Early years educators are essential in building strong and positive foundations for early learners. Explore our range of resources and books designed to support teaching young children in their most formative years of learning and development.
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Video: Using Empathy to Support Children and Families
Hear from Colleen Schmit, author of Advocacy for Early Childhood Educators, as she discusses how important empathy is, especially when supporting children and their families.
Insights From Our Education Experts
Rigid Approach to Teaching Phonics is Failing Children
Experts show that phonics should be taught hand-in-hand with reading and writing to encourage true literacy and a love of reading, not through narrow synthetic phonics.
How Picture Books Create Strong Literacy Skills
Early literacy education is important to set up lifelong learners. Explore these tips from Jane Torr, author of Reading Picture Books with Infants and Toddlers, as she explores the positive impacts and interactions of shared reading for young children.
Play in Early Childhood Helps Build a Better Brain
Early childhood expert Dr Jacqueline Harding, and author of The Brain that Loves to Play, describes how a fusion of play and learning will contribute to a positive early years education and holistic child development.
