Welcome to the Early Childhood Hub

The Early Childhood Hub hosts content by and for Early Years practitioners, with a focus on the pedagogy and practice of early childhood education. Further content will be published here from May 2022.

Latest Content

Research Summary

Pedagogy and possibility thinking

Video Interview

The importance of the early years

Research Review

What makes the biggest difference to a child’s success in early learning?

Article

Rosenshine’s seminal Principles of Instruction: A dead-end or a must-read for teachers in the early years?

stretch education elastic band

Research Review

How our school developed a stretch and challenge mindset in the Early Years

Sand play early years

Case Study

Early Years case study: Applying effective assessment principles to best support a child

Research Summary

Curriculum in the Early Years

Research Summary

Dialogic and shared reading for young children to support language and literacy

Research Summary

Remote support for creative home learning in the Early Years

Webinar

Webinar: Supporting young multilingual pupils in early years settings

Webinar

Webinar: How to select high quality educational apps for preschoolers

Research Summary

Encouraging creativity and independent remote learning through a non-digital offer

Perspective Article

In it for the long haul: Building trusting relationships with parents

Teacher Reflection

A reflection on how and why we changed our Key Stage One learning environments

Perspective Article

‘I did it!’: Valuing resilience in the Early Years

Perspective Article

How are schools adopting pedagogies of play in Key Stage 1? Findings from research into practices of play at the transition and beyond

Perspective Article

Smarter by nature: Does research suggest that young brains can be nurtured by nature? If so, why hasn’t this influenced school curriculum and pedagogy?

Perspective Article

Integrating the local context into the curriculum to support students with the transition from ‘Understanding the World’ in the EYFS to history in Key Stage 1

Case Study

Tackling disadvantage: Embedding change within Early Years settings, through high quality professional development and sharing of knowledge through a cascade framework

Perspective Article

Fostering leaders in the Early Years: The urgent need for problem-focused leadership development through a social leadership lens

Perspective Article

Assessment beyond levels in the Early Years

Original Research

Investigating young children’s learning through a schema lens: How can schema theory inform practice in an Early Years class in a special school?

Perspective Article

Reimagining the ‘characteristics of effective teaching and learning’ as a framework for feedback in the Early Years

Case Study

An exploration of curriculum continuity from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1

Perspective Article

Play versus pressure to perform: A false dichotomy?

Case Study

Creating researchful pedagogy for baby room practitioners in early years settings

Perspective Article

Teacher progression in a South African community school in an informal settlement

Perspective Article

The stronger the bonds, the greater the chances of success: Actioning on research to address the gender-based achievement gap in the Early Years

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Original Research

2-Curious: The potential of performance-based practice in dialogue with early years practice

Perspective Article

What happened to curriculum in the early years?

Case Study

‘We’re going to be the persons that tell stories’: An exploration of how digital technologies can enhance children’s learning in the Early Years

Teacher Reflection

A reflection on a project to promote high engagement in the Early Years curriculum

Do maths apps add value to early education?

Research Summary

Mathematics in the Early Years: What matters?

Case Study

Targeting the language gap in EYFS children

Teacher Reflection

Metacognition in a diverse nursery school in East London

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