When Print Becomes Visual Wallpaper 📜
ðŸ’Imagine you are two years old… You walk into your early years setting and everywhere around you are labels, banners, instructions and invitations to...
A Simple Curriculum Thread: Revisiting Growth Through Story, Play and Making…
Jasper’s Beanstalk At Little Explorers, a shared story often becomes the thread that holds the week together. This week, Jasper’s Beanstalk gave us a...
🪨 When a Story Escapes the Book: The Grumpy Old Stone at Little Explorers
At Little Explorers, shared stories often become much more than a reading activity. When time is taken to stay with a text, children begin...
The Four Guiding Principles of the EYFS: Why They Matter More Than We Sometimes Realise.
The Four Guiding Principles of the EYFS: Why They Matter More Than We Sometimes Realise. I still remember sitting in a secondary school hall...
When We Stopped Looking for the Camera and Let Learning Take Over…
When the camera went quiet, the learning got louder. This month, we made a deliberate decision to step back from routine photography. Not because...
Curriculum in the Ordinary: Measuring Impact Through What Children Do, Say and Remember
At Little Explorers, we continually evaluate our curriculum through its impact. Our practice has always been rooted in strong relationships, responsive teaching and high...
Reflecting on What Children Need: How Simple, Responsive Days Are Shaping Our Practice
Looking Inwards at Our Practice. Over recent months, we have been reflecting deeply on what our children truly need in this post-Covid landscape. Like...
Soup, Curiosity, and the Power of Responsive Teaching
Soup, Curiosity, and the Power of Responsive Teaching   At Little Explorers, our curriculum grows from meaningful, real-world experiences that respond to what children...
Coffee, Curiosity, and Connected Learning.
At Little Explorers, our curriculum grows from genuine curiosity and meaningful, real-world experiences. Rather than creating activities that simply look impressive, we focus on...
Critically Examining Literature: Beyond Tokenism
What Children Learn From the Stories We Tell. At Little Explorers, our curriculum is designed so children grow up seeing difference as normal, valued,...