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Some more members of the Early Childhood team for you to meet… John Parry, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood I am a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and have worked at the Open University since 2010. I have written material … Continue reading →

We thought you might like to get to know the Early Childhood team a little better so for the next three weeks we will be introducing ourselves….   Dr Jackie Musgrave, Programme Lead for Early Childhood My doctoral and post-doctoral … Continue reading →

This month’s post has been written by Eleonora Teszenyi who is a lecturer on the Early Childhood team. I have long been admiring the practice at an early childhood setting in the Midlands for the practitioners’ resilience, commitment, positive attitude, … Continue reading →

Dr Natalie Canning This article was written for Openlearn to support parents and carers during lockdown to see the potential for creative play at home.  It’s aim is to show that children’s play and creativity is just as, if not … Continue reading →

This month’s post is written by Dr Lucy Rodriguez Leon. Lucy is a Lecturer in Early Childhood at The Open University. Her research explores young children’s everyday encounters with literacy.  Across the UK there is currently great debate about children … Continue reading →

This month’s post is brought to us by Carolyn Cooke who is a staff tutor in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport here at the Open University. Thank you Carolyn! On April 16th I joined the final session … Continue reading →

We understand people are leading quite difficult lives at the moment and send all our readers our very best wishes. One thing that has become very apparent over the last few weeks is how, as a society, we have come … Continue reading →

This month’s blog is written by Jackie Musgrave who is the programme lead for Early Childhood at the Open University.   As March 2020 begins, the coronavirus epidemic appears to be gaining a grip in many parts of the world.  … Continue reading →

February’s post has been written by Eleonora Teszenyi who is a lecturer on the Early Childhood team. Participatory research is something that the OU Early Childhood Team is passionate about. I have had a recent experience when I became a … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Early Childhood blog! We have had an in-house blog for some time now to enable us to share ideas with our Early Childhood students at the Open University. However, we have now decided we would like to dialogue … Continue reading →