In this week’s Scealta, Kathleen Tuite, Early Childhood Specialist with Early Childhood Ireland talks about building a culture of child-centredness in early learning and care settings. Focusing on the importance of relationships between educators and children. Keeping children at the centre of practice and reflecting on the professional self.
In this weeks Scealta, Mili from Early Childhood Ireland, discusses the importance of taking time to reflect in educational settings on how we see parents, working with parents and being available and willing to advocate for the needs and rights of children.
In Scéalta this week, as the Early Learning and Care sector prepares to take in new children, Dr Maeve Hurley gives us a timely reminder of the vital importance of developing relationships with children and their families.
I find it really hard to imagine that Early Childhood Ireland’s National Pyjama Day is in its 18th year! Where did all those years go? It started on an ordinary day at the then National Children’s Nurseries Association office in Bluebell when we were chatting about the RTE People in Need Telethon and wondering if
In this week’s Scéalta blog post Dr Evelyn Egan looks at the potential of stones to support children to explore creativity and Inquiry Based Learning, with lovely ideas for summer explorations, that can also be used later in the year too.
As Early Childhood Ireland seeks nominations for the Pedagogical Leader of the Year Award 2021, Máire Corbett reflects on what it means to be a leader and how this year has shown.
In this week’s Scéalta, Milica Atanackovic, pays tribute to Early Childhood Ireland’s early childhood specialist Lilian Joyce as she retired last week from the research and professional learning team after a lengthy career in early learning and care. Milica reflects on Lilian’s journey and contribution to the sector, educators and children.
In this weeks Scealta Mary Hickey from Bessborough Early Years Cork, shares with us how children can inspire and how a simple idea from a small child developed into a heart-warming community response. All this happened during lockdown, toddlers made a community smile.
As we reach the end of another year with disruption and change, we also mark 5 years of Scéalta, Early Childhood Ireland’s blog. We asked our Chairperson, Paul Gilligan to write a piece to mark this milestone. He reflects on the need for us all to take stock of our emotional health after the challenges of the past 16 months, to enable us to continue to support children and their families as well as all those who work in our settings.
In Scéalta this week Dr. Mary Daly from NCCA looks back at some key milestones that have occurred in the over 11 years since Aistear was launched. She outlines why Aistear is being updated and the consultation process this update entails.
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