Join this supporting and warm community. Lots of opportunities to connect, network, and learn. Numbers and interest are growing. Sign up to the newsletter and lean more about #ScotlandsAcesJourney: connectedbaby.net/scotlands-aces…

Yet another study showing the long-term impact of socioemotional development in early childhood. We need to rethink our education system from the bottom up. Kate Johnston Lesley young Suzanne Zeedyk @givetimescot Alison Hawkins Dawn Ewan adc.bmj.com/content/110/8/…

early-education.org.uk/eyw4n-interim-…

From cleaning hands to scrubbing dishes, children of all ages can enjoy and benefit from washing activities. By Penny Tassoni nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…

Nursery World - Childminder activities: Wash day! nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…

Fascinating piece from The Atlantic. Kids crave freedom & the best way to create a culture of childhood freedom (and resilience) is a play-based kindergarten stage for the under 7s. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Children enter the world with a singular goal: to be just like YOU. Luckily they’re born with just the right tools to begin this apprenticeship: rapidly developing brains and finely-tuned powers of observation. And this attention to how you do it is how they learn to speak.

Watch as Professor Richard Murphy (Richard Murphy) expertly debunks Unionist claims about Scotland's finances 🔥 'If Scotland is running a deficit, we know who to blame. It's Westminster. Nobody at Holyrood is responsible'

Born to play ⬇️

James McEnaney reflects on Nicola Sturgeon’s education policy decisions which she reflects on, perhaps, in her book. heraldscotland.com/opinion/253914…

2nd #BornToPlay book group is on 27-8-25. President of @ipa_world & CEO of Play Scotland talking about play as a biological imperative. Join us for FREE! eventbrite.co.uk/e/born-to-play… Kate Johnston Lesley young IPA Scotland Edin Froebel Network Cameron Sprague Tam Baillie cosyfoundation.com

Posting this again as school begins for another year in Scotland. Luckily this is not what any Primary 1 classrooms look like now but expectations have changed with the move to school. #timeforchange #KindergartenStage #PlayistheWay

Need help calming your baby to sleep? This dad knows an important secret: skin to skin contact. Watch what happens when he snuggles up with his little one, bringing their faces into direct contact. Baby’s eyes close, a sense of calm overtakes him, and in just seconds it

Watch Upstart's chair, Willie French, tell BBC Scotland Scotcast why we need a kindergarten stage in P1/2: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… Brilliant!!! Kate Johnston Lesley young Lesley Riddoch Pat Kane Give Them Time connect_scot Play Scotland Suzanne Zeedyk cosyfoundation.com

Scottish education isn't working: attainment gap: additional Support Needs: behaviour: escalating mental health problems. We need to rebuild from the bottom up... bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… Fulton MacGregor MSP Kaukab Stewart MSP Martin Whitfield MSP Willie Rennie Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP Ross Greer Roz McCall MSP

Just booked for this event from Anam Alba. Two of the women I admire most on the Scottish cultural scene: Carol Craig & Suzanne Zeedyk. SOOO important in terms of child development. Kate Johnston Lesley young Give Them Time Play Scotland connect_scot eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-sha…

Can you post your recent reel re a #KindergartenStage please? Ross Greer