I like to take a holistic approach to early childhood education, supporting children’s personal, social and emotional development. This includes:

1. Autonomy – supporting children to have the freedom and independence to select activities and freedom of movement.
2. Respect the whole child – mind, body and spirit. This includes meeting the needs and interests of the individual child.
3. A prepared environment – creating a calm environment with a slow pedagogy approach that supports a natural rhythm to the day. The predicability that comes from regular daily rhythms supports children to feel secure and builds trust, resilience and self-expression. This includes spending time outdoors in nature.
4. I have blended the Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Froebel and Hygge philosophies to create a holistic nature-based curriculum, providing a rich and diverse learning experience for children when working indoors in a calm and relaxed home environment or outside in the garden, on local nature walks and outings to places like nature reserves, reservoirs and woodlands. This focus on nature and outdoor learning has been found to inspire curiosity, wonder and awe and to improve mental and physical wellbeing, not just for the children but also the early years practitioners who implement this nature based curriculum.