Early Excellence Podcast

In this week’s episode, we talk to Trisha Lee all about the importance of nurturing and celebrating children’s storytelling. Trisha tells us all about her work in schools and also about her new book, The Growth of a Storyteller, which explores the practice of using helicopter stories to value, nurture and inspire young learners.Order your copy of The Growth of a StorytellerExplore our Themed Role Play Resources

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Kate Gingles and the EYFS team at Newcastle High School for Girls. As part of our chat, we talk about the team’s key focus on developing enjoyable and rich mathematical learning opportunities for their Nursery and Reception children. Find out more about our “More than a Maths Scheme” Course Read our blog: Mathematical Musings by Jude Twani Download a free copy of our Maths Provision Audit

This Episode is Available on the Early Excellence Inspirational Hub AppDiscover the App TodayChildren’s books provide us with wonderfully rich opportunities to nurture and provoke imaginative writing ideas. In this week’s episode, Andy and Llewella share some fantastic children’s books for inspiring young writers.Browse our 3-5 Yrs Book Resource CollectionFind Out More About Our Let’s Explore Language and Communication Training Explore Our It’s More than Reading and Writing Training

In this week’s episode, we chat to Ruth Swailes and Aaron Bradbury about their fantastic new book - Early Childhood Theories Today.They discuss the links between theories and practice within the classroom, the benefits of the book, their writing process and much more.Purchase a copy of Early Childhood Theories TodayExplore our EYFS TrainingDiscover our KS1 Courses

Do you have wordless books within your classroom provision? In your setting, are wordless books used to support children’s language development and storytelling skills? Join us for this week’s episode of The Early Excellence Podcast where we explore and review some great wordless books and discuss how the books can be used to support the development of a wide range of skills. Watch the Video “The Piano” Book on to our webinar - It's More than Reading & Writing Explore our range of books

This week, we’re joined by Professor Sam Wass from The University of East London. Sam is a child psychologist and neuroscientist specialising in concentration and stress in young children. You will probably remember Sam as the on-screen child psychologist in the popular Channel 4 programmes The Secret Lives of 4 Year Olds and The Secret Lives of 5 Year Olds.Order The Secret Lives of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds bookWatch Sam’s TED Talk on How the Modern World is Changing Young Children Inspire your EYFS team with our Early Excellence Child Development webinar package

There are often stark differences in approaches to teaching and learning once children move in to year one, but, does this have to be the case? In this week’s episode, we explore how a rich, well-planned learning environment in Key Stage One can provide both the continuity and the challenge that young learners need.Explore our Guide to Continuous Provision for Key Stage 1Access our Free Webinars focused on KS1Order Julie Fisher’s Book - Moving on to Key Stage 1

This Episode is Available on the Early Excellence Inspirational Hub AppDiscover the App TodayChildren have a strong drive to repeat actions. They can become fascinated by transporting objects, moving in circles or creating enclosures as they explore, and make sense of, the world around them. In this week’s episode, Llewella explores how to identify these repeated patterns of play, known as schemas, and begins to consider how practitioners can use schematic play as a means of tuning in to, and extending, children’s thinking.Read the BlogWatch our Let’s Explore Schemas WebinarExplore the Best Practice Birth-4yrs Programme

With Kath Murdoch’s “The Art of Enquiry Teaching” event fast approaching, we explore what we actually mean by Enquiry Based Learning. In this week’s episode we introduce the concept of Enquiry Based Learning, consider aspects such as the right environment and the adult role, and discuss some key questions to get us thinking. Attend our Conference with Kath Murdoch Read the Blog

This Episode is Available on the Early Excellence Inspirational Hub AppDiscover the App TodayWelcome back to the first episode for the new school year!September is a crucial time for your practice, so for this week’s episode, Andy & Llewella explore the key things for you to remember at the start of this school year.Join our Free ECT WebinarAttend our Conference with Kath MurdochExplore all our Upcoming Training