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About the FSF - The Foundation Stage Forum Ltd The FSF team grew too, and volunteer moderators supported the FSF, modelling and nurturing the community spirit that is so valued by our users Academics, practitioners and advisors contributed articles, building an information hub that continues to expand today, curated by our Education Team
Articles - The Foundation Stage Forum (FSF) - Home of Early Years . . . It comes up on the FSF sufficiently often that I have begun to wonder if we, in early years, are perhaps looking for ‘an answer’ – the Next Step ‘Holy Grail’ as it were Sensibly, we all know that there cannot be an answer, children are all different, they develop and progress at different rates in different circumstances We cannot
Articles - The Foundation Stage Forum (FSF) - Home of Early Years . . . I specialise in working with a wide range of partners from architects to educators, to help develop effective learning spaces About 15 years ago I developed The Communication Friendly Spaces™ Approach (CFS ) which essentially expands our understanding of how learning environments, wherever they
Articles - The Foundation Stage Forum (FSF) - Home of Early Years . . . She has also worked as a Learning Mentor She was originally a freelance writer for the FSF and had a children’s picture book published Juliet is now officially employed by the FSF and Tapestry, working in product support and as an Education Advisor Along the way she has accumulated a husband, some children and way too many pets!
Articles - The Foundation Stage Forum (FSF) - Home of Early Years . . . Leadership is one the most fashionable topics for discussion in early years education and care When I first started in early years, mostly we focussed on compliance and good management: rotas, ratios, budgeting and organisation Good baby room practice was all about making sure the toys were reg
First novel for Cait! - Foundation Stage Forum News - The Foundation . . . Although, as you know, we don't allow advertising at the FSF, we wanted to celebrate publication of the first novel by Cait Faulkner, a long-term and very active member of the FSF She has many friends here, and if you post regularly you are very likely to have been helped by her Great to see th
Articles - The Foundation Stage Forum (FSF) - Home of Early Years . . . by FSF Rebecca in Articles Observation Hub on March 29, 2017 This is Aimee; at the time that this observation was made she was 49 months old (4yrs 1 month) These are the notes provided by her key person: “Aimee independently chose to build herself a tower with the Jenga bricks