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“Strive to make everyday the best day of your life, because there is no good reason not to.” Hal Elrod

25 Years Experienced Educator Refreshing Practice

Sep 03, 2019

I really love being able to share with you the work and it's impact on my members. This week i'm featuring in my spotlight the highly dedicated and reflective Ann.

'I have been working in childcare for almost 25 years and my setting was in need of a complete overhaul! I have always been busy but felt the need for a change.

I saw Hygge advertised and looked into it I loved it from the start. The parents of the children that I care for love the transformation and the resources.

When you work in a small setting it is very easy to become complacent as we have minimal help, it is up to the individual to keep up with continuous improvement.

This is where I found KSEY invaluable. I started with a couple of short courses and then started the HYGGE in the early years.

I was hooked from the start and began to transform my setting.

I have replaced most of my plastic toys with natural resources but I still keep some of them because the ...

Guest Post: Intergenerational Play

Jun 11, 2019

I'm just so excited to share with you the valuable insight of Nursery Owner and Lecturer Laura Sanders on the success of building Intergenerational Play in her setting.

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One of my most fond memories of visiting my Great Aunties were their immaculately placed silver mirrors and brushes on a dressing table, with their pearl necklaces hidden away – too special for sight. The concept of an outdoor toilet was mind-blowing, as was the fact the Robinson family – a family of 12 children had all grown up in the four walls of a three bedroomed terraced house for over 127 years. Being a little girl, in sandals and a dress that twirled in the wind in their cobbled garden –with no grass, leaves a memory, a feeling. It forms part of my pedagogy.

I struggle to remember conversations or play. I remember being too scared to speak. Being around a generation that was almost 90 years older had no significance at that point. The words “let’s go and visit the aunties” usually sparked a groan or...

Challenge in Provision

May 13, 2019

Is It Possible To Create Challenge In Your Provision?

I inherited organised, well-resourced and labelled provision.

But it wasn’t enough!

It looked great and could be tidied up easily.

Yet something wasn’t right…

The play in my sand area from my Reception children was low level play; tipping, pouring and making sand castles. Running race cars round the edge of the tray.

This provision was not making an impact on my children’s learning. I needed to look at the area through a fresh set of eyes. How could I inject challenge? What did my children need?

I began to make some changes.

We enhanced the area with loose parts and blocks so that children could build their own scenes, number pebbles, scrabble alphabet tiles, natural resources like sticks and pine cones. I added in small world resourcing; insects, desert creatures, play people, pirates and play villains and heroes. All of these encouraged imag...

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