Professor David Daley: Enhancing Inhibitory Control in Early Years

What are inhibitory controls? Inhibitory controls are an important part of our executive functioning system, which help to regulate children’s behaviour. Specifically, an inhibitory control operates like an early warning system to help protect children and stop them from engaging in behaviours that may be risky or unhelpful. However, in the longer-term inhibitory control also…

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Effects of the Pandemic on Children in the Early Years

In March 2020, the Covid pandemic hit the UK and the first of several lockdowns occurred. We have all been affected by this and children are no exception. I spoke to several settings to delve into this more. Headlines around speech, language and social skills suggest that these are the areas being most affected by…

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Dr. Michael Ungar: Building Resilience in the Early Years

In this video, Dr. Michael Ungar explains how to build resilience in children, and how this can help children to recover from issues caused by pandemic environments, improve their capacity to succeed, healthy cognition and wellbeing, and prepare them for a bright future. Discover more from Little Lockdowners >> Physical Skills Shop online at TTS SHOP NOW Collaborative Pay…

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The Importance of Outdoor Play for our Children’s Mental Health

Kay Miller is the MD and co-founder of The Den Kit Co. She left her post as Head Teacher of a rural Shropshire primary school (where she also qualified as a forest school practitioner) to concentrate on growing our beloved brand. 'Play is the highest form of research’ (Albert Einstein) - Play is…

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Why is STEAM Important in the Early Years?

Introduction to Little STEAMers I’m Laura and I teach Little STEAMers classes for children aged 2-5 where we learn about STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and maths) with hands-on practical activities. Why is STEAM important in Early Years? I love coming up with activities that get young children playing, exploring and learning about STEAM, because…

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Reclaiming the Rhythm of Early Childhood

One of the puzzles of modern life is the gap between what we know about how children think and grow, on the one hand, and the daily lived experience of children and their caregivers, which rarely reflects children’s strengths or needs and can often be quite unpleasant. This is puzzling because young children are extraordinarily…

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Greg Bottrill: Play Loves You…

There’s something you should know... Play loves you. It always has and it always will. Maybe let that just sit with you for a while. Feel it. Allow the love that play has for you to glow within you. Play has loved you for your whole life. It gave you a tiny flame for you…

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Let Love Lead Learning

As parents and professionals working in early years, we hope that every day is full of fun, laughter, friendships and success for every child. Our youngest children are sometimes reliant, or indeed benefit from adults who are keen to support and enable deeper richer learning by being a partner in their play. The power…

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Alice Sharp: Cherishing Connections

As practitioners, parents and caregivers, there’s a desire for our children to be active in mind, body and heart. In this video, Alice Sharp delves into the importance of cherishing connections, whether that be human connections or a connection to the environment we are part of by outlining the six core strengths. Alice shares…

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Little Lockdowners: Recognising the Power of Connection

Over the past several decades, scientists have made very significant discoveries about the importance of connection for human beings. I believe that every single person deserves to understand this science. It matters because the emotional lessons we learn during our infant years last. They live on in our biology. Every time you start your day, you draw…

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