Here The Beckie's chat together about what children really need from the adults in their lives, we explore what it means to be an advocate for children and why this really matters.

Why do children need advocates? What is the role of all educators for children of all ages? What does this look like in everyday practice, how are children seen and heard ?

We discover how to really observe and understand what the children are communicating.

Open communications are based on how we feel and what we see, use your power for good to ensure all children and adults are supported, can thrive and feel safe to learn. The child should always be at the centre of their curriculum and their ideas should lead it.

We look at challenging the status quo, advocating for yourself and for the children. It is important to speak up and speak out professionally. If you are in a family with children you also have the ability to advocate.

After all, it's not every career that is key to developing brains for now and for the future, so we must take our role seriously and keep researching and advocating every day.

Want to chat, connect, work with us or run something by us, then head to Rebecca@thrivinglanguage.co.uk and email us.

Thank you for listening and being part of this amazing community.

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Head to www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk to discover more with The Beckies.
Training for educators, key note speakers and workshops, one to one sessions for speech language and communication play sessions for children and families.
Publications Routledge:
Speech Language and Communication in the Early Years
Speech Language and Communication for Healthy Little Minds
Email Rebecca@thrivinglanguage.co.uk
Thank you for listening and being part of this awesome Thriving community who empower all children to be understood.
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Sarah talks to the Beckies about the outdoor environment. Sarah explores ‘risky play’ and prompts us to consider is this ‘risky’ or is this how children play? She explains to us how she uses the term ‘productive uncertainty’ and has applied this to how children learn and explore through play.

Sarah’s extensive and varied experiences working with settings have resulted in her belief that you can make some ‘wildness’ in even the smallest of outside spaces and we really delve into the role of the adult in the outside environment.

A really important and interesting listen.

Sarah's books:

Outdoor Play for Healthy Little Minds

The Power Of Risky Play in The Early Years.

You can connect with Sarah at thedandylionss on Instagram.

Head to www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk to discover more with The Beckies.
Training for educators, key note speakers and workshops, one to one sessions for speech language and communication play sessions for children and families.
Publications Routledge:
Speech Language and Communication in the Early Years
Speech Language and Communication for Healthy Little Minds
Email Rebecca@thrivinglanguage.co.uk
Thank you for listening and being part of this awesome Thriving community who empower all children to be understood.
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Here we chat with Natalie Scarlett founder of simple social word songs. Natalie shares with us her experience of seeing the power of music and songs in creating connections with children to enable their speech and language to develop.

She has created songs which provide accessible repartition of social words that help children to engage with their peers and adults around them. Natalie is an early years teacher with a wealth of experience in her field.

You can discover more about the songs on You Tube and head to Instagram to connect with Natalie Scarlett @simplesocialwordsongs

Head to www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk to discover more with The Beckies.
Training for educators, key note speakers and workshops, one to one sessions for speech language and communication play sessions for children and families.
Publications Routledge:
Speech Language and Communication in the Early Years
Speech Language and Communication for Healthy Little Minds
Email Rebecca@thrivinglanguage.co.uk
Thank you for listening and being part of this awesome Thriving community who empower all children to be understood.
Love The Beckies