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People with Passion

by Ruth Churchill Dower
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Ruth is a keen champion for playing creatively with young children, and tries to
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Friday, 24 February 2012 Category Earlyarts Blog 0 Comments
 I’ve been struck in recent weeks by people’s incredible willingness to engage and offer support for something they believe in. Colleagues sending in heartfelt letters of support for funding bids, or trainees taking a step out of their comfort zone during a creative session and finding a strong Tags: earlyarts, nursery world show
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Celebrating creative early years practice in Ireland

by Ruth Churchill Dower
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Category Earlyarts Blog 0 Comments
On Saturday, the wonderful Barbara O'Meara (Head of Early Childhood training and creative early years action research programme at Cork College) hosted an international conference on how the arts makes a difference in early learning. With a grand line up of fab speakers, includin Tags: starcatchers, earlyarts, early years, childrens creativity
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What is the core focus of the revised EYFS? Here's a clue...

by Ruth Churchill Dower
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Friday, 14 October 2011 Category Earlyarts Blog 0 Comments
We thought the focus would be on children, learning and development. We were somewhat taken aback when we wordled the revised EYFS document... Tags: children, earlyarts, development, learning, EYFS
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