Category: Early Years
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Exciting Times
Well … there are so many exciting things coming up that I don’t know where to begin. I’ll be sharing the details over the next few weeks and months (here and elsewhere), but one of the things I’ll be working on is a refresh of the design for this website – UPDATE: This has happened!!…
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Crochet and the Characteristics of Effective Learning
Happy New Year to you all. Did you make any new year’s resolutions? I tend not to, but I have been inspired to try to learn a new skill: crocheting. Some of you will have seen the brilliant Grab a Granny Square project started by the fabulous Ruth Swailes on Twitter. A simple idea to…
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What’s so hard about writing a book?
In the autumn of 2019 I was invited to sign a contract with Routledge Education to write a book – what?!?!?! Seriously, I was so excited about this opportunity and it felt like a bit of a dream. I’d taken the chance to share my book idea with them after receiving an email about something…
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Change is Always Possible
I’ve recently had a big shift in something I believed was completely immovable; a set idea of myself that has been with me since I was very young. It has proven to me that even fixed beliefs can shift given the right circumstances and an open mind over time. Some people will doubt what I…