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Loose parts and small scale outdoor gardening

Continuing our outdoor play series, Early Childhood Ireland member Denise Sheridan, outlines how she uses loose parts in the outdoor space at her setting in County Clare. She also discusses how small scale gardening in the outdoor supports children’s awareness of sustainability and also their STEAM learning.

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Intergenerational Learning

In the Scéalta post this week, Máire Corbett from Early Childhood Ireland reflects on the Together Old and Young publication called Generations Growing Together: Intergenerational Learning as a pedagogical strategy in early childhood education and care services, written by Anne Fitzpatrick. She outlines some benefits for children and adults of children and older adults spending time together on an ongoing basis to build relationships and share interests.

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Scéalta Blog: Seedarium

In this edition of our Sceálta blog, Denise Sheridan, LINC CPD instructor and owner of Ulla Beag Preschool in County Clare, discusses the remarkable progression of the children in her early learning centre, from harvesting hazelnuts to a national exhibition held in the Botanical Gardens.

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Outdoor Play: Roundup

In our Scéalta blog this week, Kathleen Tuite, Early Childhood Ireland, highlights previous blogs posts on outdoor play, provision and practice within Early Years settings. In case you have not had a chance to read before, Kathleen encourages you to read some of the amazing contributions received on outdoor play over the year stretching from 2022 to 2023.

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Early Years Manager

Tait House Community Enterprise is seeking to recruit a Childcare Manager to lead our long-established service, providing full daycare to children aged 6 months upwards, and year-round care to primary school-aged children. Our service caters to approximately 80 children in total and employs 20 childcare and support staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for

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Maximising the outdoor opportunities

Outdoor spaces don’t have to be large to afford children opportunities to explore, think, experience nature and be adventurous. In our Scéalta blog this week Yvonne O’Sullivan, from Naíonra na nÓg, in Limerick explains how she has used the small outdoor spaces she has to provide a range of diverse opportunities for children to play outdoors.

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Whats on – Summer 2016

The summer is  here and fully underway so are you making the most of it? Here are some ideas that may help…both for early childhood providers and parents… Go outside! So it’s grey or rainy even, no excuses, outdoors we go! Immerse children in the magic of outdoors – allow them time to appreciate change

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Getting ready for September!

 The countdown is on until you have some wonderful new faces in your service in September, so now is the time for sprucing up your environment, doing renovations,moving furniture or maybe a new coat of paint.  The physical environment, the people and objects in it and the time available influence how children play and the

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Harvest Time

Autumn is the season of nature’s harvest, with plenty of wild food available for humans, animals and birds. Orchard fruits, nuts and berries are in abundance, such as apples, blackberries, elderberries and  rosehips. Traditionally this would have been the time when people harvested these fruits in order to preserve them, make jam and store them

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Spring planting

  “Have you ever watched the absorbed concentration with which children play with sand and water?  Swap the sand with soil and hey presto, you have the main components of a garden project! Trust me, the results can be a lot more fun and fruitful than the initial image conjures up and believe it or

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