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Tiny Chair Podcast
Early years chats to brighten your day. Get ready for daily dilemmas, pedagogy puzzles, and heaps of interactive games. It’s the only EY podcast that’ll really make you giggle. Brought to you by Famly.
Episodes
Tiny Chair Podcast34. Outdoor learning in the Early Years
Karl Fice-Thomson, or Big F-T, is an Outdoor Educator, a”lifelong adventurer, and rockpool enthusiast” from Newquay, Cornwall. Karl’s outdoor community…
Tiny Chair Podcast33. How should we introduce religions to children in the Early Years?
Sukhy is a former Primary Teacher, children's author and founder of SK Author Workshops. Following her own experience of challenging times for wearing a turban…
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32. Purposeful continuous provision in the Early Years | Tiny Chair Podcast
► James Tunnel is the Director of NurseryNook, a specialist Early Years coaching and consultancy company. He is a coach, consultant and trainer, as well as a…
Tiny Chair Podcast31. Behaviour that challenges in the Early Years
Richard Knight is a Children's Services Manager for the Early Years Alliance with a variety of experience working in Early Years education over the last 18…
Tiny Chair Podcast30. Why laughter matters to learning
Dr. Jacqueline Harding is an international child development education expert and the author of The Brain That Loves to Play. She's been a headteacher and…
Tiny Chair Podcast29. Birth to 5 Matters is back. Here's what's new!
Nancy Stewart joins Matt and Julia to talk about the newly revised Birth to Five Matters guidance. As Project Lead on both the original 2020 edition and this…
Tiny Chair Podcast28. Ann Marie Christian, safeguarding, and the things we normalise
Safeguarding expert Ann Marie Christian joins Matt and Julia for a frank conversation about keeping children safe in Early Years settings. With over 30 years…
Tiny Chair Podcast27. Laura Henry-Allain on reading and representation in the Early Years
Laura Henry-Allain MBE is an award-winning international educator, author, speaker, and consultant. She knows Early Years inside out and has been everything…
Tiny Chair Podcast26. The power of music in early education
Mary Anderson is the co-founder of My Music Starts Here alongside her husband Mike. My Music Starts Here provides early music education through resources…
Tiny Chair Podcast25. From culinary chaos to magical mealtimes in the Early Years
Sarah Scotland is a nutritionist with over 20 years of experience, and is the founder of Wise About Food, a community interest company, focused on food and…
Tiny Chair Podcast24. How can we support EY educators to feel more confident?
Dr Lewis Fogarty is a lecturer in Education At Brunel University and one half of the duo of directors at Always Growing. They have four settings across…
Tiny Chair Podcast23. Mienna Jones, EY leadership, and learning from The Mouse
Mienna is an Early Years educator, a nursery owner, and an Early Years consultant with 34 years of experience. She very proudly holds an NNEB, and says her…
Tiny Chair Podcast22. Ian Timbrell, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and panicking in the cupboard
Ian Timbrell is the founder of More Than Flags and Rainbows, a not-for-profit organisation helping make education settings more inclusive, from Early Years…
Tiny Chair Podcast21. Greg Bottrill, goals vs gifts, and play in your DNA
Greg Bottrill is the founder of Can I Go and Play Now?, offering training for Early Years settings and schools, so that “the magic of children can really…
Tiny Chair Podcast20. Tamsin Grimmer, self-regulation, and children's love languages
Tamsin is an early childhood and early education specialist, a trainer and consultant, and Principal Lecturer in Early Years at Norland College. She is the…
Tiny Chair Podcast19. Trisha Lee, storytelling, and being very married
Trisha Lee is the founder and artistic director of Make Believe Arts, a theatre and education company, and the charity behind Helicopter Stories. Trisha…
Tiny Chair Podcast18. Ben Kingston-Hughes, joy, and grown-ups who are too grown up
Ben Kingston-Hughes, is the director of Inspired Children, and has over 30 years of experience working with young people. He is a trainer, speaker, and author…
Tiny Chair Podcast17. Brett Wigdortz, championing childminding, and earning in the Early Years
Brett Wigdortz OBE is the co-founder and CEO of Tiney, the biggest childminder agency in England. He is also the founder and former CEO of Teach First, a…
Tiny Chair Podcast16. Joss Cambridge-Simmons, men in Early Years, and spreading the love
Joss Cambridge-Simmons is a multi-award-winning nanny, Early Years educator, and the founder of Jossy Care. Joss is passionate about self care, mental health…
Tiny Chair Podcast15. Pete Moorhouse, creative development and making learning irresistible
Pete is a professional sculptor, author, researcher, and trainer, and has a passion for creative education and woodwork in the Early Years. After working with…
Tiny Chair Podcast14. Cheryl Warren, celebratory SEND support, and Donald Duck impressions
Cheryl has over thirty years of experience in the Early Years sector as a nanny, family support, LA advisor, SENCO, trainer, assessor, lecturer, and quality…
Tiny Chair Podcast13. Jan Dubiel, creative compliance, and not calling it "play"
Jan is an Early Years expert, consultant, trainer & writer. He is the Programme Director for hey! at Hempsall’s and, in 2018, the Times Educational Supplement…
Tiny Chair Podcast12. Alistair Bryce-Clegg, promoting play, and purging plastic ivy
Dr. Alistair Bryce-Clegg, otherwise known as ABC, is an international early years consultant and trainer with three decades of experience in the sector. He's…
Tiny Chair Podcast11. Prerna Richards, tackling stress, and arguing with Edith
Prerna is a global Early Childhood expert and founder of Together We Grow. In this episode of the Tiny Chair Podcast, Matt and I are joined by Prerna Richards…
Tiny Chair Podcast10. June O'Sullivan, Early Years teachers, and terrific twos
Dr June O'Sullivan is the CEO of the London Early Years Foundation. June has headed projects involving intergenerational care, parents in prisons…
Tiny Chair Podcast09. Nazish Usman, emotional development, and toxic positivity
Dr Nazish Usman is a qualified early years teacher who’s taught all over the world, and she can speak 4 languages. She’s a child psychologist with a specialism…
Tiny Chair Podcast08. Kerry Murphy, neuro-affirming practice, and why being weird is good
Kerry Murphy is an early childhood specialist and lecturer in Early Childhood and SEND at Goldsmiths University. She specialises in neurodiversity- and…
Tiny Chair Podcast07. Tom Richardson, outdoor learning, and owning a forest
Tom is the Operations Director for Naturally Learning, a group of seven settings based in Cornwall, with some of the most beautiful environments you will ever…
Tiny Chair Podcast06. Neil Leitch, inside the politics of EY, and football therapy
This week we sit down with Neil Leitch, the chief exec of Early Years Alliance. We get the gossip on what it’s really like working with the government, how his…
Tiny Chair Podcast05. Dr. Sue Allingham, the early years environment, and cooking the counting bears
Sue has been a teacher and Early Years coordinator, a senior Early Years lead, and a local authority special advisor. She’s been trained and accredited in the…
Tiny Chair Podcast04. Liz Pemberton, cultural competence, and the four E’s of anti-racist practice
Liz, is an Early Years consultant under the title The Black Nursery Manager. She writes articles, leads webinars, and was a part of Famly’s inaugural…
Tiny Chair Podcast03. Matt Martin, difficult nursery decisions, and counting poos
Matt is a business manager of a group of Scottish settings called the Little Beehive and has been in the nursery business for over 10 years. Matt has…
Tiny Chair Podcast02. Alison Featherbe, artificial intelligence, and Early Years scorecards
Alison has worked in the Early Years for 40 years, as a nursery manager, early years teacher, and even an Early Years Development Officer for a Local…
Tiny Chair Podcast01. Alice Sharp, educating Generation Beta, and the world’s biggest spoon collection
Alice Sharp has enchanted and inspired educators in the Early Years for over 30 years- but how is she using all that experience to help shape the childhoods of…