Empowerment… what does it mean? This is an important question and often one that doesn’t even feature on the radar of practitioners or parents. But it is key to children’s development, happiness, and learning. Being empowered means you have a confidence that things are possible, achievable, do-able. It’s looking at a problem and thinking [...]
Choosing a learning journal system can often seem like a daunting task, as there are quite a few to choose from. Are you about to move from paper based to digital learning journals? Or perhaps you are just considering moving to another system? Before making a commitment, you may wish to fully investigate what [...]
This month, the Interactive Learning Diary is celebrating its 10th anniversary! How time flies when you're having fun! It seems just like yesterday that we offered a tiny, basic piece of software to educator pilot groups across the UK! We then asked the question ‘what do you need to easily track child development?’ and that [...]
Every parent wishes to keep their children safe, well and free from harm and danger. We teach them to be careful when crossing the road, wear a helmet and pads when skateboarding or cycling, don’t swim too far out ... the list is endless. Young children and teenagers can experience numerous educational, entertainment, social [...]
So, I was researching new methods of inclusive storytelling and discovered ‘Polylino’ and I thought I would share this system with you. I am an avid book reader both paper and electronic so I am more than aware of the paper versus electronic debate. I believe all children should have access to books in any [...]
Leading and Managing in the Early Years by Carol Aubrey A Revised and updated edition which now includes: New chapters on private day care and reflective practice and action research More information around reflective practice and reflective leadership skills More on EYPS as well as integrated centre leadership Practical suggestions for working with resistant groups [...]
As an early year’s professional, you wish to ensure that the children in your setting receive the best possible care and learning during their time with you. This can be easily achieved by adopting a dedicated reflective practice approach to childcare. Reflective practice provides numerous benefits for children and parents, you personally, and your team [...]
Working with children in their early years is an extremely important role. Worldwide, no matter which curriculum or framework you use, you must have the ability to accurately track the development progress of the individual children in your care. Education is now moving away from excessive levels of assessment paperwork, but a child’s progress must [...]
We are all aware that our policies & procedures should be reviewed regularly to ensure they are still ‘fit for purpose’ but what about our assessing and planning procedures? To keep the child at the centre and ensure our focus will make a difference for them, we need to be asking ourselves; Is it [...]
Firstly, we would like to say welcome to our new blog and a BIG thank you and well done for all of your input and feedback on the new look ILD and latest features. As you are now enjoying even more flexibility to report in different ways, we have created a fast-track guide which explains [...]
