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  • Choose Play - Every Day, with Dr Aaron Bradbury
    Send us a textWe were delighted to chat with Dr Aaron Bradbury from Nottingham Trent University in the UK. Aaron recently edited a document called Play Matters and in this special conversation to mark International Day of Play we discuss the joy of play, slow relational pedagogy and advocating for play.  As Aaron says, the possibilities that come from play are endless! 
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  • Exploring TIME
    Send us a textEarly Childhood Ireland is delighted to introduce a brand new member CPD resource called TIME: Thriving through Interactions and Meaningful Engagements. In this episode we discuss the programme with Dr Christina Egan Marnell, from Early Childhood Ireland. We chat about how it was developed, how will support educators to reflect on and develop their engagements with children. The development of the CPD programme and resource was supported by the RTE Toy Show Appeal. Early Childhood Ireland members can access the course here
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  • Consulting with Children, with Prof. Deirdre Horgan
    Send us a textWhat does consulting with children mean, how do we do this? In this episode Prof Deirdre Horgan from University College Cork takes us through her work with Hub na nÓg developing the recently published toolkit to support consulting with children. She discusses how so much consultation goes on with children everyday and gives ideas on how we can recognise this and capture it. You can find the toolkit refereed to here  https://hubnanog.ie/resources/toolkit-guidance/?_sft_post_tag=toolkits  If you would like to hear the earlier episode about the Children's Participation framework with Prof. Laura Lundy and Anne O'Donnell, you will find it here  https://earlychildhoodirelandpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1541473/episodes/9314091-exploring-the-national-framework-for-children-and-young-people-s-participation-in-decision-making-with-prof-laura-lundy-and-anne-o-donnell
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  • Updated Aistear in Practice, with Valerie Gaynor
    Send us a textThis week we talk to Valerie Gaynor, Manager of Creative Kids and Co in Dublin, who participated in the NCCA's Updating Aistear Development Group about her experiences of the process. She also discusses how the updated Aistear is impacting on practice in her setting.    
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  • Updated Aistear: Sustainability, with Dr Marlene McCormack
    Send us a textToday, 22 April is World Earth Day. To mark this important day we were delighted to chat about the enhanced focus on Sustainability in the Updated Aistear, with Dr Marlene McCormack, from Dublin City University. In this episode Marlene discusses how values play a role in attitudes to sustainability, with a mindset of caring at it's heart. She gives practical ideas on how we can support children and families to think of sustainability and ecology. 
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Early Childhood is the leading national children’s advocacy and membership organisation. We work in partnership with Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings to ensure that every child is thriving and learning. We advocate for an effective and inclusive system which values, supports and invests in childhood, children and services.   Our Vision is that every child is thriving and learning in quality Early Years and School Age Care in centre-based and Childminding settings.  Our Mission is to champion quality for children in Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings, through our work with our members and on the system.   
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