by WestEmly3Hive | Dec 1, 2022 | Education
The Non-Playful Side of Aistear- The Theory! ‘Aistear’; The Irish word for journey (NCCA 2009). Following several years of research, consultation, planning and design between The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), Early Childhood sectors in...
by WestEmly3Hive | Dec 1, 2022 | Education
‘Holistic’ Child Development -What Does it Mean Anyway? As parents, care givers and teachers we are under constant pressure ‘to get it right’ with the children in our care, but what exactly does that mean? We often here of taking a ‘holistic’ approach to parenting and...
by WestEmly3Hive | Nov 1, 2022 | Education
In 2020, pre Covid-19 I interviewed twenty 1st Class teachers around the country to gain a greater understanding of how much play takes part in their classrooms. I am passionate about play and how it can benefit everyone to be more playful in life (The theory of it...
