A Gentle Touch
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...
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Blog Posts
Anne O'Connor
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
REALITY CHECK?
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...
Anne O'Connor
- Mar 6, 2018
- 2 min
PRIMED TO DANCE
We had such a great time running our recent training course Why Movement Matters: Supporting early years development through dance and...
Anne O'Connor
- Feb 14, 2018
- 3 min
YOU CAN'T DANCE
I was lucky enough recently to see a performance of the excellent show ‘Dancer’. Ian Johnson - Scotland’s leading learning-disabled...
Anne O'Connor
- Jan 23, 2018
- 4 min
“TOYS AND GAMES ARE PRELUDES TO SERIOUS IDEAS.” —CHARLES EAMES
“TOYS ARE NOT REALLY AS INNOCENT AS THEY LOOK. “TOYS AND GAMES ARE PRELUDES TO SERIOUS IDEAS.” —CHARLES EAMES There is no doubt that...
Anne O'Connor
- Dec 11, 2017
- 2 min
7 FUN IDEAS FOR ENCOURAGING CREEPING AND CRAWLING
7 FUN IDEAS FOR ENCOURAGING CREEPING AND CRAWLING The previous blog talked about how important creeping and crawling is in a baby’s...
Anne O'Connor
- Nov 7, 2017
- 3 min
7 REASONS WHY CHILDREN (AND ADULTS) NEED TO CRAWL.
7 REASONS WHY CHILDREN (AND ADULTS) NEED TO CRAWL. Were you an early walker? Maybe you were a ‘bum shuffler’ or scooted backwards rather...