Episode 15: Creating engaging play spaces with Mariana Carazo

Alice Sharp is joined again by play-based learning advocate, Mariana Carazo to discuss learning environments. How do we enrich, entice and elevate the thinking of our children in the spaces…

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 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…

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…

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…

Episode 11: Early language development – what support is available for providers? with Kate Freeman

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp is rejoined by Kate Freeman, Speech and Language therapist, to discuss the different type of speech and language…

Episode 10: Identifying language gaps with Kate Freeman

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp welcomes back Speech and Language Therapist, Kate Freeman to shares some of the ways that educators can identify…

Episode 9: The covid impact on children’s speech and language with Kate Freeman

In this episode of the TTS Talking Early Years Podcast, Alice Sharp is joined by Kate Freeman, Speech and Language therapist, to discuss the impact of the covid pandemic on…

Episode 8: Is continuous play enough? With Simon Airey

Alice is joined by Simon Airey for the final time to talk all things continuous provision, also referenced to as continuous play. Simon begins by explaining what continuous play is,…

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