Scéalta – The Early Childhood Ireland Blog
Scéalta – The Early Childhood Ireland Blog
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
In Scéalta this week Emma Reilly reflects on how access to books in her early childhood gave her a lifelong love of books and reading. She outlines how the Dolly Parton Imagination Library is now giving children in Dublin 24, and in some parts of Cork City, that same opportunity.
Aistear in Úlla Beag
My name is Denise Sheridan and I set up Úlla Beag in 2010 as an inclusive green school. Our approach to curriculum is ‘Play based learning delivered through Aistear’. I wanted to have an outdoor play environment, similar to what I grew up in, for my own children as well as children in the locality and there was no
Draft Primary Curriculum
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is reviewing and redeveloping the 1999 primary curriculum. Read the Draft Primary Curriculum Framework here. The current phase of consultation on the draft is now complete, with further re-engagement in 2021/2022. Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) welcomes the draft curriculum framework for primary school and the consultative approach and
Aistear in Kilbehenny National School
In 2019, we introduced Aistear to Kilbehenny National School for the very first time. Kilbehenny NS is a mixed rural school in south County Limerick, at the foot of the Galtee mountains and also very close to the Cork and Tipperary boundary. In our school, we promote a caring, happy, hands on and safe
Powerful Women – inspiring researchers
Spring 2019 saw the introduction of Early Childhood Ireland’s ‘Early Pedagogy’ Magazine. It is fitting that our first edition celebrated some of the most inspiring women from Ireland and beyond who have helped to shape and develop our Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare settings with the ‘child-centred’ approach it demonstrates today.
Using Early Childhood Ireland’s Learning Hub to support a safe environment
Some readers may know me from my work, but if we haven’t spoken before, my name is Greg and I work with the Early Years Employer Service team in Early Childhood Ireland. I assist and support many of our members in implementing the Early Years regulations within their settings. One of the main regulations we
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