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Keeping Toddlers Safe in the Sun
With temperatures rising and summer holidays approaching, now is the perfect time to get clued up on sun safety for toddlers. Check out our blog post for advice on keeping your little ones safe in the sun.
Mindfulness Activities for Toddlers
Mindfulness is a state of awareness of our thoughts, feelings, sensations, and environment. It aims to help you feel calmer, manage stress, and become more self-aware of your emotions and how to respond to them. For toddlers, they can easily get carried away by the...
Soothing with the senses – developing emotional regulation
Our senses help us ‘make sense’ of what is happening in the world outside our bodies. Learning to interpret the information coming in from the senses and then produce an appropriate response, is how young children develop language, social skills and motor...
6 Top Tips for Developing Mindfulness in the Nursery
Introducing mindfulness and meditation in the nursery can improve children's wellbeing and mental health, as well as helping them to focus on learning. In celebration of World Meditation Day, we have collated six top tips for introducing mindfulness and meditation to...
Working with Autistic children and creating a friendly space
Working with autistic children and creating an autism-friendly setting can seem like a daunting prospect when you first begin, but with the right resources and know-how, it is easier and more fun than you may have thought! Developing strategies for autistic children...
Supporting Children’s Mental Health in Lockdown and Beyond
Supporting children’s mental health is so important in lockdown and beyond, by recognising the signs of poor mental health and learning how to deal with it. This much is clear: the pandemic has had a dramatic effect on children’s mental health. While children often...