There are many ways that we can inject that warm, cosy hygge feeling into your classroom, setting or home. To avoid overwhelm I have 3 tips that you can try today.
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“Strive to make everyday the best day of your life, because there is no good reason not to.” Hal Elrod
3 Ways To Add Hygge To Your Provision Today
Apr 15, 2024
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Step 1. Storytelling Opportunities
Happiness Psycholgist and author of The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living, MeiK Viking describes one of the aspects of hygge living is the pleasure that is found in everyday activities.
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Storytelling plays a big part in finding joy and pleasure in life and especially so if it contains humour (which is shown to reduce the stress hormone!). The coming together for meals or the long walks in the wild offer many opportunities for telling stories in Scandinavia. Perhaps you could have a bigger focus on storytelling in your practice; outside, in the woods and in tiny nooks of your provision. You don’t need to set up a large area for story telling to happen in. An inviting invitation to play on a shelf will do, inside a box or even in a hat! The storie...
3 Signs You Need To Review Your Provision
Mar 04, 2021
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In this weeks blog post I wanted to share with you some warning signs that your early years provision isn't working and you may need to review it.Â
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It's good practice to reflect on your learning environment regularly and adapt it as required. I like to take photos of my provision at least once a half term and write a few notes on why the provision has been set up the way it has. I find this a useful tool for your accountability when in meetings with the senior leadership team.Â
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1. Children are wandering around without focus.
Perhaps you have a few children that never seem to stay in an area for very long. They flit from place to place and when using the Leuvan scales of involvement they score low.
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2. You're always getting asked questions like, "where are the scissors?" or "I can't find the glue."
These types of questions indicate that the children are not accessing the environment in an independent way. Perhaps you need to look at re-organising your resources
...Hygge Case Study: "I was honestly ready to give in and change my career."
Jan 06, 2021
Hygge Case Study: "I was honestly ready to give in and change my career."
By Rebecca Reynolds
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"When I first started my Hygge Journey I had recently started back to work after maternity leave with my second child, I was in an emotional place knowing my last ever baby had just been born and I wasn't in a position to be able to afford to take more than 14 weeks off with her , this had made me totally and utterly love all love, motivation and enjoyment for my job. I felt that my playroom was cold, uninviting, sparse and housed too much bright coloured plastic, whether that be in storage boxes or toys, it wasn't a space I wanted to be in, let alone somewhere I wanted a newborn baby to spend ten hours a day in, I was honestly ready to give in and change my career. I didn't take time for myself and was always trying to keep others happy, I felt like I was juggling a hundred different balls just trying to keep my career going. I felt my life was very chaotic and I spent what...
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