How a toolkit is enabling settings to welcome and support refugees
Academics have devised a new toolkit to help practitioners care for and educate refugee children in a trauma-informed and unbiased way. By India Dunkley
Equality & Diversity
EYFS Best Practice - All about… Persona Dolls
- Practice | Equality & Diversity | Inclusion | SEND | Equality & Diversity | Resources | Personal, Social and Emotional Development | Communication and Language
What is the purpose of Persona Dolls in helping to tackle issues such as diversity, and how do practitioners use them in early years settings? Vicky Hutchin explains
Children's books – new for Spring
- Children’s Books | Equipment & Resources | Literacy | Practice | Equality & Diversity | Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Karen Hart road tests some new titles with a variety of different aged children and discovers how there is magic in their pages.
EYFS activities - Supporting SEND… Problem solving
Ways that practitioners can help support problem-solving skills. Georgina Durrant reports
Children's books: Best of the bunch
- Children’s Books | Picturebooks | Equality & Diversity | Equipment & Resources | Practice | The Learning Environment
Karen Hart takes her pick of the best recent releases. These include Time to get Dressed – part of a new series by Penny Tassoni designed to support all children to be independent – and Sophie Dahl's seriously funny The Worst Sleepover in...
Using art therapy to heal trauma
Caroline Vollans discovers how a community art project founded in the wake of the Grenfell Fire disaster has helped local children and their parents to process the tragedy and work towards wellbeing.
Inclusion: Working with LGBTQ+ Families - Feeling welcome
How early years settings can ensure they are inclusive of LGBTQ+ parents and their children. By...
Best Practice - Be kind
How can adults help to build kindness and co-regulation in children – as well as themselves? Helen...
EYFS activities - Education for Sustainability: Go with the flow
- Practice | Equality & Diversity | Health | Early Years Curriculum | Personal, Social and Emotional Development | Activities | Education for Sustainability
This month, Dr Diane Boyd looks at water and sanitation, including how to make links with a setting...
Inclusion - Deep down?
In this extract from her book, Dr Chandrika Devarakonda explains how racial prejudice develops in...
Inclusion - ‘Wakanda forever!’
One boy’s interest in the Black Panther film shows how stories can help build a secure sense of...
Eradicating racism in the early years sector
Dr Sharon Curtis and Jane Lane, on behalf of a group of early years participants, say that there is...
Guides & Resources
Equality & Diversity
An eight-part guide for early years practitioners on successfully implementing anti-bias practice, by Anne O'Connor.
Supporting…
Case studies of individual children with different needs and the inclusive practice of the early years settings that care for them.
Managing Equality & Diversity
How do good managers address inclusion? What are the legal frameworks they need to be aware of? Framed around the protected characteristics under the Equality Act, Gabriella Jozwiak provides this comprehensive guide.
Gender
What influences gender differences in the early years, and how can we ensure that gender stereotyping does not limit opportunities for boys or girls?
Inclusion - Let’s talk about race
To open up conversations about race, and challenge racism, we need to understand the central issues and overcome barriers of language, says Dr Stella Louis
Picturebooks, part 6 - Mirrors and windows
- Activities | Practice | Equipment & Resources | The Learning Environment | Children’s Books | Early Years Curriculum | Literacy | Inclusion | Equality & Diversity | Picturebooks
We are all beautifully different – so it is important for children to see themselves and others portrayed positively on the pages of picturebooks. By Andy McCormack
Inclusion: An essential guide to… intersectionality
Gender discrimination can disadvantage women, but what happens when it overlaps with other factors such as race, religion or age? Caroline Vollans explains
All about… social isolation
- Families | Positive Relationships | Working With Parents | Practice | Inclusion | Equality & Diversity
Early years settings are helping to solve loneliness in their local areas by making links to isolated parents, older people, socially excluded teenagers and disadvantaged communities such as refugees. Meredith Jones Russell reports
Inclusion - Supporting… Courtney
How one setting in Southampton is helping a girl and her mother, who struggles with literacy. By Annette Rawstrone
Inclusion - My story
Why it is important for early years settings to understand the particular issues for children with diverse cultural backgrounds by listening to them. Gina Houston explains her study findings
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