#EarlyYears

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-06-11

🎈✨ Try our 'hot air balloon' experiment at home to explore air resistance and gravity.
Simply thread a balloon through a hole in the bottom of a paper cup, inflate it and then let it go!

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-06-06

This week, Paige is demonstrating the sign for 'home'. For this sign, touch our finger tips together and form a roof shape with your arms, before moving them downwards diagonally. Children often repeat this movement in quick succession when they're excited to go home!

Find more signs on our website: zurl.co/3pXLO

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-06-04

🍕👐 The pressure and tapping of a 'pizza massage' provides sensory stimulation and relaxation, as well as supporting emotional regulation.

Take a look at Tina's demonstration, and try it out at home!

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-06-03

This Sunday was Bare Foot Day! 👣 Did you know that going barefoot helps children develop proprioception, which is crucial for balance and coordination? Giving your child access to bare foot climbing opportunities or walking on different textures in a way that's managed safely is a great way to develop this skill.

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-05-02

This week, Amber is demonstrating the Makaton sign for 'drink'. For this sign, use your dominant hand to mime bringing a cup to your lips.

For more of our signs, visit our website: zurl.co/HVoym

2025-04-09

We have published the latest update from the national evaluation team of A Better Start. We present how we are applying contribution analysis to our evaluation, with slides to illustrate our approach.

A Better Start is the ten-year, ÂŁ215 million programme set-up by The National Lottery Community Fund, that aims to support families to give their babies and very young children the best possible start in life.

Listen: natcen.ac.uk/ABS-national-eval

#EarlyYears #Evaluation

2025-04-04

We should celebrate Labour’s good news on nurseries – but it needs to be bolder theguardian.com/commentisfree/
This is long overdue but there is a massive shortage of qualified early years teachers that must be rectified to make this work. #EarlyYears #eyfs #EarlyEducation

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-04-04

This week, Hayley is demonstrating the Makaton sign for 'daddy'. Simply tap your index and middle fingers of one hand on top of the same fingers of the other hand, once for each syllable of the word.

KatieB KidsKatieBKids
2025-03-26

At KatieB Kids, we strive to listen to and acknowledge children’s feelings, emotions and decisions. If we dismiss children when they use their voice, we are teaching them that their voice isn’t important.

2025-03-05

NEW POST: Three steps to boost #SEND accountability in the #EarlyYears. Catherine McLeod of Early Years charity, Dingley’s Promise, explains why just creating more places in pre-schools and nurseries isn't enough: specialneedsjungle.com/importa

Jayson Mehrajaysonmehra
2025-02-11

🌟 Exciting Opportunities in Nurseries Across London! 🌟

We’re welcoming passionate Nursery Assistants and Practitioners who want to make a difference in early years education! If you love working with children and are looking for flexible, rewarding opportunities, we want to hear from you! 👶✨

📍 Roles available across London
📩 Apply today at www.enlighten-supplypool.com

Tag someone who would be perfect for this role! 👇

What a beautiful clever girl you’re growing into

I was excited to have you back at home to play, relax and enjoy your home – the space that’s all yours since before you were born.

I prepped our lunch in advance of collecting you from City Square station so we could have the most time together.

Straight after travelling an hour on the train, I take you back on transport, fortunately not too far. Your precious little self is in a good mood usually, so I can give you cuddles in the warmth soon after collecting you.

At home

It’s a usual cold January, so being outside in the low temperature and damp, isn’t much fun. I try to make home as enjoyable as possible for you, including giving you the chance to explore.

You’re developing a huge amount at the moment, you can now comprehend lots of things and you have a very helpful spirit about you.

Last time you were home you spilt some water and got the kitchen towel to clean up.

Today I asked for help taking the high chair legs from the cupboard over to the kitchen and you enthusiastically cooperated. When I changed your nappy then asked you to take it over to the bin, you gladly helped. I was pleasantly surprised how well you’re understanding things.

I still can’t get my head around the reality you’re not a docile baby anymore.

You must have a bit of cat in you, they love pulling at curtains tooPlaying on your own, reading the magazine

A walk around the city lake

After lunch and play time we went for a walk around the neighbourhood. I made sure you were wrapped up super cosy.

It breaks my heart to see other families together. I’m grateful for the moment but I wish things were better for us.

Facing towards the cityFacing north

Before heading back to the station I gave you some snacks.

There are so many videos online of babies trying different fruits and their reactions – I know you’ve tried lots already, so that first time experience isn’t there, but at the least it’s a first for us.

Your sweet nature

On the train back to City Square station I noticed you were trying to give Spot some water. Isn’t it funny that as you grow your maternal nature comes out.

As you grow, there’ll be lots of last times too

It was the last time I gave you formula. Things are moving really fast, before I know it you won’t need me to put your shoes on as well as all the other things I enjoy helping you with.

The early months of your life were taken from me. I’d do anything to have them now, they’re fast becoming lost to the past.

Listen through the podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FhBbaPeVms9Zn8SM0vthh?si=dzGJsgGSQd-j6GXrA32Q8g

#dadLife #earlyYears #familiesTogether #fatherSRights #fatherhood #growingChild #growingToddler #growingUpFast #heartbreak #lastTime #parenting #parentingMoments #SpotTheDog #toddler #toddlerDad #tryingFruits #weaning

Closeup of baby kissing a yellow stuffed dog toy.Father and toddler hugging and smilingBaby sitting by window with white curtain
Jonathan Blackshirepyutaros@zirk.us
2025-01-03

Written by Google Gemini 2.0

Happy Friday! This week's #FridayDeepDive takes an unexpected turn into the formative years of krautrock pioneers Can, thanks to a serendipitous discovery of a new single by a different artist with the same name. #Can #krautrock #Delay1968 #experimental #music #deepdive #fridaymood #tidal #radiohead #thethief #influence #earlyyears #playlist

tidal.com/browse/playlist/ab56

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