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Early Years Educator
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Early Years Educator @earlyyearsed.bsky.social · Sep 2
📣It's finally out in the world!📣
So excited that the first episode of This Is Early Years is now live!🤓
I speak to the family of Robert McAleese—one of the first men in the UK to qualify as a nursery nurse, whose career marked a turning point in #eyeducation
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❓How many children in your setting are scared of the dark? 🤔

🌃Paula Brown explores children's #fearofthedark, why it might develop and how #EYeducators can help children home and in settings🌠

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January 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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The #EYsector is facing many #challenges

👉With the new year David Wright, Ambassador and former owner of Paint Pots Nurseries, sets out his hopes for the sector, and how he would like the Government to tackle these challenges 🤓👇

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January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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❓❓What are your top children's books for 2026? 📚📚

This year is officially The National Year of Reading, to address the steep decline in reading among children and adults

🤓👇Our reviewer Meg Barclay shares her top reads from 2025 to take into 2026👇

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January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Denmark has one of the longest traditions of EY provision in Europe 🤓
👉As part of this series about EY in other countries, Paula Brown looks at Denmark’s system of early education, including the history, pedagogy, strengths and challenges of the Danish system
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Early years in Denmark | Early Years Educator
Denmark has one of the longest traditions of early years provision in Europe. In the third article in this series all about early years in other countries, Paula Brown looks more closely at Denmark's system of early education, including the history, pedagogy, strengths and challenges of the Danish system.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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📣📣Out now! An exciting new issue of Early Years Educator! 📣📣📰🖥️📱📖

👇🤓Read our new content here🤓👇

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Early Years Educator: Vol 24, No 19
Early Years Educator (EYE) is essential reading for anyone working with children aged from birth to five-years-old.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🤓Ofsted's new inspection framework came into effect this month

👉Lucy Lewin shares reflections from a pilot inspection at her nursery and suggestions for how to approach inspections

#Ofsted #earlyyears #inspections

👉https://doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2025.24.18.24
The reality behind the reform | Early Years Educator
In November Ofsted's new inspection framework came into effect. Lucy Lewin, founder and CEO of The Profitable Nursery Academy, shares reflections from a pilot inspection at her nursery, and suggestions for how to approach inspections for setting leaders, as well as policy makers.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🦷Alarmingly almost 1/4 of children aged five in England have tooth decay

🪥Read more about research from the BRUSH project, which looked at how to reduce this among early years children
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Daily BRUSHing | Early Years Educator
Sam Watt and Professor Peter Day share more about research from the BRUSH project, which looked at how to reduce the level of tooth decay among early years children
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November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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❄️Feeling the winter blues?

👉Chloe Webster discusses self-care for educators, sharing ways to protect yourself now the cold and flu season is upon us 🤒🤧
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#Wellbeing #self-care #educators #seasonalblues
‘Self-care is about sustainability’ | Early Years Educator
Chloe Webster, early years practitioner and writer, discusses self-care for early years educators and shares ways to practice self-care in order to protect yourself now the cold and flu season is upon us.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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📣📣Out now! An exciting new issue of Early Years Educator! 📣📣📰🖥️📱📖

👇🤓Read our fascinating new content here🤓👇

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Early Years Educator: Vol 24, No 18
Early Years Educator (EYE) is essential reading for anyone working with children aged from birth to five-years-old.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📣It's finally out in the world!📣
So excited that the first episode of This Is Early Years is now live!🤓
I speak to the family of Robert McAleese—one of the first men in the UK to qualify as a nursery nurse, whose career marked a turning point in #eyeducation
🎧 Available now on all major platforms
September 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🌟Nursery World is launching a new podcast!
Whether you're in the classroom, planning play-based learning, or navigating the joys & challenges of early education, This is Early Years is your new go-to podcast
👶Real stories🎙Expert voices💡Practical insights
📱First episode Sep 2 on all major platforms
August 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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?? Need some suggestions to freshen up you reading corner?? 📚📚

🤓Meg Barclay reviews picturebooks containing tales from other cultures which help children learn more about different festivals & legends from around the world 🌏

#earlyliteracy #earlyreading
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World stories | Early Years Educator
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews picturebooks that contain tales from other cultures and help children learn more about different festivals and legends from other countries
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August 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🎶Rosie Walton, early years music specialist and lead practitioner on The Gloucestershire Songscape Project, explores how we can support, develop and champion children's natural inclination for song play 🎶
#EYSinging #EarlyYearsMusic
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Early Years Educator: Vol 24, No 17
Early Years Educator (EYE) is essential reading for anyone working with children aged from birth to five-years-old.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Amid the #earlyyears #recruitment&retentioncrisis, Hayley Doncom, from Woodhams Farm Day Nursery shares how her nursery reversed their staff shortages, to build a stable, high-quality team 🤓💪
#teambuilding #EYsucess
👉https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/epub/10.12968/eyed.2025.24.17.3
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July 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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📣📣Out now! An exciting new issue of Early Years Educator! 📣📣📰🖥️📱📖

👇🤓Read our fascinating new content here🤓👇

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Early Years Educator: Vol 24, No 17
Early Years Educator (EYE) is essential reading for anyone working with children aged from birth to five-years-old.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Are you thinking about becoming a mentor to other members of your nursery team?🤓

👇Sarah Hardwell, from Little Peanuts Day Nursery, discusses being a mentor, and shares tips for anyone considering taking up the role 📚 📚

#EarlyYearsCPD #CareerDevelopment

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Reflections of a mentor | Early Years Educator
Sarah Hardwell, Nursery Director at Little Peanuts Day Nursery and Forest School, discusses the experience of being a mentor, and shares tips for anyone considering taking up the role
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July 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Something very exciting is happening here….. 🤫🤫🤫

⁉️What could it be?⁉️

📣All will be revealed in the next few days! 🤐

#watchthisspace #excitingtimes
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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📋A survey from the National Literacy Trust shows only 1/2 of parents are reading with their child on a daily basis 📚

👇Katarina Jovanovic & Katie Stepp, from the National Literacy Trust, share ways to encourage reading at home 📖 🤓 #earlyyears #literacy

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Words for life | Early Years Educator
A recent survey from the National Literacy Trust shows only half of parents are reading with their child on a daily basis. Katarina Jovanovic & Katie Stepp, from the National Literacy Trust, share ways practitioners can support parents to encourage more reading and chatting at home with their children.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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👇Catherine Lippe from Nursery Kitchen explains how #sensorylearning supports positive relationships with food 🥝🍈🍎🥕🥔

And shares ways to include sensory food experiences into early years practice👇 🍓🥬🌽🥥

#earlyyears #earlynutrition #health

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Widening palates through playful exploration | Early Years Educator
Catherine Lippe, nutritionist at Nursery Kitchen, explains how sensory learning supports positive relationships with food, and shares ways to include sensory food experiences into early years practice.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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🥦🥕🫘🍒🍇In September new nutrition guidance from the Government will come into effect for #earlyyearssettings🍍🫐🥔🫑

👇Dayna Brackley, from Bremner & Co, shares more about what the updates will mean for settings 🤓👇

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A step forward but funding must follow | Early Years Educator
In September new nutrition guidance from the Government will come into effect for early years settings. Dayna Brackley, partner at Bremner & Co, shares more about it and what the updates will mean for settings.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Young children's learning can happen anywhere 🤓

👇Paula Brown, play therapist, explores the opportunities and benefits for #earlyyears children of learning in odd places 👇

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A world of education | Early Years Educator
Children's learning can happen anywhere. Paula Brown, play therapist, explores the opportunities and benefits for early years children of learning in odd places.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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📣📣We have an exciting new issue out now! 📣📣

👇🤓Read more here🤓👇

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Early Years Educator: Vol 24, No 16
Early Years Educator (EYE) is essential reading for anyone working with children aged from birth to five-years-old.
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May 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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🥳 We’ve just reached 100 followers! 🥳

Thanks so much everyone! 🎉 You are all amazing 🙌🏻

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May 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"Impact on" should be banned. 🚫

Often 'impact' contains everything needed 🤓✍️

❌"..can impact on peer relationships" ❌

✅"..can impact peer relationships"✅

You don't impact "on", "under" or "besides" unless specifically discussing where a physical impact hit

Please stop #petpeeves #editorproblems
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May 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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👇🤓Dr Gillian Paull explores the #data 📊to see if the proposal to use spare primary school🎒capacity to create 3,000 new nurseries will be adequate 🤔🗺️ #earlyyears #strategicplanning

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Enough space? | Early Years Educator
Dr Gillian Paull explores the data to see if the proposal to use spare primary school capacity to create 3,000 new nurseries will be adequate
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May 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM