Episode 14: Developing key foundation skills through play with Mariana Carazo

Alice Sharp is joined again by play-based learning advocate, Mariana Carazo to discuss the impact play-based learning has on developing key foundation skills in the early years.  Mariana explains the vital role…

Episode 11: Early childhood STEAM – the earlier the better

In this episode, Mark Steed and Chris Birch, the Head of Key Stage 2 at Citizens School in Dubai, reconvene to look back at STEM at the foundation stage.  Chris discusses…

Episode 13: Play never ends with Mariana Carazo

Mariana Carazo, a play-based learning advocate, joins Alice Sharp to explore what play-based learning is and why she believes it is so crucial to develop children’s key skills in the…

Teaching climate change and sustainability at Primary

In recent years, in addition to a global pandemic, we had huge wildfires in Greece, Oregon, California and Australia, devastating floods in Germany, China and Nepal, record snow in Madrid…

Episode 10: Artificial Intelligence – use cases for the classroom 

In episode 10 of the TTS Talking Teachers’ podcast, Mark Steed is joined again by Chris Birch, Head of Key Stage 2 at Citizens School in Dubai, to discuss AI…

Episode 12: Extending children’s vocabulary with Kate Freeman

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp is rejoined by Kate Freeman to inspire you with practical ways to extend children’s vocabulary in the Early…

Re-introducing the data logger for Rugged Robot

In my classes, children were thrilled by being able to see the effects of their voices on noise levels. Armed with this information, we were able to create wonderful gadgets…

Episode 9: STEAM or STEM – Why art plays a role 

In this TTS Talking podcast episode, Mark Steed is joined by Chris Birch, the Head of Key Stage 2 at Citizens School in Dubai. Chris brings 11 years of experience…

Exploring STEAM in the Early Years

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths. You might be more used to the term STEM, but Arts is often added to recognise the role of creativity and…

5 activity ideas for the STEAM Discovery Centre

Early years doesn’t necessarily come to mind for many practitioners and teachers when considering STEAM. However, STEAM is central to children’s learning and development in the 21st century so why…

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