National Week of Play

Play is never 鈥榡ust鈥 play!

Written by Melanie Pilcher, quality and standards manager at the Early Years Alliance.


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The power of play: Play for all children

Eve Whistler is a nursery teacher who works in a primary school in England. In...Read more

The importance of play听

How the BBC鈥檚 Tiny Happy People can help you and your team support parents and encourage playtime at homeRead more

Connecting with families

Loving relationships are essential to supporting children鈥檚 learning and development, but these relationships are of equal importance to families too. To be able to best provide children with supporting environments, adults need to...Read more

Connecting to our minds

Mental health听鈥樷he emotional and spiritual resilience which allows us to enjoy life and survive pain, disappointment and sadness. It is a positive sense of well-being and an underlying belief in our own, and others鈥,...Read more

Connecting with each other 鈥 supporting children to make friends

An important aspect of children鈥檚 personal, social, and emotional development (PSED) is to 鈥渓earn how to make good friendships, co-operate and resolve conflicts peaceably鈥 (EYFS para, 1.6)Read more

Play as a force for inclusion

I was sitting in a hot, stuffy classroom one mid-afternoon in rural Kenya. As I sat there, the meeting drawing to a close and the stifling air clinging to my skin, I was struck by something a teacher said. Read more

Connecting through music

Music has the power to provoke a range of emotions and can help to release the hormone dopamine, which creates feelings of pleasure and motivation. Let's explore the ways that music can be used to support children's learning and development.Read more

Connecting with words

As we know, language is important when it comes to connecting with the world around us, interacting with other people or being able to share our inner thoughts and feelings. Read more

National Week of Play - Saving the planet through stories

Stories can open a child鈥檚 mind and encourage them to realise that they can,鈥痑nd should, imagine anything they want.  Read more

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