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Our Outdoor Space – Rachel Berns, Kavan Kids Kreche
Just a brief outline of our story. Kavan Kids Kreche has been open since June 12th 2006, and this years is our 8th anniversary. We are a full day care and Montessori. We also have a Montessori school...
View ArticleWhat to do
We’ve been contacted a number of times about a child’s challenging behaviour in a setting and while we are not experts we like to help by providing a listening ear and supporting the childhood...
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Outdoor Play & Learning Centre – Irene Teeling
My name is Irene Teeling and I have recently been accepted into the final five in Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur competition for our region. I stand a 1 in 5 chance of being put forward to the...
View ArticleInvitation
In recognition of the valuable role Pre-school providers can play in promoting children’s health and well-being, Department of Health funding has been made available to BCCN, the Border Counties...
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Halloween Activities
We know the best form of inspiration comes from other Early Years professionals who have used their imaginations to create something you or I wouldn’t necessarily think of doing. Halloween is just...
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Health & Safety Issue
On foot of a comment made by a member of our community about the recall of parachutes that are used for play in many early years settings & were supplied by the Sports Partnership in Ireland, we...
View Article“The hand is the instrument of the brain”– Sinead Matson
Sinead Matson is one of the Administrators of Montessori Alliance and this blog was written by her 3 and a half weeks post op. On October 16th I woke up to a seizure. An ambulance was called and I was...
View ArticleLetters – David King
Back at the start of October the pupils in the Glebe Primary Montessori started work on projects. The projects came out of one child’s interest in the Queens Guards. As a result, we delved into...
View ArticleBugs in the Classroom=Infectious Enthusiasm – Fiona Ní Riain (Naíonra Matters)
I’m a weirdo. I like bugs and creepy crawlies and reptiles. I find spiders totally engrossing. And one of my earliest memories is trying to feed my ‘pet’ snails grass in their brick ‘house’ in the...
View ArticleWhat is a Montessori setting?
This video from Countryside Montessori in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA would be excellent to show parents at open evenings or just to link to on your blog/Facebook. It was made by a Montessori...
View ArticleSpring in Little Treasures’ Montessori Preschool – Ida Lane
Our regular blogger Ida Lane has sent us some wonderful pictures of the activities the children in her setting have been busy doing over the past few weeks. Ida’s setting is called Little Treasures’...
View ArticleMontessori is Everywhere – Pamela Purcell
I have often remarked to my colleagues at conferences we have attended on behalf of Montessori Alliance how articles, info graphs, white board presentations, introductions to ‘new’ approaches or...
View ArticleAistear Síolta Practice Guide Print Version Available
Follow representations from the Early Years sector (that’s you!) the Aistear Síolta practice guide is available to download & print. Follow this link to start the download. Special thanks are sent...
View ArticleHealthy Eating Policy
There are lots of resources and information on the Safefood website to promote healthy eating habits you’ll find useful in your setting and when trying to involve parents in your healthy eating policy....
View ArticleInspiration
We can all do with a little inspiration from time to time so follow the link below to Montessori Guide’s Video Gallery and feast your eyes on their Assistants to Infancy videos...
View ArticleHealthy Eating Policy
One of the ways settings are trying to implement a Healthy Eating Policy is by controlling the type of drinks children bring with them in their lunch boxes. With fruit juices marketed as containing no...
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Resources & Support for Parents
Information, resources & support from professionals and parents/caregivers is available from Safefood on the Let’s Say No section of their website which you can direct parents & caregivers to....
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Bits and Bobs
When I was young my mum had a cupboard which she used to allow me free access to. This was before child proofing your home became popular and the idea of purchasing child locks to secure cupboards and...
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Risky Play
A member of our community who is based in Ireland has sent us the following message after seeing these pictures from the Kids Cottage PreSchool which we shared on our page earlier in March. As you will...
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Catch Your Child Being Good – Gaye Mullen
‘Catch your child being good’ is a phrase I really like and it’s a topic I like to talk about on my Positive Parenting courses. ‘Allow mistakes and self discovery’ is another helpful phrase. We seem...
View ArticleVideos and Resources
There’s a whole suite of resources and videos on the PBS Learning Media website you may want to check out and use with the children in your setting. Have a look at this one about dealing with anger...
View ArticlePanel Discussion on the National Early Years Strategy
The following is taken directly from the Children’s Rights Alliance website On 9 May 2018, following its AGM, the Children’s Rights Alliance is holding a public event to discuss the objectives and...
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Getting the most out of your AIM resources
If you need ideas about how to utilise the wonderful resources in your AIM pack check out the AIM website. The website is packed with videos, information and suggestions on how to use the various...
View ArticleCall for Papers -EECERA
This may be of interest to those of you who think their research is ready for publication. The following is taken directly from the EECERA website. European Early Childhood Education Research...
View ArticleBroadening Your Mind – Admin
The BBC World Service documentary section has loads of interesting podcasts to listen to which challenge my way of thinking. This is what I listened to this morning while walking the dog. The following...
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Poppets Library – Eileen O’ Brien
It struck me in the middle of the night (as it does!) that I should write a blog extolling our experience with books. I love books! In my 24 years in Poppets it still amazes me how children of all...
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Finding my place – Admin #5
A whole week has passed but this is only my second day in the Early Years setting. I’m getting to grips with the children’s names and they are getting used to me being there. I don’t know how the...
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In Ratio – Admin #6
This is the 3rd week of my experiment and the first day I am in ratio covering for a member of staff who is on a training day. I found that being a member of staff impacted on my view of why I was in...
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Feeling Comfortable – Admin #7
I am starting to recognise traits in children which is reassuring as it means my long hiatus from being in an Early Years setting has not lessened my abilities. My colleagues in the EY setting...
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Being There – Admin #8
It’s the end of September, we’re four weeks into the academic year and I’m not the newest member of staff anymore YIPEE! During the past week the setting welcomed a new member of staff. I knew about...
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Oops! – Admin #9
The freedom I have to engage with children offers me time to try out new strategies or to just watch the children creating their own solutions. As you will read in this blog it also alerts me to the...
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Sense of Order – Admin #10
At lunch time, the children eat what they want from their lunch box, put their plate in the sink, get their outdoor gear on and head out to the garden. Today Liam was the last to finish his lunch....
View ArticleImplementation Plan
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs have released the implementation plan for First 5 which covers the first phase – 2019 to 2021. The press release is as follows: The Minister for Children...
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Being Included in the Child’s Play – Admin #11
Today was a very sunny day so we spent a lot of time making the most of it in the garden. One of the children Kevin, for whom English is a second language tends not to speak unless he has to. He...
View ArticleWool in School – Lorna McCormack
Wool … natural, sustainable and renewable … is an eco-fibre fit for the future ! My name is Lorna McCormack I am a Fibre Artist in Ireland and I’ve recently started a new business called Wool in...
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