Professors Lilian Katz and Julie Fisher, Dr Cath Arnold, Ros Bayley, Marion Dowling and Margaret Edgington - it is not every day that you are surrounded by your idols!
I was lucky enough to attend the recent Early Excellence Centre annual conference in Huddersfield, 'Looking Closely at Respectful Interactions'. Liz Marsden, director of Early Excellence, saw that my two colleagues and I were not at a table, so she kindly offered to place us on the 'top table' alongside the authors of many inspirational books.
The conference examined how practitioners interact with children. Do we jump in too early when we try to develop child-initiated play? Do we respect their conversations or do we have our own agenda when talking to them? How do we truly work in partnership with parents and engage them in their child's learning?
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