5 Top Tips for Parents: To help their child be ready to start school.
As a parent or carer, we can often feel a lot of pressure around getting our children ‘school ready’. We might have well intentioned parents, grandparents’ friends, who start conversations with “When so-so started school they were writing their name!”…
Block Play and Mathematical Development in the Early Years
A classic early year’s example, often children explore building towers often setting the challenge to see who can build a tower taller than themselves. This instantly lends itself to some discussions about size…
Embracing Schemas
“Thomas tips the basket of pom poms on the floor that you have just picked up for the 10th time in the last 30 minutes, your body sighs involuntary as you turn to assess the mess. You smile at Thomas, as he says “again, again” and begins to eagerly pick up all the items and place them back into the basket. Giving you a cheeky point counting as you throw them back into the basket. Thomas eagerly copies throwing the small pom poms.”