In this week’s LINC blog we examine how immersive play environments can spark a child’s imagination and offer opportunities to broaden a child’s knowledge and understanding. Elizabeth Wood broadly defines a pedagogy of play as...
In this week’s blog, LINC Programme Tutor and recent recipient of the Síolta Quality Assurance Award, Sharon Skehill, outlines what she feels adopting a child-centered approach means in an early learning and care setting. Before we think about our...
In this week’s blog, Helen Comerford, Owner/Manager of Alanna Playschool, Tirmoghan, Donadea, Co. Kildare, and LINC graduate, describes how real life events in May 2018 inspired the children in her setting to hold their own children’s referendum. ...
In the latest LINC programme blog, LINC Tutor Claire Butterly outlines five steps to writing a Curriculum Statement for your service. This blog will guide you through the process of developing a curriculum statement. While curriculum statements were...
In this week’s blog, Melanie Flanagan Tierney from Early Days Montessori Playgroup in Kilmeague, Naas, Co. Kildare, and LINC programme graduate, describes how LINC gave her the confidence to continue her adult education journey after the programme had ended....