Resources
Blue monday
January 20th – argh! Christmas is over, you can’t get into your new jeans because you put on a half a stone; you’ve maxed out your credit card; it’s still 10 days till payday, and to top it all, it’s freezing and the trains are cancelled due to a snowflake on the...
Wellbeing of staff
Last year, we published an article on “How to improve the wellbeing of your staff”, focusing on ways that you could promote their physical, mental and emotional health. In Ofsted’s recently introduced Education Inspection Framework, the wellbeing of nursery and...
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness for toddlers
In a busy world, where time always seems to be ‘of the essence’, we are all straining to be effective parents, productive professionals, and happy to boot, it’s no wonder that sometimes our patience snaps and our tolerance wanes. But who then is at the end of our...
Reducing single-use plastic in your setting
We hear on the news and via social media (sadly, pretty much on a daily basis) about the growing decline of our planet. We learn that we must strive to be more sustainable: increase our recycling, decrease our carbon footprint and reduce our reliance on single-use...
Guest Authors
A New Year – a new resolution to help children to self-regulate and become a co-regulator
Imagine the scene – it’s Christmas eve and you realise with horror that you have no cranberry sauce. Without it, Great Aunt Jenny would spend tomorrow complaining and so you pop out to the overcrowded supermarket in a panic to pick some up. As you wait patiently...
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Tips for easier and happier transition times
It’s great watching children get deeply involved in their play. However, problems can occur when it is time for children to stop what they are doing and change activity or task. For some children, moving around causes a lot of stress and anxiety, especially if they...
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Multisensory room magic?
Do you have a multisensory room in your setting? Have you ever considered getting one, or setting up a small multisensory environment? Since their inception in the late 1970s, multisensory rooms have proliferated at a staggering rate. Recently we have seen...
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