Stacy Mann explores children's wellbeing versus mental health, co-regulation and practical strategies for Early Years practitioners and parents.

Sonia Mainstone-Cotton shares practical ideas and strategies for supporting your own physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. She shares further reading and research, ways that you can support colleagues and a realistic ‘menu of ideas’ for you to choose from.

In this interview, we discuss what is meant by ‘pre-phonics’, the link with the Letters and Sounds guidance and phonological awareness. Steph explains how knowing songs, nursery rhymes and good quality children’s books help to give children the skills needed before they start phonics. She goes on to discuss the importance of phonemic awareness and what that could look like as part of a routine in a setting

In this interview, Sue Asquith discusses the cyclical process of observation, assessment and planning and how that then links with Ofsted’s ‘intent, implementation and impact’.

Sarah Griffiths then suggests a range of practical well-being activities and support that we can give children, as well as how to help parents to support their children at home.

In this interview, Sue explains what we mean by self-regulation; how we can foster a sense of belonging in an Early Years setting; the challenges to self-regulation in general and especially the additional challenges has COVID-19 brought; how an understanding of neuroscience can help us to empathise with children; and reviewing the self-regulation for children in an Early Years setting.

Sue Atkins has had over 10 years experience as a parenting coach and has raised two children of her own. She is the Parenting Expert for ITV’s ‘This Morning’, BBC Radio, Sky News and Good Morning Britain, helping thousands of parents to overcome their challenges and develop their own balanced, down to earth parenting approach that creates happy, positive children, and relaxed confident parents.

Sue Atkins shares her Together at the Table Framework, helping settings swap screens for conversation and connection at mealtimes.

Sue Cowley is an experienced teacher, writer and presenter, whose specialisms are in the areas of behaviour management and creative teaching and learning.

In this interview, we discuss KIND (Keep it simple, Individuality, Nurture and Develop; how you can do yoga at home with children; the lifelong benefits of mindfulness; the free resources and course that Yoginis Yoga are offering.

Susan Hartley and Katie Brennan set up Yoginis Yoga Training Ltd in 2006 and have been delivering yoga sessions and training to schools and nurseries ever since.

Sue Newman & Dr Kathryn Murray reveal how sound environments enhance brain development, learning & wellbeing in early years settings.

Sue Newman and Harriet Thomas of Boogie Mites. Boogie Mites offers Early Years families, practitioners and the wider community the knowledge, resources and confidence to harness the power of active music-making each and every day.

In this comprehensive course, Louise Mercieca explains how sugar affects children’s health (current and future), wellbeing, palate development and lifetime habits.

Superhero Play transforms a common classroom challenge into a powerful learning opportunity. Through expert guidance from early years consultant Tamsin Grimmer, you'll discover evidence-based approaches to weapon play, death concepts in play, and creating superhero-friendly environments.

This comprehensive course equips you with practical strategies to support all children's interests without gender bias while navigating potentially sensitive topics with confidence, ultimately enhancing your ability to create inclusive, developmentally appropriate learning spaces.

Essential training for early years professionals facing one of education's most sensitive challenges. This focused course delivers practical, age-appropriate strategies for communicating about death, recognising grief behaviours, and supporting children through loss experiences. Developed by early years expert Tamsin Grimmer, the training transforms uncertainty into professional confidence.
Participants will gain a developmental understanding of how children comprehend death, clear communication frameworks, and effective family partnership approaches. With dedicated reflection activities and comprehensive resources, this professional development opportunity ensures you're prepared to provide compassionate, informed support when children need it most.

This course will give you a great underpinning of knowledge about dyslexia, autism, ADHD and speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Georgina uses her knowledge and experience as a SEND consultant to explain how to develop suitable activities for the children.

Susan explains in detail how to plan for a multidisciplinary meeting or conference, where you may have speech and language specialists, social workers and possibly the police.

In this interview, Susannah explains what level of speech and comprehension that we would expect from a typically developing two-year-old and how the adult child interaction can help those children who may have more challenges. Susannah has lots of different, practical techniques and strategies to help get children’s words moving and improve their communication, for both parents and practitioners.

The focus of this interview is on children reaching their full potential and how this is impacted by gender stereotyping, using information from Susie and Barbara’s book: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in the Early Years.

Barbara explains how children’s knowledge about gender typically develops over time. We go on to discuss how gender stereotyping could affect children’s mental health; practical strategies for improving pedagogy and how to support parents and the wider community.

We also find out about the Gender Friendly Nursery programmes that they set up in Glasgow and some gender-friendly pedagogy from around the world.

Master Sustained Shared Thinking in the Early Years with expert Kathy Brodie. Learn practical techniques to boost children's cognitive development, create thinking-rich environments, and transform everyday interactions into powerful learning opportunities. Ideal for all Early Years professionals.