Let's Play: Further reading
Further reading
We have collected a range of links to websites that we think early years practitioners will find both insightful and useful.
Magic Acorns
Magic Acorns
"Time disappears, this must be what it is like for a child playing"
Magic Acorns is an early years development organisation striving to co-create ground-breaking work with, and for, our very youngest children. Their website is filled with presentations, videos, and resources.
Listen to early years educator, Hope, in discussion with Jessica Pitt, as she reflects on her involvement in Germination, a playful music project based in Norfolk. She discusses the power of play, exploration, awkwardness, creativity and risk-taking.
Germination was a professional development project for early childhood educators, emerging artists and musicians. Through playful workshops, work-based experiences and with the support of a mentor, Magic Acorns learned about how to support and nurture creative practitioners in musical play.
In this mini podcast series Dr. Jessica Pitt talks to participants who reflect on their experiences of Germination and also to an outside eye and critical friend. In this episode Jess talks with Hope Watson, Gemination mentee and early childhood educator about developing their practice of musical play.
Sightlines Initiative
Sightlines Initiative
Sightlines Initiative develops and demonstrates reflective and creative practice in UK early childhood education through action research projects and professional development activity. We are the UK reference point for Reggio Children
Foundation Years
Foundation Years
This website has all the latest news, policy and resources a UK based early years professional could need.
Birth to 5 Matters
Birth to 5 Matters
Offering a rich resource of non-statutory early years guidance written by the early years sector for the early years sector covering topics such as child development, how children learn, and how to best work with the revised EYFS.
STARNET: Early Childhood
STARNET: Early Childhood
This video highlights the value of process-art for young children while also exploring the difference between process- focused art experiences and product-focused experiences.
UK GOV website
UK GOV website
Below is a link to the new statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five.
Early years foundation stage profile handbook
This handbook supports EYFS practitioners in making accurate judgements about each child's attainment in 2020.
