It’s not unusual to find me baby-gazing. It goes with the job. Sometimes it’s not so much a prolonged observation as fleeting glance at something that has ca...

I know it's probably meant to be humorous - but I couldn’t stop thinking about this photo (uncredited) when I saw it doing the rounds on social media. It fee...

We had such a great time running our recent training course Why Movement Matters: Supporting early years development through dance and movement play at Ludu...

I was lucky enough recently to see a performance of the excellent show ‘Dancer’. Ian Johnson - Scotland’s leading learning-disabled artist - and Gary Gardine...

“TOYS ARE NOT REALLY AS INNOCENT AS THEY LOOK. “TOYS AND GAMES ARE PRELUDES TO SERIOUS IDEAS.” —CHARLES EAMES There is no doubt that social media has its sho...

7 FUN IDEAS FOR ENCOURAGING CREEPING AND CRAWLING The previous blog talked about how important creeping and crawling is in a baby’s all-round development and...

7 REASONS WHY CHILDREN (AND ADULTS) NEED TO CRAWL. Were you an early walker? Maybe you were a ‘bum shuffler’ or scooted backwards rather than crawl on all fo...