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Welcome to The October PLAYlist! 🎃🎉 (opens the original)
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Hey PLAY People! Welcome to October! October is one of my favourite months - probably because it is my birthday soon!Also, it always feels like the month when things start to properly settle. The children know the routines, you know the children a little better, and the year begins to find its rhythm.<d
When Should We Actually Start to Teach Handwriting? - By Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg (opens the original)
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Hey PLAY People, Handwriting is one of those areas where Early Years practice can become a bit divided. At one end, there is the belief that children should start forming letters as early as possible, often through tracing sheets, dotted names and lots of repeated practice. At the other, there is the idea that we should not teach handwriting at all until children are physically ‘ready’. I don’t think either approach is especially helpful.Much of my work on writing has focused on what comes befor
⭐️ Subscriber Training - Staffroom Sessions: Sharing (opens the original)
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Hey PLAY People, Sharing is one of those things that we often expect young children to be able to do long before they have developed all of the skills they need to actually do it. In this training, I… Read more
Is It Possible To Bring A Playful Approach To Behaviour? - Guest Article by Sarah Emerson (opens the original)
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Hey PLAYlisters, Play and behaviour are both a massive part of Early Years, but we don’t often think about them together. When behaviour gets tricky, our instinct can be to get more serious, more controlling and, quite often, use more words! But what if a bit of playfulness could actually help? In this article, Sarah Emerson looks at how play, humour and connection can help us to support children when they are struggling with behaviour and big emotions.So without any further ado, here is Sarah’s
⭐️ Keys to Behaviour and Big Feelings in the Early Years, Guest Interview - Sarah Emerson. (opens the original)
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Hey PLAY People, I had a brilliant chat with Sarah all about behaviour, big feelings and what might actually be going on for children when things get tricky. We talked about how adults can understand… Read more
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