In our Scéalta blog this week Helen Carey and Vivienne Murtagh from the Early Childhood Ireland EYES team provide information about the Quality Action Plan required as part of Core Funding. This is timely as we move closer to the review and amend window due to take place in quarter one of 2023. This will provide an opportunity for those that need to amend or update their Quality Action Plan actions.

In this weeks Scéalta, Paula Bradley, Digital Media Officer with Early Childhood Ireland and parent to two young children, talks about transitions in her daily role as a parent and discuss the strategies she uses to lessen the transitional impacts on both her and her children.

The concept of Universal Design includes the design and layout of environments. We have explored in previous blogs, ways in which we can recognise and support the diverse ways in which people learn. In this week’s Scéalta blog Debbie Mullen, from Early Childhood Ireland, looks at the concept of Universal Design for Learning.

Having looked at decluttering environments in the Scéalta blog post last week, this week Kathleen Tuite and Máire Corbett have a look at what the Universal Design Guidelines have to say about maintaining interesting environments for young children.

In this weeks scealta, Kathleen Tuite, Early Childhood Specialist, with Early Childhood Ireland, discusses the topic of decluttering! How it is good for children and adults children in early years and school age childcare settings.

In the first Scéalta blog post of 2023, Maire Corbett, from Early Childhood Ireland reflects on five key questions that can be a good new year resolution, to support children to be happy, confident and competent learners.