Nurturing Children
Inspiring Joyful Interactions with Laughter, Love and Kindness.
These programmes and offerings are designed to help children improve their behaviour, calm their minds and excite their creativity resulting in increased joy.
How many books did you read about your baby, your toddler, or your growing child?
We are only ever a couple of clicks away from an array of information on children. Across the world, there are guidelines on how to nurture the under 7. But when your child seems out of balance and doesn’t follow the natural pattern of development, it can be really worrying and often overwhelming.
Isn’t every human being unique and special? Indeed, and we all want joyful, kind and happy children, don’t we?
But parenting and indeed teaching, doesn’t come with a handbook. In practice, all children are unique and special and even the training given to professionals doesn’t seem to reflect how many children develop. But I do believe that tuning into children, showing them, they matter, coupled with kindness and my 40-plus years can help you.
Here I share ideas that have been successfully implemented to develop those emotional bonds in scores of schools – the READIT2 programme, the Discovery Packs and a plethora of other ideas.
For Professionals and Families
READIT2
The Readit2 YouTube channel shares some impacts of excessive screen use and some ways of getting young children to love books and reading again.
Stories with Sarah
The YouTube channel, Stories with Sarah, is dedicated to inspiring professionals and families to enjoy being present with children. Clips include a collection of stories read dialogically, ideas to inspire early bonding and moments of peace in nature for busy people.
Discovery Packs
Discover different approaches to teaching and learning using upcycled, recycled, and hand-made discovery packs made for ‘little hands and big minds’ These unique boxes allow first-hand experiences, encouraging children to play, think, and learn with curiosity. Get in touch if you want to know more.
Other Offerings
I offer:
- One-to-one personal consultations, with families looking to find ways to connect with their children when reducing exposure to screens
- Short videos with ideas for things to do with children in school and at home
- Practical workshops training EY professionals on creativity with children
- Online training and face-to-face training/workshops
Endorsements
“Inspiring training with a wonderful tool to empower children to love to read and learn, the emotional approach has made a deep impact on my general view of teaching in the Early Years.”
“Readit2: the whole day has flowed so well, each part has had a really important place in the training. This training has really motivated our teachers, thank you”
“I want to thank you for your INSET on Tuesday, the Early Years Team and KS1 teachers were truly inspired and have already there is ‘physi/gym’ going on first thing in the morning. We look forward to implementing many strategies you have given us to motivate reluctant writers. We have all gained enormously from your experience and expertise on the subject, thank you.”
“It’s had such an impact so quickly. Children who were never previously interested in books and stories are seen spending time in the book corner and clambering to read with other children’s named Readit2 readers. We have also noticed increased levels of concentration, talk and interest in books.”
“It’s fantastic, I love it, the child I’m reading with loves it too and the moment he sees me enter the classroom, he approaches me enthusiastically and goes and finds a copy of his favourite book. In such a short period of time, I have seen a massive improvement in his attention span and behaviour. I tell my Headteacher EVERY day how wonderful it is.”
“Readit2 is pretty much one of the best things we have done….already in just 6 weeks, the impact it’s had has been phenomenal…..young disadvantaged children in our Nursery class are just so enthusiastic and motivated to read which they weren’t before….”
“We are continuing with Readit2 – we have found that it has helped our children feel more confident about coming into school. All children on the programme have shown an increased interest in books and an understanding of how books work. Some of our children have become so confident that they have shared their Readit 2 books with the class, taking on the role of reader. The children who accessed Readit 2 were chosen because they did not readily interact with books and a few had emotional difficulties coming to school. These children have all built up a good bond with their Readit 2 adults – which has helped them to be more confident in class.”
“Readit2 continues to empower children with confidence and self-esteem at both my centres. The children chosen to be part of the project are the ones who score low on FL scales for emotional well-being and involvement. Children look forward to their session with the same adult. The progress we have observed in terms of their emotional development is phenomenal especially as they are able to regulate their emotions better and additionally their language and literacy skills are developing. That secure attachment with their adult has given them the confidence which is apparent in other areas of their learning and development.”
“We all agreed it was an all-round enjoyable INSET Day, inspiring, well delivered and concise. My staff are very excited about getting Readit2 started and we all agree that it will be invaluable for our vulnerable children. Feedback from one member of staff – …Had an inspiring and educational day with Sarah, Readit2 Founder. Reading to and with your kids, our kids, anyone’s kids is one of the MOST important things you can do with a child. Give them the joy of literature, discovery and imagination. Set them up for life. This training and programme teach you to do it! Great work, Sarah!”