Circle Time - The Early Years Podcast

Glenn is talking love with early years consultant, trainer and author Tamsin Grimmer, as she explains more about the term Loving Pedagogy and how it is important for settings to understand the act of professional love for children's development.   You can visit Tamsin's website: https://www.tamsingrimmer.com/   And her book, "Developing a Loving Pedagogy in the Early Years: How Love Fits with Prof...

Glenn has been chatting with friend, colleague, Nursery Director and passionate advocate of all things Early Years, Sarah Hardwell, about the huge importance of partnerships with parents and families and why it truly does "take a village to raise a child".

With so little help and support for Early Years Physical Education, Glenn was delighted to chat with Early Years teacher of physical education and development, Josh Candy. Josh has been posting videos on his LinkedIn profile showing how he puts together his lessons each week. They are truly inspiring videos for practitioners to watch and take ideas from. Josh's Linked In profile can be found here:...

In this edition of circle time - the early years podcast, Glenn talks to award winning Early Years Consultant, trainer, mentor and proud holder of the NNEB, Alison Featherbe. Their discussion centres around the role of the adult and how we can be Play Partners.   For more information on Alison, visit her website: www.alisonfeatherbe.co.uk  

It's always a pleasure to talk to Vanessa Dooley from Jigsaw EYC. In this edition of circle time Vanessa and Glenn talk about the distinct lack of solid training for practitioners who work with our Under Twos and what Jigsaw is doing to help resolve this.   For more information on the "Brilliant Little Minds" training, and the other amazing things that Jigsaw do, head to their website: www.jigsawe...

In this episode of circle time - the early years podcast, Glenn talks with inspirational early years trainer and consultant Kathryn Solly about her passion for bringing the learning (and the children) outside. You can visit Kathryn's website at: https://www.solly.biz/  

Glenn chats with early years consultant, author, trainer and mentor, James Tunnell, about what the term "Play Diets" means to our practice. For more information on James' work, visit his website: www.nurserynook.co.uk  

In this edition of circle time - the early years podcast, Glenn has been talking to Jess Gosling, a reception teacher and CPD Lead at an International School in Poland, to find out what it's all about. Jess is the author of the book "How to be a successful International Teacher" and runs a facebook supporting other International Teachers or those thinking about it as a career. Her website is: http...

In this edition of circle time - the early years podcast, Glenn has been talking about sleep with Rebecca Askew, who is a Baby and child sleep consultant and educator, offering one of the most comprehensive, accredited child sleep training courses available. Visit her website: https://thepsychologyofchildsleeptraining.com/   Or her Instagram account: @babysleepconsultantgb  And her facebook: https...

In the latest episode of circle time - the early years podcast, Glenn chats to Early Years Nutritrion Therapist Louise Mercieca about the hidden landscapes of food and just how that has a massive impact on the physical health and mental health of young children. Louise also talks about her new online course for parents and practitioners, How Food Shapes Your Child – Building a Brain. https://mycpd...

In the latest episode, Glenn has the pleasure of discussing the concept of circle time in early years and how it needs to be reimagined to support physical development.

In this episode, Glenn talks to Nursery owner, author and advocate for men in childcare David Wright about our understanding of curriculum and how children are the centre of it.

In this edition of circle time - the early years podcast, Glenn is delighted to have another opportunity to chat with author and passionate play advocate Greg Bottrill. We talk about the need for play past early years and into school as well as Greg's ambitious new research project The Quest and how you can be a part of it. More information can be found on The Quest website www.thekingdomofplay.co...

In this first edition of Circle Time Glenn has the pleasure of talking to Early Years teacher, author and lecturer Dawn Rigby. Our subject was play and its importance to learning in Early Years. Dawn's new book "Making Play Work in Early Years Settings: Tales from the sandpit" is available now from all good bookshops.