Remote teaching in the Early Years

Practical advice for all Early Years practitioners and the launch of the second set of remote learning cards to support and enhance their remote...

Celebrating the unique child – the HfL Early Years conference 2021

Make some time to take a step back and to focus on what really matters in early years.

Sharing nursery rhymes with families of children in the Early Years

Nursery rhymes are just as relevant to young children’s learning and development today as they were when we were young.

A Reading Blog

Reading is an environmentally triggered skill. You have to be taught in order to learn. Children, however are not blank slates. The experiences they...

Lights, Camera, Action!

It is November and there will be Early Years practitioners across the country frantically sourcing scripts for the annual endeavour that is ‘The Early...

A place to play and learn for two year olds

Being two isn’t always easy. Sometimes our two year olds want to be independent and other times they can feel overwhelmed, emotional and need lots of...

Moving Up Day

So, the big day that you’ve probably been thinking about the whole of the summer term (at least) is nearly here – Moving up day!

End of term top tips for Early Years teachers

It’s that busy time of year and the clock is ticking to complete a list of things to do. Some top tips for you to consider as the year draws to an end...

So much to do at after school club – so little time!

I am new to supporting out of school provision in Hertfordshire and I would like to report that I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. I...

Early Reading - both a privilege and a responsibility

Thinking about the skill of reading that we are nurturing, if we pause long enough we could become quite overwhelmed by the responsibility of it all!