Let’s take a moment to consider the importance of stepping back from the external distractions that affect our focus. Just as adults benefit from peace and quiet, children need calm spaces too. As early years practitioners, we must create an environment where they can find it independently. Free-flow play should include a quiet, secluded area […]
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Children need physical safety, but an equally important need is emotional safety. Emotional safety is the innate feeling of being accepted for who we are and the security of knowing that we are safe to show up in the world as our truest and most authentic self. A child who has emotional safety is less
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As an educator and passionate advocate for children with special educational needs, I’ve seen firsthand how essential it is for students with ADHD to have the right support in place. ADHD is on the rise in the UK, with recent statistics showing that more than 5% of school-aged children are diagnosed with ADHD. (National Institute
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Christmas is here, with decorations going up and shops packed with festive treats. A key tradition each year, regardless of weather, is indulging in holiday food. Historically, Advent was a period of fasting up to Christmas Eve, followed by feasting for the 12 days of Christmas. People eagerly enjoyed mince pies, meats, fruits, and turkey,
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Christmas time is full of exciting events. The build-up really starts in October with Halloween, Diwali, Guy Fawks, Remembrance, Children in Need … the list goes on and on. While it breaks up the darker days and nights and gives us as adults something to look forward to, it can be an unsettling and exhausting
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Young children do not always have the verbal skills to tell us how they feel, let alone articulate complex emotions. This is where movement serves as a natural outlet and emotional release for their feelings, ranging from joy to frustration and anger. Can you imagine being unable to express your emotions verbally? Frustrating! I always
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Modern Britain is a diverse and multicultural society with people from different races and cultures living side-by-side, working together and contributing to the wider British society. It is something to be celebrated and valued as we teach our young children the values of tolerance, acceptance or others, and appreciation for all the diverse aspects of
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Humans, it turns out, possess much higher metabolic rates than other mammals, including our close relatives, apes and chimpanzees, finds a new Harvard study. Having both high resting and active metabolism, researchers say, enabled our hunter-gatherer ancestors to get all the food they needed while also growing bigger brains, living longer, and increasing their rates
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An Ed School panel highlighted the critical role schools can play in helping students learn to listen to different perspectives and have conversations across divides in a webinar on Thursday. “Schools are one of the places where people with diverse perspectives are often together,” said Richard Weissbourd, senior lecturer on education. “Other settings are often
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A new study shows that being sedentary increases the risk of the most common types of heart disease, even among those who get enough exercise. Investigators at Mass General Brigham found sedentary behavior was associated with higher risks of all four types of heart disease, with a marked 40-60 percent greater risk of heart failure
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