Vee Knox
@lostbee.bsky.social
Early years education, gardener, reader
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It's nursery rhyme week! buff.ly/tlnfVTQ Here's an article about the many benefits of singing to babies and children.
#NurseryRhymeWeek #NurseryRhymes #Singing
#NurseryRhymeWeek #NurseryRhymes #Singing
Benefits of singing nursery rhymes: Why are nursery rhymes good for babies?
Why do we sing traditional nursery rhymes? Whether you're singing nursery rhymes with actions, at bedtime, with your toddler or your baby, one thing is for certain - you're helping their development…
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's nursery rhyme week! buff.ly/tlnfVTQ Here's an article about the many benefits of singing to babies and children.
#NurseryRhymeWeek #NurseryRhymes #Singing
#NurseryRhymeWeek #NurseryRhymes #Singing
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Great thread! ☕️
Happy International Coffee Day! A German word that describes a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It essentially means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe any weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Great thread! ☕️
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11 poetry workshops here, free to use. Each one about 5 minutes each. They've had nearly 250 thousand views. I hope people are finding them useful.
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel
Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself.
If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children.
You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
11 poetry workshops here, free to use. Each one about 5 minutes each. They've had nearly 250 thousand views. I hope people are finding them useful.
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
Always worth listening to Sue!
Please share if you know any new teachers. ⬇️
I'm doing a couple of giveaways to celebrate the new school year! This second #giveaway is for new teachers. My very first book, now in an updated 4th edition! Like and repost to enter (UK only). Winner picked next Saturday. Please share with colleagues. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social #freebie #ECT
August 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Always worth listening to Sue!
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Sad to hear of the loss of #AllanAhlbergRIP
His poetry books “Please Mrs Butler” “Heard it in the Playground” were actual life-savers when I started teaching. Having children I realised how wonderful his picturebooks and stories were. A great children’s writer and a big loss.
His poetry books “Please Mrs Butler” “Heard it in the Playground” were actual life-savers when I started teaching. Having children I realised how wonderful his picturebooks and stories were. A great children’s writer and a big loss.
July 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sad to hear of the loss of #AllanAhlbergRIP
His poetry books “Please Mrs Butler” “Heard it in the Playground” were actual life-savers when I started teaching. Having children I realised how wonderful his picturebooks and stories were. A great children’s writer and a big loss.
His poetry books “Please Mrs Butler” “Heard it in the Playground” were actual life-savers when I started teaching. Having children I realised how wonderful his picturebooks and stories were. A great children’s writer and a big loss.
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Debunking edu-myths: “In Reception and Year One, composition is less relevant”
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/21/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/21/d...
Debunking edu-myths: “In Reception and Year One, composition is less relevant”
download this article This line of thinking is common in the early years of education, and it’s easy to understand why. Young children are just beginning to learn the mechanics of writing – f…
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July 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Debunking edu-myths: “In Reception and Year One, composition is less relevant”
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/21/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/21/d...
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Are our systems truly meeting the needs of our youngest children, or are they shaped by policy, convenience & funding?
Where is the child in all this?
They need love.
They need play.
They need people who understand children, not data.
#WhereIsTheChild #EarlyYears #PlayMatters
Where is the child in all this?
They need love.
They need play.
They need people who understand children, not data.
#WhereIsTheChild #EarlyYears #PlayMatters
July 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Are our systems truly meeting the needs of our youngest children, or are they shaped by policy, convenience & funding?
Where is the child in all this?
They need love.
They need play.
They need people who understand children, not data.
#WhereIsTheChild #EarlyYears #PlayMatters
Where is the child in all this?
They need love.
They need play.
They need people who understand children, not data.
#WhereIsTheChild #EarlyYears #PlayMatters
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Yesterday I started a thorough critique of “The writing framework". It’s 150 pages long and there are only 2 very superficial mentions of gross motor skills that I can find. Not a single mention of embodied cognition. A shockingly poor and potentially dangerous omission at a time when we know more
July 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Yesterday I started a thorough critique of “The writing framework". It’s 150 pages long and there are only 2 very superficial mentions of gross motor skills that I can find. Not a single mention of embodied cognition. A shockingly poor and potentially dangerous omission at a time when we know more
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600 signatures
We’re calling for a balanced, evidence-informed early years policy that puts children’s rights, play and expertise at the ❤️of practice.
📣 Please sign and share widely across your networks, the more voices, the stronger the message.
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We’re calling for a balanced, evidence-informed early years policy that puts children’s rights, play and expertise at the ❤️of practice.
📣 Please sign and share widely across your networks, the more voices, the stronger the message.
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
July 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
600 signatures
We’re calling for a balanced, evidence-informed early years policy that puts children’s rights, play and expertise at the ❤️of practice.
📣 Please sign and share widely across your networks, the more voices, the stronger the message.
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
We’re calling for a balanced, evidence-informed early years policy that puts children’s rights, play and expertise at the ❤️of practice.
📣 Please sign and share widely across your networks, the more voices, the stronger the message.
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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🧵 Based on 15 years teaching, training teachers & having sons who've had 10+ teachers, the most important factors of an effective primary school teacher are:
* Warmth
* Enjoying the company of children
* Playfulness
* Clear, fair boundaries
Let me tell you why...
* Warmth
* Enjoying the company of children
* Playfulness
* Clear, fair boundaries
Let me tell you why...
June 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🧵 Based on 15 years teaching, training teachers & having sons who've had 10+ teachers, the most important factors of an effective primary school teacher are:
* Warmth
* Enjoying the company of children
* Playfulness
* Clear, fair boundaries
Let me tell you why...
* Warmth
* Enjoying the company of children
* Playfulness
* Clear, fair boundaries
Let me tell you why...
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tbpottery.co.uk is at the Island Centre in St Ives until 4pm, along with several other makers, all local to SW Cornwall. Beautiful and functional pottery.🏺
RTs always appreciated by these little local artists
RTs always appreciated by these little local artists
June 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
tbpottery.co.uk is at the Island Centre in St Ives until 4pm, along with several other makers, all local to SW Cornwall. Beautiful and functional pottery.🏺
RTs always appreciated by these little local artists
RTs always appreciated by these little local artists
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10/ 🧵 Read the full article:
For a deeper dive into this approach and its benefits, check out the full article here:
🔗 writing4pleasure.com/2024/07/19/d...
For a deeper dive into this approach and its benefits, check out the full article here:
🔗 writing4pleasure.com/2024/07/19/d...
Drawing first, writing after: A winning strategy for early writers
By Noella Mackenzie Original article: LINK Most young children love to draw and they need to learn to write. Despite decades of research showing a strong connection between drawing and early …
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May 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
10/ 🧵 Read the full article:
For a deeper dive into this approach and its benefits, check out the full article here:
🔗 writing4pleasure.com/2024/07/19/d...
For a deeper dive into this approach and its benefits, check out the full article here:
🔗 writing4pleasure.com/2024/07/19/d...
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Reading with children changes their lives forever, and EVERY SINGLE CHILD is entitled to this right! That's why I support the #ReadingRights campaign. The full report is out today from @booktrust.org.uk & @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social: please read & share!
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reading with children changes their lives forever, and EVERY SINGLE CHILD is entitled to this right! That's why I support the #ReadingRights campaign. The full report is out today from @booktrust.org.uk & @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social: please read & share!
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
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I was unable to work between December & April due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a few seconds. Thankyou 🌿
My 14 June botanical illustration & mental health w'shop's now enrolling
I'll teach you:
🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
I'll teach you:
🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
May 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I was unable to work between December & April due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a few seconds. Thankyou 🌿
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I open my Etsy shop for my limited edition signed art prints just 2-3 times a year.
I design my botanical photos using recent research so they dial down the fight or flight response in your brain when you look at them.
I'll be closing my shop again on Sunday evening:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I design my botanical photos using recent research so they dial down the fight or flight response in your brain when you look at them.
I'll be closing my shop again on Sunday evening:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
May 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I open my Etsy shop for my limited edition signed art prints just 2-3 times a year.
I design my botanical photos using recent research so they dial down the fight or flight response in your brain when you look at them.
I'll be closing my shop again on Sunday evening:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I design my botanical photos using recent research so they dial down the fight or flight response in your brain when you look at them.
I'll be closing my shop again on Sunday evening:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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Great thread.
Long thread alert🧵
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests
Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Great thread.
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What does being ‘Reception Ready’ really mean?
The Department for Education has recently shared its version of school readiness, including brushing teeth, catching a ball, and being toilet trained.
While life skills matter, Early Years Reviews wanted to reframe the narrative.
#Schoolready
The Department for Education has recently shared its version of school readiness, including brushing teeth, catching a ball, and being toilet trained.
While life skills matter, Early Years Reviews wanted to reframe the narrative.
#Schoolready
April 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What does being ‘Reception Ready’ really mean?
The Department for Education has recently shared its version of school readiness, including brushing teeth, catching a ball, and being toilet trained.
While life skills matter, Early Years Reviews wanted to reframe the narrative.
#Schoolready
The Department for Education has recently shared its version of school readiness, including brushing teeth, catching a ball, and being toilet trained.
While life skills matter, Early Years Reviews wanted to reframe the narrative.
#Schoolready
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Tmrw evening at 8 I'll be opening my Etsy for a limited no. of Victorian ink bottle posy kits designed to👇 anxiety while you make something lovely.
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
April 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Tmrw evening at 8 I'll be opening my Etsy for a limited no. of Victorian ink bottle posy kits designed to👇 anxiety while you make something lovely.
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
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👇🏼Our work here at the Early Childhood Mathemarics Group - fab series on a very important aspect of #earlymaths
Please share ! 👏🏼👏🏼
Please share ! 👏🏼👏🏼
Part 4 draws our superb series on #spatialreasoning to a close. Find age and stage ideas on composition and decomposition - fitting shapes together and taking them apart www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat... #Nurseryworld thanks to @ekfarran.bsky.social and the team
Spatial reasoning, part 4: Working out how things fit together - Nursery World
Construction and jigsaw puzzles involve children in fitting shapes together, or into gaps. As they do this, they learn about shape properties, estimate size and develop rotation skills, say Dr. Cather...
www.nurseryworld.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
👇🏼Our work here at the Early Childhood Mathemarics Group - fab series on a very important aspect of #earlymaths
Please share ! 👏🏼👏🏼
Please share ! 👏🏼👏🏼
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"Most of us see schools as a place for learning (because they are). But Covid has taught us that their function in socialisation is perhaps as important in creating young humans capable of navigating our complex social world." A brilliant read.
NEW BLOG: What Covid taught us. southgloshead.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/w...
What Covid taught us – five years on
22nd March 2020. The younger children skipped out to their parents as usual, blissfully unaware of the water rising up the school drive. First mentioned on distant shores. Then on Italian slopes. A…
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March 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Most of us see schools as a place for learning (because they are). But Covid has taught us that their function in socialisation is perhaps as important in creating young humans capable of navigating our complex social world." A brilliant read.
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The full document ‘Play Matters,’ with a foreword by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social will be available free online from tomorrow.
March 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The full document ‘Play Matters,’ with a foreword by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social will be available free online from tomorrow.
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If Labour genuinely want schools to be more inclusive then they need to find ways to encourage flexibility and a focus on meeting needs over 'driving standards'. A system that encourages competitive attitudes between settings is not one that also encourages inclusion.
March 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If Labour genuinely want schools to be more inclusive then they need to find ways to encourage flexibility and a focus on meeting needs over 'driving standards'. A system that encourages competitive attitudes between settings is not one that also encourages inclusion.