For this week’s exercise, I wrote a piece drawn directly from my childhood: a small, vivid snapshot that has stayed with me over the years.
The Art of Creative Play. It was an energising and inspiring day spent with early childhood educators who consistently show such passion, creativity, and care for young children.
Two weeks ago, I shared that I begun a beginners creative writing course, a small but meaningful step toward reclaiming creativity for myself. This week, I wanted to follow up with a little glimpse into how things are going so far.
Recently, I decided to reclaim that part of myself and signed up for a beginners creative writing course. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do...
"Listen to my story!" a little boy once told me, eyes shining as he held up a toy dinosaur. What followed was a winding tale about exploration, roaring volcanoes, and a surprisingly friendly T-Rex.
The photograph submitted as part of Trinity College Dublin's Green Week competition, titled “Mindfulness,” captures a deeply personal and reflective moment.
Ireland in winter is a magical place, with misty mornings, winding country roads and a promise of adventure at every turn. Over the past few weeks, my colleague and I packed up our notebooks, voice recorders and...
We all know that poetry exposes children to rich, varied vocabulary and helps them develop an ear for the rhymes and rhythm of language.
I am delighted to share my new article The storythinking programme: a framework for nurturing critical thinking in preschool which was published today (04/10/24) by Taylor & Francis Online.
Critical thinking, a multifaceted cognitive process, is more crucial than ever in the digital age. It involves listening, comprehension, understanding information from multiple viewpoints, comparing the information to what you know and looking at new information to find out how accurate (or fake) the information might be.