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All by myself…..unless I want to collaborate!
I work for myself and I love the freedom this gives me. I love making all of the decisions, I love doing the preparation in my own time and in my own way, I love delivering the topics I choose, I even like, a bit, creating invoices and tracking my accounts. Working for myself is…
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Waving My Arms Around: How Conducting Helped Me See the Value in Setting Challenges.
Conducting the windband last weekend brought to mind memories of when I first worked in early years; and didn’t really know what I was doing. I stood at the front, waving my arms in the air, trying to get the attention of the flautists, clarinetists and trumpeters while they looked the other way and played their own…
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When do you play?
As a practitioner in the Early Years sector you know a lot about play and spend your time at work observing children at play. You notice when they are absorbed in the action of digging in the flower beds or leading cars around the floor. You listen intently as they tell you about their adventures…
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Reflective Practice – What Next?
So, last time I wrote about reflective practice and told you about one of my favourite strategies, reflective lenses, to get the most out of this process but what do you do when you’ve done all of this reflection? The best kind of reflective practice leads to some development of your practice, of those around…
Fiona Joines Training & Consultancy
Training in Early Years and Digital Technologies