Category: Early Childhood Education
A scoping review of teacher training programs to promote learning through play in pre- and primary schools
1 October 2025
This paper was published by the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education in September 2025.
Understanding how certain personality traits impact children’s enjoyment of school and teachers’ perceptions of children’s behaviour
25 September 2025
Read a summary of this recent paper published by Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties which used data from the Healthy Start, Happy Start study.
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.
AI, toys and the future
17 July 2025
These recordings formed the “AI, toys and the future” session, presented by Prof Rosie Flewitt and PEDAL’s Dr Emily Goodacre.
Early childhood development and the ‘next 1000 days’
17 July 2025
Dr Catherine Draper, Associate Professor in the SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, attended the PEDAL Conference 2025 to present her work on ‘the next 1000 days’ (2-5 years).
Play: The future of learning and thriving
17 July 2025
Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Head of Educational Impact at LEGO Education, attended the PEDAL Conference 2025 to discuss how play can be more deeply integrated into education, work, and society.
Delivering on the Plan for Change to give every child the best start in life
17 July 2025
Stephen Morgan MP, Minister of Early Education at the Department of Education attended the PEDAL Conference 2025 to speak about the Plan for Change and giving every child the best start in life.
Early Years Library Introductory Workshop
23 May 2025
On this page you will find all the resources needed for the Early Years Library Introductory Workshop. Start with the welcome video below, which will give you a brief introduction to the workshop. Then watch the videos in order. Leaders and champions should watch videos 1 to 7. Other members of staff only need to […]
Supporting Learning Through Play
11 December 2024
A Play Commission Submission by Dr Soizic Le Courtois, Manogya Sahay and Qiming Liu
Common elements approaches to support early childhood development
3 December 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 recording, Prof Sara Baker, CEI's Dr Stephanie Smith and Emma Cook from Department of Health and Social Care present: Common elements approaches to support early childhood development.