be a qualification, says Tina Maltman in the latest in her childminding series (link in comments 👇)

Observing and supporting teachable moments | Early Years Educator Paula Brown, play therapist and early years teacher, explores when these moments of heightened development occur and how we might respond to them, with references to key theorists such as Vygotsky, Bruner and Margaret Carr

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Observing and supporting teachable moments | Early Years Educator Paula Brown, play therapist and early years teacher, explores when these moments of heightened development occur and how we might respond to them, with references to key theorists such as Vygotsky, Bruner and Margaret Carr

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💡'Teachable moments’ play an important part in spontaneous learning and present unique opportunities for child development, says early years teacher Paula Brown in EYE this week (link below)💡

Meeting the physical activity guidelines | Early Years Educator How active are our young children? In the first of a series on physical development, we unpack the national physical activity guidelines, which state 1-4 year olds should be active for 180 minutes per day. By Drs. Vanessa King, Sophie Phillips & Rebecca ...

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National guidelines recommend 3 hrs daily of physical activity ⚽🏉🎾🏃‍♀️ for 3-4 year olds daily but are commonly unmet. NEYASP - national early years active start partnership has some suggestions in this month's #EYE (link in comments 👇) @youthsporttrust.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social

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Early Years Educator: Vol 24, No 21 Early Years Educator (EYE) is essential reading for anyone working with children aged from birth to five-years-old.

🌶️HOT OFF THE PRESS 🌶️ - new issue of EYE for April/May. Featuring articles on physical development from the National EY Active Start Partnership @youthsporttrust.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social and @literacy-trust.bsky.social on #boys reading with plenty more to come 👇

Building a strong early years culture | Early Years Educator Paula Brown, early years teacher and play therapist, sets out how to build and grow a positive early years culture which reflects pedagogy, positive leadership and a sense of belonging

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💭 While the EYFS provides a statutory framework, it is the setting's culture that determines how that framework is lived, with gender roles, location and type of setting, leadership and cohort all shaping a culture, says Paula Brown
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Pestalozzi's key theories | Early Years Educator Ideas of education as a moral and social mission, best schieved through child-led learning using the senses, can be traced back to this 18th century Swiss pioneer, says Dr Joanna Nair

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How much do you know about #Pestalozzi? This founder of modern educational thought was a proponent of child-centred, holistic and humane #earlyeducation back in the 1700s. See the second article from Dr Jo Nair from her mini-series - link in comments👇

Going back to the roots of early years education - Nursery World Newly unearthed archive material reveals how childcare first became recognised as a skilled occupation in the UK. By Hannah Crown

The discovery of century old newspaper clippings from nursery founder Marion Blake (pictured left) led to a feature in March's @nurseryworld.bsky.social, featuring Angela Davis @sas-news.bsky.social and archive material from @faberbooks.bsky.social www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...

A trip to the supermarket | Early Years Educator A visit to the local supermarket is a rich opportunity for cross-curricular learning, says Karen Hart, who provides games, songs, craft, maths and story activities which link to the Early Learning Goals

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Lessons from dementia-friend training | Early Years Educator Children will remember feelings over actions, and educators have to respond with their emotional security in mind, says lecturer Sarah Guscot

Children may forget what we taught them, but they will remember how we made them feel, says Sarah Guscott, in this piece about memory and emotion, inspired by training to help those with dementia www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....

Activities for taking reading outside | Early Years Educator Moving stories, songs, and rhymes outdoors can support rich storytelling, says Catherine Timbers, early years specialist at the National Literacy Trust

Story trails, nature baskets, book boxes are all great ideas for outdoor storytelling, and don't forget to make use of your local park or woods, as well as your own outdoor space. See our latest from @literacy-trust.bsky.social www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....

Safeguarding 2026: guide for childminders | Early Years Educator What do childminders need to know about safeguarding in the wake of the revised EYFS? Tina Maltman has this handy guide

Need a handy summary of the raft of new #safeguarding requirements which in last autumn for #childminders? Look no further! Childminding UK's Tina Maltman covers training, confidentiality, employment, allegations, and policies: www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....

Tiny time travellers | Early Years Educator Meg Barclay, Learning and Community Development Manager at Heritage Doncaster, shares more about how settings can make use of museums to support learning in the early years.

Museums can be fabulous immersive spaces to learn and discover, offering everything from replica Victorian streets to Medieval Banqueting halls and steam train rides, says expert Meg Barclay www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....

Rethinking the adult role in play | Early Years Educator Lucy Fox, Assistant Headteacher and Head of Foundations at Stoke Primary School, explores the role of the adult in independent play, and discusses what effective adult involvement should look like in provision, verses adult withdrawal.

Is independent play the same as adults stepping back? No, says Lucy Fox in our latest issue www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-fox-...
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