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The Episode All About Urban vs Rural Upbringings
Oct 02, 2024 • 39 min read

In this episode of the Little Minds Big Ideas podcast with the Early Years Network, hosts Emily and Ben discuss the differences between rural and urban upbringings. They explore various aspects such as education, community, healthcare, independence, and more, while sharing their personal experiences.
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Dear Diary: How the outside world perceives early years
Sept 30, 2024 • 20 min read

In this episode of 'Diary of an Early Years Educator,' Emily reflects on her week and discusses an important issue prompted by a recent education conference she attended. Emily shares her thoughts on professionalism in early years education, the importance of uniforms, and the unfortunate perception gap between early years educators and other education professionals.

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Early Years Education Foundations

Educational Development
Emily Macfarlane
1.5 Hours

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Trainee / Apprentice

Duration

1.5 Hours

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1 Files

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5 Videos

Description

Our interactions with children are the bedrock for all early years learning and development, as it's these interactions that form our relationships and attachments, shape learning opportunities and knowledge acquisition and provide the emotional support children desperately need. However, some times too much of a good thing can be bad, right? Especially when it comes to play and allowing children the space and freedom to follow their own innate sense of curiosity. So, join Emily in this class all about 'Interactions' in the early years and how you can make your interactions with children as meaningful and impactful as possible.

Skills you'll learn

Understanding the importance of interactions in early years learning and development, Exploring the concept of co-learning and its impact on children's neurological development, Learning key components of interactions with babies to foster meaningful relationships and secure attachments, Recognising the uniqueness of each child and prioritizing individualized care and support, Utilising the environment to enhance social/cognitive development/emotional intelligence, Appreciating the role of social engagement and play in infant brain development, Understanding the balance between adult guidance and child-directed learning in early years education, Developing skills to guide children's learning through meaningful interactions in various contexts

Lesson Content

1. The Importance of Social Learning

12:10

As humans we are social learners, especially in the early years as we develop so much of our knowledge, communication and language skills and understanding of the world around us from social engagements. In this lesson Emily uncovers the importance of 'co-learning' and the neurological impact social interactions have on the brain, as well as, exploring some of the things we can do to help children flourish.

2. The Foundations of Building Relationships

12:11

In this lesson Emily takes you through some of the key components of our interactions with babies that help ensure we achieve meaningful relationships and secure attachments. Interactions with babies are complex and full of little cues and signals that communicate messages that we sometimes don't even realise. Through this lesson you'll gain a clear understanding of some of the key ways in which you can ensure your interactions with babies are of the highest quality.

3. Children Are Not Robots!

11:07

In this lesson Emily explores the unique individual and the importance of placing the individual child at the heart of everything we do! Children aren't all the same and nor should the emotional and educational support and care we offer the children within our settings. Join Emily in discussing some of the important ways we can help build up our picture of the unique child.

4. Interacting With The Physical Environment

06:08

It's so important to use your environment to support and build upon your interactions with the children and their social engagement with their peers, as well as, prioritising how your children interact with the environment around them. In this lesson Emily explores some of the key factors within our environments to boost social activity, cognitive development, educational learning and emotional intelligence.

5. The Art of Co-Learning

05:17

Neurological evidence has shown us that infant brains learn best from social engagement and play, not top down adult formal teaching. Now this doesn't mean that don't have a pivotal role in early years education, far from it actually! But understanding when, where and how our interactions should help guide children's learning is so so important, and exactly what Emily explores in this lesson.

Meet your teacher

Having worked in early years since the age of 16 early childhood learning means everything to me, which is why I'm so passionate about ensuring a platform dedicated to our communities learning exists. I've experienced first hand the lack of genuine and affordable learning opportunities that exist within early years and trying to provide my teams with high quality and flexible training on a non-existent budget is an impossible task. Its our mission to change this.

'I love learning something new on The Early Years Network!'

Being able to access The Early Years Network training videos has given me the confidence to do my role to the best of my ability. With easy to understand videos, I feel that I am constantly learning something new, that in turn, allows me to provide children with the best possible learning opportunities.

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Are there quizzes on the platform?

The Early Years Network is all about meaningful learning that will transform the way you interact with and educate young children, not attempting to fill your head with information for the sake of a quick superficial quiz.

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Unfortunately for the time being videos are only available in English, but maybe one day...

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YES! Content on The Early Years Network has been created for people interested in early years regardless of age, experience or academic background. We have something for everyone whether you are a childminder, parent/carer or an early years professional.

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What subjects are covered on The Early Years Network?

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