Category: Babies & Early Childhood (0-5)
Playful Books with Babies and Young Children
6 July 2026
Playtime with Books: Scaling an Evidence-Based Book Sharing Intervention Presented by PEDAL researchers Dr Tom King and Dr Eloise Stevens at the PEDAL Conference 2026, as part of the workshop session titled: ‘Playful books with babies and young children’. This session explored how everyday book sharing moments can support babies and young children’s development. Parent […]
A Playful Start to School
30 June 2026
The Importance of Play and Peer Relationships at the Transition to Reception Presented by Dr Elian Fink at the PEDAL Conference 2026 as part of the workshop session titled: ‘A Playful Start to School’. This session explored how children’s play and friendships evolve as they move through the different stages of early years provision into […]
Early Years Library Introductory Workshop for Leaders and Champions
27 April 2026
On this page you will find all the resources needed for the Early Years Library Introductory Workshop for Leaders and Champions. If you are not a leader or a champion in your nursery, you should do the Introductory Workshop for Early Years Educators. Start with the welcome video below, which will give you a brief […]
Early Years Library Introductory Workshop for Early Years Educators
23 April 2026
On this page you will find all the resources needed for the Early Years Library Introductory Workshop for Early Years Educators. If you are acting as an Early Years Library leader or champion in your nursery, you should do the Introductory Workshop for Early Years Leaders. Start with the welcome video, further below, which will […]
Project Report: AI in the Early Years
25 March 2026
The rapid rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) means we are now seeing GenAI designed and marketed for direct use by young children through toys. This report details research findings from our AI in the Early Years project, which aimed to provide a scientific basis for identifying the impacts, risks, and opportunities of GenAI toys […]
Take part in the Early Years Library Project
9 February 2026
Thank you for your interest in the Early Years Library. We are currently recruiting nurseries to take part in our project, which will take place between March and July 2026. To help you find out more about our project and what it would involve, we have created four short videos. Please watch all four videos […]
Innovative methods to centre children in research: Celebrating 10 years of play with the PEDAL Research Centre
12 November 2025
This paper was published by International Journal of Play in October 2025.
Long-term follow-up of a randomised controlled trial of a brief home-based parenting intervention to reduce behavioural problems in young children
8 October 2025
The long-term findings of our Healthy Start, Happy Start study have been published in a paper for the Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry.
Play, access and opportunity: Game-changing action for children
17 July 2025
In this presentation from the PEDAL Conference 2025, Dr Julian Grenier, Senior Content and Engagement Manager for Early Years at the Education Endowment Foundation, draw on his experience of working in early education and care for more than three decades.
Leveraging alternative systems to support children’s development amid crisis
17 July 2025
Dr Nikhit D’Sa, a developmental psychologist and applied education researcher, share lessons from four years of research with communities in Haiti at the PEDAL Conference 2025.