What feelings do you have about gunplay at your program? In the Exchange article “Exploring Consent and Power in Preschool” author Mike Huber examines how teachers can balance between setting boundaries, allowing children to explore their interests, and teach consent and respect.

Samuel Broaden and Kisa Marx, from Rethinking Weapon Play in Early Childhood

Speak up for children when you have to be a renegade. Speak up for children when your palms are sweaty, your mouth is dry, and the butterflies won’t stop fluttering. No one will know any of those things, but everyone will hear what you say, and if we’re all lucky what you say will make a difference.

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Self-regulation is the act of managing thoughts and feelings.The development of self-regulation in early childhood is often considered an early life marker for later life successes. Supporting Self-Regulation Through Art in Early Childhood By Melissa Wells and Tracy Galuski

Children have a right to play. It is recognised as so vital to their wellbeing and development that it is included in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (1989). Play both indoors & outdoors is also a fundamental commitment to children in the EYFS #PlayMatters