Thriving Language - Early Years

We  are really pleased to be joined by Jess Gosling as  we discover the journey of an International Teacher.  Jess is a published Author about this very subject and has travelled the world developing her own teaching career. We join her live from  Taipei where Jess is an International Early Years Teacher in Reception. Why did Jess choose this career and what has she learnt along the way? What is t...

Here Becky chats with Mindy,   we are sat outside on logs, beneath the canvas of autumn trees around the base camp of the University of Gloucestershire Forest School.  Mindy is an expert in Forest School and has led her own sessions for many years. She is also an Early Years graduated.   What are the benefits for children, families and professionals of just getting outside? Why is it crucial that...

What does wellbeing really mean for you?  Simon chats with the Beckies about what we really need for wellbeing.  We discuss how  to manage work loads and find the true meaning that could just help to change your life.  Simon explains the need for Freedom - free to be who you are born to be .  Ease - With who you are and at ease with where you are in the world. If we are not at ease how can we  emb...

Here Becky talks with Meg from Zest Personal Development.  What is coaching and training and why do we need to discover our full potential ?  Self awareness - know where are you now and where  you want to be. Meg helps people reach their full potential by looking at change and bringing new understanding to why we all experience things in different ways. What is your motivation ?  What does hold us...

Here The Beckies, catch up and look at what has happened over the summer,  where we are now and what the future holds for  Thriving early years... We have been busy  writing our new book for Routledge  and recording some amazing podcasts with  great guest and we are now back face to face training  YAY!! Thank you to the lovely settings who have invited us back.  Excitedly we are collaborating  wit...

Here the Beckies are joined by Katherine an Early Years Education Lead for the Reach Hub. Discover what this role means and why it is crucial to develop relationships with families and to also understand the context of the child and their journey. What does Cradle to Career model mean ? How is early years embedded in this vision? Listen to this amazing insight into what is really needed and how th...

What is the Motherhood society ? Why do we need a community around us? We talk to Victoria  the founder of this great idea, who has built a  community for women to come along with their little ones, make connections and  care for themselves.  Time that you really need and that helps you feel like you! Its a chance for women to stop and see what they need, this fits alongside having your little one...

Here The Beckies talk with Leanne and Gail from Greyholme Dental Suite. Gale is a qualified dental hygienist  and Leanne  a qualified dental nurse. So what better people to gain new understanding from about 'Promoting Good Oral Health for Children'. Where is the best place to start when we talk about our role in this ? Did you know that sugar causes acid attacks in everyone's mouths...

Here Becky talks with Early Years Professional Vane,  we are in  a beautiful outdoor environment as we launch our Thriving Communities together. There is a link in this podcast to a free training opportunity with us and Thriving Language. We cover topics around the revised EYFS that are relevant to us all  to understand our world. Would you like to be part of the foundations for creating a project...

Here the Beckies are joined by Jamie from the Preschool Centre at the University of Cumbria We chat about babysitting, childcare, early educators. Does everyone in the wider world know that we have a curriculum in early years? Do people know what we do in early years? Are we viewed as Teachers in the early years? Why don't people understand that early years in absolutely crucial,  children&ap...

Today The Beckies are joined by Julie from To Baby and Beyond. Let's discover why baby massage is key to relationships , secure attachments and bonding. Baby massage has its roots in India and the benefits are huge, for health and wellbeing. The relationships we make with young children last a lifetime, positive touch and massage helps to realise happy hormones.  Discover why it is crucial to...

Here the Beckies  are joined by Kathy Davies from Ready Steady Music , to chat about the importance of music in early years and how it helps brain development at the foundation of life and way beyond. How do we enable children to learn through music and why does this really matter? The power of music is huge !! Discover more about what we can all do in practice and in life with music, to benefit e...

Here Becky is joined by Leanne the founder of a brilliant mindful baking company. We discover through Leanne's story, how to enable time for ourselves and how to avoid burn out.  We talk about how to value yourself and give yourself permission to look after you everyday. Over 80 percent of women do not stop and work off heightened adrenaline daily. We know in early years and education that we...

Here the Beckies talk about what is needed for recruitment in early years. What sort of person do we need and why does this really matter? We discuss knowing what you value in professional practice, what your ethos is and how do you gain the right person to work with you.  Is experience, understanding and reflection  the key to being a fabulous practitioner in early years? Here we talk about our o...

Here the Beckies talk with Jamie a dynamic manager in early years. Jamie was a year 6 primary school teacher who saw the importance of the early years and decided to take a year re-training for EYTS .  Discover what he has gained since changing his educational career route? Why early years?  What does it feel like to be a male in the early years workforce? Jamie talks about how the freedom to teac...

Here the Beckies are delighted to be joined by Catherine a specialist in learning languages. We discover how babies and children learn to talk and how hearing more than one language is  so beneficial for their development.  Hearing a second language  for babies is completely  natural, when babies are under 12 months they can hear and responded innately.    The ability to build natural fluency happ...

Here The Beckies talk with Michelle, Senior Lecturer and Partnership Co-ordinator for the University of Worcester and Vicky an EY Lead and Professional Student. Discover more with us and come on the journey of Professionalism in Early Years How do you see yourself in Early Years ? Holding young lives in your hands and what does that mean for everyone who work in Early Years. Is the  Early Years Ed...

Here Becky has a brilliant chat  with Jess Davis, about everything early years and new career paths. Jess is an amazing EY advocate with a background in social care, early years, families first, 4 children and Barnardo's. She has also been a EY Lead and Manager for several large nurseries. We get to find out from Jess what drives her early years career, why has she chosen to teach  and how wi...

Here the Beckies are joined by Lynne Adamson a well established , dynamic and outstanding childminder and early years professional. We discover the flexibility to go with the children and really discover what their interests are, and to have the time to extend these naturally. Lynne talks about her in the moment planning and how she extends learning. We discover routes into being a childminder and...

Here the Beckies  from Thriving Language are joined by Caroline Eaton  we look at and try to  understand what it is that young children see and experience in their everyday life. We discover how we can turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary  and share our love of the everyday.  We chat about the importance of excitement and interests for children, the detail and new understanding of new words. H...

Here the Beckies are really excited to be joined by the wonderful  Naomi and Kay who are  qualified Play Therapist. We start to discover what will make the biggest difference to the children's lives we all work and live with.  We are all passionate about   Brain Scientist in  play and how this is shaping children's brains, Naomi and Kay share how linking EYFS daily practice to Neuroscien...

Here the Beckies discover more about  what an amazing profession early years can be. They take a deeper look at the fantastic  work  around developing Brains . Do we just go to work and Play ?  Discover your own route to more happiness and the power you have to create brighter futures for all... Thriving Language  Early Years - Brain Scientist Conference on 20th March 2021 and would love you to co...

Here the Beckies chat about this interesting and sometimes controversial subject about Praise and Rewards in Early Years and for life.   Let's explore what is actually happening when we praise children? Children's self esteem and confidence needs to be enabled for them to thrive, but how do we do this with them to help their sense of self? What are we measuring the child by ? Do we want...

Here the Beckies  talk about taking a moment,  even if this is just a few minutes in your day. Let's look at what is needed to actually be in the moment.  How do we discover this moment ?  What helps to make you feel alive and ready to go ...? Right here, right now together, let's tap back into our filing cabinet of good moments and memories. Using all our senses to explore how amazing w...

Here The Beckies are  keen to discover more about play and our delighted to be  joined by Michelle from the University of Worcester.  Michelle tells us what Psycholudic Play Theory is , it's background  and makes it so easy to understand.   The word Psycholudic means the brain/mind and play.  Michelle is so pleased to share this idea, demystify it and empower everyone in the early years arena...