😉if only as I would read it!

Feels like a research enquiry is unfolding

The hooligan that is Suzuki #catsofbluesky

Brilliant news @nathanarcher.bsky.social

It was a pleasure indeed 😉

The Right to Play - Play Scotland All children have the Right to Play under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Did you know that every child has a right to play?

Under Article 31 of the UNCRC, every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

Download the child-friendly UNCRC poster here:

Guildford Nursery School's Froebel Festival is back!

📅 Sat 17 May 10am-12pm at Hazel Avenue & York Road.
🔨 See Froebelian principles in practice.
💰 It's free! Drop in for a short time or stay for the whole festival.
🥰 Bring the whole family. All are welcome.
☕ Refreshments will be available.

Billy’s car at tidy up time: How children’s rights happen everyday in Early Childhood Education Educators in early childhood and care (ECEC) working in schools and settings know how much young children appreciate those moments when you attend and attune your time and actions to what matters to t...

Tidy up time and children's rights 🚸 in early childhood @nathanarcher.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/billys...

A Manifesto for Early Childhood

Pleased to have contributed a chapter with @joalbinclark.bsky.social on children's rights and participation in this forthcoming book:
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How wonderful is this? 🌳 "..children partaking in the projects as local connoisseurs, with knowledge of their surroundings, formulating questions and enacting matters of concerns.." www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... beautiful thinking from 🙋 Teresa Elkin Postila & Christine Eriksson in

Now this is a starter for an article that has me hooked 👌: "What difference might it make to frame relations between humans of various ages, such as the very young and ‘old/er’ adults, as intra-generational rather than inter-generational?" www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

📄 New article in the EECERJ:

The impact of the ‘accelerated childhood’ culture in UK's ECEC: practitioners’ and policy makers’ views during a professional development course

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#AcademicResearch #JournalArticle #ResearchFindings #NewResearch #EECERJ #EECERA

"From a more dynamic perspective, play is not a one-off occurrence but a series of interconnected moments
and events" 👭

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"With the emphasis on at-the-moment, the flat view of play fails to capture the broader spectrum of play experiences and their contribution to literacy development across time and space." 👌Chunhong Liu, Qinghua Chen, Limin Zhang and Angel M. Y. Lin and
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Come and do a funded PhD with me, Dr Laura Trafí-Prats @lala-trapra.bsky.social and Pinc College!

Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth

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"Schooling today is steeped in a.. community of achievement... for example high performing, average, below grade level, under achieving, lack of growth ... have come to dominate the material and lived experiences" Really enjoyed this Lindsay Lush 👍 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations @mehmettoran.bsky.social looking forward to reading

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"inquiry requires even greater focus on the
unthought relations constructed through capitalism, as well
as those relations damaged by neoliberal values and actions" Gaile Cannella affiliationsjournals.sagepub.com/share/TC4HIU3G8YJTSDPPP5...

Postdevelopmental Approaches to Digital Arts in Childhood This book deconstructs traditional developmentalist logic around children's engagement with digital media where the focus is on what the digital 'does to' child…

This looks good! Just published. Congratulations to Marissa McClure Sweeny and Mona Sakr and all chapter authors. Cracking range 📖

Enjoyed reading this, great to see playfulness foregrounded in professionalism. 👏

Schools, policy and inequality | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society Professor Alice Bradbury will outline her work on policy and inequality in early years education, focusing on how reforms have engendered cultures of accountability and datafication.

How does policy influence teaching practices? How does inequality impact how children experience education?

Hear @alicebradbury.bsky.social (@hhcp-ucl.bsky.social) reflect on the challenges facing early years and primary education at this Professorial Lecture:
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Development and Postdevelopmentalism in Studies on, to, with, for, by Young Children This open access book explores interdisciplinary research on early childhood, focusing on care, education, and ethics.

Looking forward to jumping in link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Brilliant read from Lush 😃 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I enjoyed reading this Claire, interested to see how you brought posthuman theories to think with stammering. Thought provoking 😀

The child’s right to play. The IPA USA 50th Anniversary White Paper.

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Today is a day of love, and there is nothing we love more than children's rights! ❤️

🎉 Under Article 31 of the UNCRC, every child has the right to play!

Download the full child-friendly UNCRC poster here: https://buff.ly/40I9JR5

If you want to share a really special gift this #ValentinesDay, read to a child.

It's an expression of love that will last a lifetime ❤️ @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social

Brilliant thinking from Victoria Jefferies here who wonders about the ethics and pedagogy of adventure in early childhood education "Where does their story start and mine begin? Whose adventure is education anyway?" @becerauk.bsky.social

Exploring the Pedagogy of Learning and Playing Outdoors: Questions of Purpose and Intention Focusing on the empirical evidence base for pedagogical decisions taken when children are playing and learning outside, this groundbreaking book examines the intention and purpose of children’s outdoo...

📢 We are delighted to announce the launch of the latest publication in our Praxis series; Exploring the Pedagogy of Learning and Playing Outdoors: Questions of Purpose and Intention. Edited By Mehmet Mart, Georgia Gessiou and Jane Waters-Davies. 1/3

I’m pleased to be joining colleagues in Bristol next month at the Early Education/ECHO branch event to explore ethical subversions in early childhood education. early-education.org.uk/branches/?br...