Send us a Text Message. Continuing our series on Children's Rights, in this week's episode we talk to Dr Sheila Long, from South East Technological University about Global Citizen Education. We discuss what Global Citizen Education is and how we can support this in settings.  ..read more

Send us a Text Message. Tuesday,  11 June 2024 has been designated as International Day of Play, recognising and celebrating that play is a fundamental right for children.  In this bonus episode of Early Childhood Ireland's podcast, we asked Prof. Nóirín Hayes, from Trinity College Dublin for her views on what play is and why it is fundamental for children.  ..read more

In this new series of Early Childhood Ireland’s podcast, which focusses on Children’s Rights, we are delighted to be joined by Prof. Nóirín Hayes, Visiting Professor at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. In the episode we discuss what it means to have a children’s rights lens along with why and how children should be active participants in their own education ..read more

In the fourth and final episode of the OWLET series of Early Childhood Ireland’s podcast we ask our Early Childhood Specialist, DR Christina Egan Marnell some of the questions posed to us about using the OWLET resources. Have you wondered how to use the lullabies if you’re not familiar with the languages of the songs? Tune in to find out!   ..read more

In this week's episode of Early Childhood Ireland's podcast Mairéad Gallagher, music teacher and director of Wriggletto discusses how the OWLET lullabies can be used throughout every day by educators and parents in simple ways to support children sense of cultural identity and awareness.  ..read more

In Early Childhood Ireland’s podcast this week we chat to Leah Ahern de Leastar, Early Years educator and lecturer about music. We discuss how music is a universal language and how we can weave music through the day. Leah also reminds us that it is about process, not product, we can all enjoy music whether we are great singers or not.  ..read more

In this episode we chat with Dr Christina Egan Marnell and Maria Cleary from Early Childhood Ireland about our beautiful new member resource called OWLET: Lullabies of the World . This resource supports babies and young children to practice language, develop their own positive identity, and develop an understanding of the identity of others. Many children aged 1 to 2 years hear foreign languages spoken in their Early Years settings in Ireland, which creates space for them to explore and speak their home language. Lullabies in different languages foster children’s development of positive attitu ..read more

In this episode of our podcast we chat with Frances Byrne, Director of Policy at Early Childhood Ireland. We tease out the findings of Early Childhood Ireland's Barometer 2024. Now in its seventh year, the Barometer is an annual opinion poll, conducted nationwide by Red C market research and polling company,  to gauge public attitudes to Early Years care and education.  You can find the Barometer here https://www.earlychildhoodireland.ie/about/advocacy/childcare-barometer/early-childhood-ireland-barometer-2024/ and if you have any queries about the Barometer please email policy@early ..read more

Early Childhood Ireland recently released the 2022  Barometer. This is the 5th Barometer published by Early Childhood Ireland. In this special edition episode of Early Childhood Ireland's podcast, Frances Byrne, Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigning discusses key findings from this years research, identifies keys trend over the past 5 years and as today is International Women's Day she outlines the implications for the mainly female workforce ..read more

In this episode of Early Childhood Ireland’s podcast Dr Lynn J McNair, from the University of Edinburgh and Kathleen Tuite from Early Childhood Ireland outline what Practitioner Inquiry is and how becoming a Practitioner Inquirer supports the building of bridges between theory and practice. Kathleen also discusses the new Practitioner Inquiry programme which Early Childhood Ireland is commencing soon.  ..read more