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Children are amazing and so unique, and the educator’s job is never straightforward! Continuing professional development (CPD) is essential for all teachers, and we have collected an abundance of information to support you.

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Children are amazing and so unique, and the educator’s job is never straightforward! Continuing professional development (CPD) is essential for all teachers, and we have collected an abundance of information to support you.

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Articles from thought leaders on a broad range of issues.
Training resources
Booklets and DVDs that can be used for your in-house CPD.
Video Library
All of our videos collected into an easy-to-use repository.
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hand-woven natural tapestry
Article
Wild weaving
Nature, with its abundance of colours, textures, and seasonal variety, is the best inspiration for art. Children love to pick, collect, and display the treasures they find outdoors. Turn these collections into beautiful and unique natural…
Several children are running over a lawn with streamers
Article
Get kids moving
Play is the way kids wring out their brains, for resetting and relaxing their focus so their brains are more alert when it is time to go back to the desk. It is play that helps kids build strengths and motor patterns and that helps develop…
A child plays on the outlast bridge
Video
Outlast toddler collection
The Outlast toddler collection offers a wide, and flexible, range of gross-motor play opportunities for little people.
A child lies in the Dream coracle
Video
The Dream Coracle
Watch this video to find out what happened when Northumbria University Nursery switched from cots to Dream Coracles
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Portrait of Friedrich Froebel on the background of the village of Keilhau
Article
Friedrich Froebel
What was life like before ‘childhood’ existed? Children worked in mines and factories; nobody celebrated birthdays, and by the age of seven children were considered adults. Then along came Friedrich Froebel.
Three children playing with wooden blocks in construction corner
Article
Building blocks? Brilliant!
Block play opens a doorway to discovery of math, technology, engineering, design and even architecture.
Beautifully arranged nursery room
Article
Creating indoor environments for young children
A good early childhood environment supports play, hands-on-learning and whole child development.
Article
A teacher's commission
A teacher's job is super-human...to practice the draining act of forgiveness a hundred times a day.