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Dear FSF friends - As many of you will be aware, this year the amazing community at eyfs.info is celebrating the 20th anniversary of our launch. Since 2003 we have been a gathering point and support network for tens of thousands of early years educators, developing a safe community to share experiences through conversations and debate. Many of you have become close friends in that time, and many are still here from those early days. We introduced an individual annual subscription fee of £20 in 2004, in order to be able to provide the FSF with the means to ensure its maintenance and add resources in the form of articles and other helpful materials. In the twenty …
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It is nearly that time of the year again - World book day 7th March 2024 With the wonderful offer of a book token for every child, at the heart of this celebration of reading is a mission to make reading together and reading for pleasure a habit for life. Dressing up for World Book Day has become something of a tradition over the years. For many children, getting to be someone else for the day, and maybe even see the adults around you dress up as well, is imaginative and fun. There can be lots of learning - thinking about book characters, what they look and act like, and getting creative with things that will help you to ‘become’ them. But how inclusive is dress…
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Mother’s Day is coming up, March 10th and in settings and schools there may be a focus on Mummies. Perhaps cards will be made, or paper flowers, and perhaps there will be lots of conversations about what our Mummies do for us and why we love them. As part of our reflective practice, we often think about why we’re doing what we’re doing. Why do we store the wooden blocks next to the small world animals? Why do we have a rolling snack time? Why do we do register time like this? Asking ‘why’ helps us to focus – is this supporting children’s learning and development, are we providing for every child, do we need to do it this way, can we do it differently (and better)? …
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One of our podcast guests, Zan Nadeem, has been busy creating more fantastic resources to support the teaching of maths. How to Find Percent whilst munching on Cupcakes vs1.pdf Zan's fantastic website can also be viewed here for other useful blog posts around maths teaching. If you'd like to listen back to our podcast, you can do so here.
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Hello, my name is Sanjeev Mansotra, I want to improve my communication skills. I 'm new to this community. I need a guide who can work on building my confidence in communication. Sometimes I hesitate speaking. I'm good at writing but not in speaking to others. I hope here i will get good guidance.
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To recognise the centenary of Early Education (EE), Ben and Jules recorded this conversation with Beatrice Merrick, Chief Executive of EE. They discuss child-centred pedagogy, practice and policy in the sector now and in the future.
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Author Hannah Peckham has a new book coming out on 1st Feb - The Get Well Spell. To find out more about how sales of the book will support the Rockinghorse Children's Charity, read the press release below. Hannah has written an article for us on the FSF. Press Release_LOCAL_Hannah Peckham Get Well Spell Launch.pdf
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I have been thinking a lot about childhood recently. Children are finding ways to be children in a world that is evolving all the time. At the same time, the struggles that many children face remain the same throughout history: oppression, prejudice, violence, poverty, injustice. How do these ancient struggles and new challenges shape childhood? This post is too small a space to do anything more than ask the question. But here is a collection of words about childhood that I have gathered together. Let’s begin with a definition of childhood from UNICEF: Childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the lo…
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Hi guys/girls it's me again for the first time in a while and this time it's am issue I have with my 5yr old son and putting his hood up. My son likes going outside at Playtime/Lunchtime no matter the weather, like most kids presumably but the playground assistant just cannot get him to put up his hood when it's pouring rain, they prefer the children to be suitably dressed in order to prevent hair getting soaked which cak then drip onto their desk or work, he just will not wear a hat but I don't mind that as I also try him with his hood up or more often than not he goes underneath my umbrella to stay dry. So as I have said in the thread title, do you guys insi…
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Hello 👋 Can anyone offer any advice regarding the registration process for NI playgroups? If the session runs for 2 hours e.g. 9am-11am are you required to register with your local health trust? Also is a second 1 hour session in a separate room with the same children allowed or would this be classed as 3 hours and require permission from the trust? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you 😊
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