{"title":"Beyond story time: Inspiring imaginations with books and play","authors":"Michele Mackridge","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.s6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.s6","url":null,"abstract":"Books are undisputedly one of the key invitations for initiating child-led play experiences at Hinxton Crocus Early Years Centre. From classics like Owl Babies by Martin Waddell to more modern offerings like Tom Percival's bestselling Perfectly Norman, all books at the nursery offer opportunities and experiences for play in so many varied ways.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"3 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139683405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"We need to give more time and space to children, to learn more than just outcomes","authors":"Meg Barclay","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.12","url":null,"abstract":"Do you have something to share, reflect on or provoke thinking around? Write to the editor. Meg Barclay, educational consultant and trainer, shares her thoughts on the importance of giving children more time to explore activities in order to enhance and expand the learning, rather than focusing on the outcomes.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"73 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139683539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When expectations fall flat: Contradictory messages for children in early years settings","authors":"Charlotte Jayne Ruth Baker","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.22","url":null,"abstract":"Charlotte Baker, associate lecturer at Derby University and author, discusses the effect practitioner expectations can have on children. She outlines how important it is that staff build children's confidence and self-esteem holistically, rather than prioritising a child's academic ability or talents over their own personality, interests and other characteristics.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"81 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139683580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identity and belonging in early childhood","authors":"Rachel Stevens","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.s3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2024.24.7.s3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"67 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139683588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘We need to be able to understand and critique what we do and read’","authors":"Sue Allingham","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2024.24.6.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2024.24.6.10","url":null,"abstract":"Sue Allingham, author, trainer and consultant, discusses some of the latest news stories and headlines about the sector, encouraging practitioners to consider the what, why and how of our practice and provision.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"74 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139390055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using art as a tool for holistic development","authors":"Priyanka Rana","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2023.24.5.s4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2023.24.5.s4","url":null,"abstract":"Exploring the benefits of a long-term art project inspired by Paul Klee's Castle and Sun.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"121 47","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138607072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating a partnership that is the cornerstone of each child's successful learning journey","authors":"Monika Szczesna","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2023.24.5.s8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2023.24.5.s8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"123 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138607201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Safeguarding, cyber security and IT in early years settings","authors":"Rob Lloyd","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2023.24.5.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2023.24.5.37","url":null,"abstract":"Rob Lloyd, technical manager at easipc, discusses issues around the use of technology in early education, including safeguarding and cyber security and shares tips for settings to fulfil their obligations in these areas.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"118 33","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138607253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's going on","authors":"Sue Allingham","doi":"10.12968/eyed.2020.22.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2020.22.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"Is a pupil, tired, hungry or wearing a dirty shirt? Noticing exactly what is going on with individual children is a key requirement of good teaching and in these challenging times it is more important than ever.","PeriodicalId":470447,"journal":{"name":"Early Years Educator","volume":"57 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141207005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}