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Why Reading Starts Before a Child Can Read | Laura Henry-Allain MBE
Reading enjoyment among children is at a 20-year low. Only one in three children now say they enjoy reading in their free time. So what will it actually take to reverse that decline and why does it…
Building the Case for the Earliest Years | Will Quince
The 1001 Critical Days Foundation is one year old. In that time it has allocated £1.5 million in grant funding, published screen time guidance that has been cited internationally, supported the…
The Interaction Engine: How Babies Communicate Before Language | Professor Paul Seedhouse
Before a baby says their first word, they have already been communicating for weeks. Tracking faces, directing gaze, passing objects back and forth and waiting to see what happens next. These are not…
Sophie Livingstone MBE: What Families in Poverty Really Need
Sophie Livingstone MBE, CEO of Little Village and Chair of the Baby Bank Alliance, joins George Looker to talk about what essential items really mean for families experiencing poverty. From slings to…
"You're Doing Better Than You Think" | Dr Martha on Parenting, Psychology and the Early Years
Most parents questioning whether they are getting it right are already doing well enough. That is not reassurance. That is what the science shows.Dr Martha is a clinical psychologist with over 20…
The Screen Time Truth Every Parent Needs to Hear | Professor Sam Wass
What is fast-paced screen content actually doing to your child's brain? And why does every parent recognise the mood their child comes off a screen in?Professor Sam Wass is Professor of Developmental…
Financial Insecurity Is an Early Years Crisis, with Alex Christopoulos, Aviva Foundation Lead
What does money have to do with how a child develops? Everything, argues Alex Christopoulos, Director of the Aviva Foundation. In this episode, Alex joins George to explore how financial insecurity…
Sergei Urban| Why Everything Your Child Needs Is Already in Your Kitchen Cupboard
What if the secret to raising curious, confident children was already in your kitchen cupboard?Sergei Urban is the founder of The Dad Lab, one of the most followed play based learning platforms in…
Early Autism, Baby Sleep and What Every Parent Needs to Know | Professor Emily Jones
What can we actually know about a child's development in the first year of life? And what should parents do with that information?Professor Emily Jones is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College…
You Only Get One Chance at This | Neil Leitch on Best Beginnings
Neil Leitch has spent decades fighting for the early years sector to be taken seriously. As CEO of the Early Years Alliance, the largest early years membership organisation in England, he has seen…
Introducing Best Beginnings
1 million new neural connections form in a child's brain every single second during the first three years of life.By the time a child turns two, more than 80% of their brain architecture is already…
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