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Child Development

Teaching Children How to Identify and Express Emotions

Teaching Children How to Identify and Express Emotions Acknowledging a child’s emotions, putting words on anger, fear, sadness, joy and disgust is essential to...
Childcare Environments

Promoting and Optimising Child Wellbeing

Child wellbeing and wellness are not necessarily the same thing, but no one would deny they are usually closely related. Furthermore, whilst well and...
Childcare Activities

Mindfulness Activities for Kids

Mindfulness Activities for Kids Describing emotions Listening circle Looking at clouds Bubble balloon game Texture bag Guided relaxation/visualisation Yoga Mindful breathing How to promote...
Childcare Activities

15 Nature Activities for Kids: Ideas for Exploring Outdoors

15 Nature Activities for Kids: Ideas for Exploring Outdoors Bug hotel Bug hunt Bird table/feeders Ant farm Wormery Wind toys Rainy day exploration Sun...
Childcare Environments

How to Nurture Emotional Literacy in Early Years

As well as receiving a good academic education, children should also expect to receive the right kind of support and guidance to develop good...
Childcare Environments

How to Encourage Emotional Development

If we consider the emotional development of a child, by teaching them words for anger, fear, sadness, joy, and disgust, we enable them to...
Childcare Environments

What Do We Really Mean by School Readiness?

Author, teacher and trainer Sue Cowley discusses the hot topic of school readiness Author, teacher and trainer Sue Cowley discusses the hot topic of...
Playing & Learning Outdoors

Extreme Childcare: Wild Play in Plas Madoc

Claire Griffiths play manager talks about her experiences in Plas Madoc, North Wales She explains how the place works …...
Childcare Environments

5 Ways to Increase a Child’s Self-Esteem

It’s concerning to hear recent reports saying children as young as three have low self-esteem and are worried about their physical appearance. Instead of...
Developmental Disabilities

Understanding How Children With Autism See The World

Ahyla and her daughter both have Autism – here she describes how someone with the condition sees the world differently and how support and...
Childcare Environments

Helping Children to Cope with Stress and Change

We all want the children in our care to be happy at all times, but unfortunately, there will inevitably be occasions when children have...
Childcare Environments

How to Help Children with Separation Anxiety

Social and separation anxiety is regarded as a normal part of childhood development and it is very common for children to feel anxious about...
SEN In Early Years

Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Children with SEN

Social and Emotional Wellbeing ‘… the whining schoolboy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping like snailUnwillingly to school.’William Shakespeare, ‘As You Like It’...
SEN In Early Years

Providing Speech and Language Support to Children with SEN

The use of speech and language is a critical component which lies at the heart of learning in its broadest sense. It is essential...
Child Development

EYFS Development 30-50 Months: Ready for Reception

Whilst it would be an exaggeration to claim the EYFS child between 30 and 50 months has become an entirely independent social being, liveliness,...
Child Development

EYFS Development 22-36 Months: Working on Words

Generally much smarter than he sounds, and therefore frequently under-estimated, the child described in the EYFS’ (Early Years Foundation Stage) 22 to 36 months...
Child Development & Technology

Social and Emotional Development

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Childcare Conversations

Interview with Early Years Author Kathy Brodie

An influential and respected childcare professional whose books are well-known, Kathy Brodie talks to First Discoverers about some current issues. In...