Here Becs and Becca (The Beckies) chat about what 2023 brings and where next for early years, speech, language and communication.  They look at how people feel about a New Year and what this means for them. Does the New Year feel like a new note book or a soggy sponge ?? However it feels we are right here with you and supporting your journey...We chat about little steps forward, creating your environment  and the guests we have spoken with,  we love the  connections we have made with awesome educators and meeting the children that they are working with is so interesting, training with them and seeing the children's communications thrive is one of the best areas of our careers.  We talk about our love of outdoors, kinder education and the amazing people we get to work with. We  work  one -one with children and their families looking at play and communication, speech and language we see little ones begin to be understood and smiling.  We also offer bespoke training packages for all educators and your colleagues. Our new book for Routledge will be coming out this year ... exciting times!!!We also chat about what is the most important thing for creating language rich environments... We wish you a fab 2023 and thank you for being part of this awesome community of educators Would you like to work with us, does a child you know need to be understood or would  you love to be on our Thriving Language Podcast  then go on drop us an email ...We love to hear from you [email protected]   Head to www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk to discover moreLove The Beckies Thriving Language CIC  - Early Years, Play, Communication  Speech and Language Consultants Published Routledge : Speech and Language in the Early Years - Creating Language Rich Environments  - Becky Poulter Jewson and Rebecca Skinner

Today Becs and Becky chat about how everyone in education has a huge responsibility to communicate kindly with children and importantly we talk about the ways children really shouldn't be spoken to or treated.We discuss the need to be professional and use our research based practice.  Communicate how we would to our friends, if a friend did something you thought was wrong what would you do ?   We are the holders of children's wellbeing now and in the future, so we must practice with careful and kind communication and we must make sure that the environments we work in reflect this. Really value getting to know the children. We know shouting at and shaming  children is wrong and we have a duty to do something about this, be the person that makes the difference, be the child's advocate and challenge unkind and unprofessional behaviour. Enable children to feel safe, to be loved and to thrive ... the way forward is with you.Thank you for listening and being part of this amazing educators community And remember we really are here for you if you need support or to chat just email [email protected] We offer one - one communication and play sessions for childrenThriving Language CIC training consultancy early years and communicationThriving Language Podcasts Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Buzzsprouts Published Speech and Language in the Early Years - Creating Language Rich Environments - Routledge 2022.Grab a cuppa and join us for a ten min listen, it might just be the best thing you hear.We had a great time at Dr Mine Conkbayir book launch and highly recommend her latest book The Neuroscience of the Developing Child Self-Regulation for Wellbeing and a Sustainable Future  it will bring the research needed for educationalist and families to understand what is actually happening for the child and their brain development when we use outdated practices such as time out, shaming and shouting plus so much more,  so discover and see why we always say educators truly are #brainscientists Creating environments where all children are understood 

We are so fortunate to be chatting  with Helen the founder of Make it Wild,  this is a family project turned business that has nature at the heart of its ethos...  Its not our aim to protect nature its our purposeHelen changed her career as a Doctor to pursue her purpose in life... What is nature connectedness and why do we really need to know about this? She talks with us about using our instincts and re-uniting with our life skills that we have perhaps let go by the wayside.  We discover why its crucial for all children and adults to be in nature and play and Helen talks about the happy hormones that we can get from the earth. Do you know why patterns in nature are so important for our wellbeing? Discover what you can do to help children thrive ?Grab a cuppa and relax with us for 10 mins of chat that could just change yours and the children lives.Would you like to be on a Thriving Language podcast do you have something to share that educators and families would love to know about ?   [email protected] If you would like  face to face Thriving Language training  sessions or one to one child speech, language, play and communication sessions, then do email us we love to hear from you. To find out more from Helen and her wonderful ideas ...Head to www.makeitwild.co.uk [email protected] Thank you for listen, joining in and being part of this amazing educational community.   Love The Beckies

Dr Lala talks with us about how we should think of movement as a child's first language, from day one of a babies life movement is crucial.Discover why physical movement relates so deeply to communication.  Childhood is a very important developmental period for sensory sounds, reading and singing to a baby really can help their communications.Tapping into everyday experiences and the child's physical responses enables us to be on the child's wavelength. Emotions are directly linked to a child's physical state,  you can tell what children are communicating by looking at what their body language is really saying.Find out what families and educators can do to help children to develop and thrive.As teachers what should we add to the movement experience of the child?All children communicate however abled they are, they can move in a way that is appropriate to them.  Our role is to understand and enable communications.What happens when children are static?  We also discuss technology and its role in children's lives. To discover more about Dr Lala head to:activematters.org Published :The early years movement handbook and EYTV To train with The Beckies and their Thriving Language Approach head to www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk or contact [email protected] Published Routledge and Bloomsbury EYTV  One to one sessions for children please email.Grab a cuppa and join us on Spotify, Apple, Amazon or your usual podcast provider, listen with us and our 10 min of early years and educational chatter, you never know this could be the 10 mins that changes yours and a child's life. Love The Beckies Thriving Language CIC 

Here the Beckies chat with Lynette  about understanding schema play and supporting children's confidence. Confidence should be the first thing we support, do the children see themselves as a worthwhile person ?  How are the children responded to and are they respected? Noticing what children are say is crucial and how we respond to children's communications is key to confidence building.  Does the child feel worthwhile let't think about our responses, how does your self esteem feel in your environment and how does this feel for the children in your care? Children need to be seen and heard, we need to understand gestures and look for schemes from a very young age.   Have a 10 min listen and discover more about schemas, what is the child really telling us and how do we could respond ?   Building confidence needs to be at the heart of all practice whatever age child you teach or live with. Children get an idea of how worthwhile a person they are at the age of six (yr 1 children), their self esteem can  be boosted by teachers with a great knowledge of schema play and with educators and family around them who not only listen but who teach through extension of the child's lines of inquiry. Lynette gives us some great examples of this...  Tune in, affirm and respond.Find out about mastery patterns of behaviour and ensure you  are the teacher/educator  who tunes in, affirms and responds allowing  children to thrive now and for their future.   Making the people of tomorrow is a huge responsibility and we need to get this right! We  follow the children's patterns of play and lines of enquiry so that children gain confidence in their thoughts and ideas. We never want to tell a child who they are or shape a child we should teach in a way that enables and enhances who they are and what they are communicating to us. www.SchemaPlay.com  Head over for all your schema play training - taster session with a special discount for Thriving Language Podcast Listeners  [email protected]  [email protected] we love to hear from you  email us if you have something you would love to chat about on our Podcast and for all your training needs.www.thrivinglangague.co.uk  1:1 Speech language communication and play sessions available.  In practice books to help children thrive.Speech & Language in the Early Years - creating language rich environments - Routledgeby Becky Poulter Jewson and Rebecca Skinner 

Brett has been in education for over 20 years, his mission is for all children to have access to a great education.  He has brought Teach first into 60 countries all around the world. Today we are here to find out all about tiney and how it can inspire educationalist and families. The mission at tiney is to enable affordable childcare for parents, high quality early education for children and amazing careers for childminders.Brett talks about how We need more amazing people in educational  and discusses the need for this career to be valued, he believes  this is where tiney has a great solution. Brett tells us what the tiney community ethos is for educationalist and how it could enable educationists  to really concentrate on teaching children and be supported in their  profession.  Professionally childminders can help each other if they need to take an unexpected  sick day, admin and Ofsted inspections are also supported through the  tiney community package. Brett believes that high quality Early Years Education is one of the most high impact ways to positively change society.  At Thriving Language  this is music to our ears,  we love to hear this and cannot wait to see childminders thrive and evolve with this level of professional support.   Take a look now and start your dynamic journey with this fantastic modern community of exceptional childminders. Discover more and find out how you could enable your childcare and educational career https://www.tiney.co/about-us/our-story/tiney.co.Instagram and Facebook look for tiney and follow. Thriving Language - Instagram Facebook Linkedin  www.thrivinglangauge.co.uk  Contact email [email protected] all your educational training needs,  One to one private therapy for speech, language , communication and play. Pop to Waterstones, WH Smith or head to Amazon to find our  Routledge book Speech and Language in the Early Years creating language rich environments  by Rebecca Poulter Jewson and Rebecca Skinner

Grab a cuppa and have a listen with Michelle and Mandy from the University of Worcester, as they join the Beckies to talk about short courses and CPD from within their children and families department. They chat about how these are designed with early years practitioners in mind and with the understanding of how busy early years educators are. Discover who would these course suit?Why professional qualifications are so beneficial for children and their outcomes and also importantly for progression of your own career.Are you thinking of changing careers or just ready to learn again? Are you a Parent/Carer or family member who wants to know more ?Take a look, feel supported and gain new knowledge in this friendly and welcoming environment.  Costs: There is a fee however there is a lifelong learning where you should be able to access a short course student loan.  All course are higher education credit worthy so can be used for accessing future learning.For face to face training from the Beckies at Thriving Language email [email protected]  we love to come out to you and can create workshops for your team and deliver inset days for all your training needs.www.thrivinglangauge.couk Our new book Speech and Language in the Early Years - Routledge Go on give it a look and see where your journey can take you...University of Worcester education short courses https://www.worcester.ac.uk/courses/education-short-coursesThank you for listening and  being part of this awesome Thriving community creating environments where all children are understood. 

Here the Beckies talk with Sarah the founder of the Muddy Puddle Teacher approach and Teacher influencer for the outdoors. What is Muddy Puddle Teaching ?  Sarah has turned teaching on its head and tells us why we should and how we can teach the national curriculum outdoors.The teacher has gone wild  ... what do you think?Sarah has used her vision to inspire thousands of educationalists, she has a great respect for forest school and explains the difference of the approaches. Education needs to be engaging and nature based for a sustainable life and planet. The children are learning in a nature connected manner and using all natural resources and wonderfully the teachers are getting their mojo back. Awe wonder and a love of teaching.Mental Health Mother Nature and More kids Moving   Sarah talks about wellbeing and the emotional health of teachers and how senior managers being on board can really help the teacher to be in the moment and focus on teaching the children. The Muddy Puddle Teacher is on twitter, Facebook,  Instagram and Bloomsbury publications.You can find some great ideas on Sarah's website https://themuddypuddleteacher.co.uk/Grab a cuppa, join us and this awesome community of educationalist who really care about making a real difference to children's lives.www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk [email protected]  face to face training, one-one communication sessions, podcasts, key note speakers and workshops.  Published Routledge. Head to Instagram, twitter and Facebook follow and join in. Thank you for listening Becs and Becky  

Here Becky talks with Jo who is an amazing Educational Resource specialistWe look at the ethos behind recycling, re-using  and  encouraging sustainability with children,  Jo's background is as an Early Years Teacher and a play lead for open access play projects  with the ethos of play being Free to use, free to choose, free to come and go as you please.Jo and Becky chat about the  use of  real open-ended objects, she uses china and inspires the children to explore the opportunities this brings through risk management and the use of objects that are not plastic .  We explore understanding the world through nostalgia and looking at the history of the objects with the children (all of that from a tea cup)!!  Complete trust in the children and in our  skill as professionals is to pin-point when it is we can support.  We look at how  we support play and extend this in our own environment. The vision for Jo and the the team at The Recycling Shop now is to reduce landfill and build communities.  Jo talks about the treasure and the gold dust of re-using  these real items and reintroducing them  into education. This is the place to go and help save our planet and at the same time the children start to understand that new is not needed and recycling and re-using  is the way forward.  You can grab an absolute bargain and we think you could resource your whole setting from this glorious recycling shop.   If you decide to have a road trip head to Sheppard Way, Onslow Road, Newent, Glos or pop online and buy online.Jo can be found on Instagram therecyclingshop Facebook The recycling shop Email [email protected] a cuppa and have a 10 min listen with usThank you for listening and being part of this awesome Thriving early years and educationalist community. www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk [email protected]  for face to face training Publications: Speech and Language in the Early Years creating language rich learning environments - Routledge (Amazon, Waterstones, WH Smith and more)Mentoring and Coaching in Early Childhood Education  Bloomsbury Academic 

Here the Beckies chat about why we need to see the whole child?  We unpick how to  understand that each child and adult has something they are amazing at doing however not all subjects are celebrated and not all talents are seen or understood. We discuss why testing children doesn't work and explore why its the educators knowledge of the child that really matters. Becs and Becky chat about the cost of the child's happiness when they are tested, what environment will you create for the children you work or live with ? Why are measurements of children deemed so high and children viewed as very clever if they are good in 'core subjects' why are these core subjects and what does it feel like for children to climb a ladder in their classroom or be left on the first rung when they don't meet an adults expectation.   For the sake of targets don't damage children's self esteemHow do we work with every single child. We touch on the importance of understanding dyslexia  and really think the insight in Kate Griggs amazing book This is dyslexia will help all educationalist to re-evaluate and understand children. Grab a cup, have a ten min listen with us and be part of this awesome community of educationalists.Head to www.thrivinglanguage .co.uk  for face to face training, online training and our Thriving shop.  We would love to hear from you if you need one-one play, speech, language and communication sessions for families and children. Email [email protected] if you would like to work with us or have something you would like to share on a Thriving Language Podcast. We hear you!!Creating environments where all children are understood.https://www.routledge.com/Speech-and-Language-in-the-Early-Years-Creating-Language-Rich-Learning/Jewson-Skinner/p/book/9780367689698