This blog is a space for those involved in Early Years education to share real-life opinions, thoughts and experiences. Contributors include current Edge Hill students and recent graduates, Early Years partner settings, and lecturers at Edge Hill – all sharing a collective aim: to spark conversation and ideas in others who are passionate about Early Years education. Whether you are here as a peer, a mentor or a prospective Edge Hill student, we hope you enjoy reading our blog.
‘Blog series: Adopting, Adapting and Adoring – Life lessons in loving after looked after’
1st post in the series. Live wires and bonfires ‘Ooh he’s a lively one!’ ‘Oh, bless him, he’s such a live wire!’ ‘He’s adorable, he’s just such a bundle of energy isn’t he. He’s so bouncy!’ ‘He’s like a little Tigger.’ ‘I bet he sleeps at night?’ ‘You’ve got your work cut out for you…
Early Years Vlog Episode 3
Click below to watch the third instalment of the Early Yeats Education Vlog. https://youtu.be/21QWi1LEI0o
Early Years- Vlog Episode 2
This blog is a space for those involved in Early Years education to share real-life opinions, thoughts and experiences. Contributors include current Edge Hill students and recent graduates, Early Years partner settings, and lecturers at Edge Hill – all sharing a collective aim: to spark conversation and ideas in others who are passionate about Early…
Early Years – Vlog Episode 1
This blog is a space for those involved in Early Years education to share real-life opinions, thoughts and experiences. Contributors include current Edge Hill students and recent graduates, Early Years partner settings, and lecturers at Edge Hill – all sharing a collective aim: to spark conversation and ideas in others who are passionate about Early…
Counting the emotional cost of Covid
Written by Early Years Lecturer Ian Currie. Children returning to early childhood settings after a sudden and unplanned exposure to a less predictable world are noticeably different from those who left to enter lockdown almost three months ago. The settings they are returning to are also substantially changed. With human contact significantly reduced and, in…
A key worker’s perspective on lockdown Early Years education approaches.
Written by student Mary Warsop who is studying for her BA (Hons) Early Years Practice at Holy Cross College, Bury. I am a Teaching Assistant, University student and parent to a toddler. I work in an inner-city primary school. Since the government’s announcement, to support the NHS and our critical workforce, I have been working…