by Rising Stride | Aug 8, 2025 | Early Education
Children are continually engaging with the world around them, exploring their curiosities and learning from their experiences. These early moments are essential to growing their self-confidence and building the foundations for their self-esteem. What can we do to...
by Rising Stride | Aug 7, 2025 | Early Education
What is risky play? I think the phrase risky play is self-explanatory, but here’s how I really know if something is risky play or not: when my stomach drops a bit as I watch the kiddo doing it. It’s hard not to worry and even catastrophize when we see children...
by Rising Stride | Aug 6, 2025 | Early Education
We’re all seeing the negative effects of current long waiting lists for speech and language therapy. Around 370,000 children have speech, language and communication needs as an identified special educational need and 87,856 children are on a waiting list for speech...
by Rising Stride | Aug 5, 2025 | Early Education
Transitions are something we all experience throughout our lives. Many of the children I work with find transitions incredibly tricky. In this article and in the early years training session I am delivering, I am going to explore the area of transitions and ways we...
by Rising Stride | Aug 4, 2025 | Early Education
“I don’t like it” can be a common phrase when it comes to children and food, sometimes when they haven’t even tried it! It can be frustrating for parents, early years teachers and early years chefs alike. All children are different, and what works for one child may...
