It's an absolute pleasure to welcome Rachel Tapping, chair of Pikler UK, back to Circle Time.

Rachel is picking up on a topic which will resonate with so many people working in the field of Early Childhood, that of our own Wellbeing.

What do we do to ensure that we are cared for, rested and full able to give our time and energy to supporting our youngest learners.

For more information on the Pikler methodology and the Pikler UK Association, visit their website: https://pikler.co.uk/

In this episode, Glenn talks to Helen Guntrip, a Speech and Language Therapist who has created a programme of activities for children to help them develop their speech through active movement.

Combining her skills as a Speech and Language Therapist and a Yoga Teacher, Helen created "Talk and Move", which is a unique approach that combines body movements with vocabulary, speech sound and phonological awareness development.

Find out more here:

https://talkandmove.co.uk/

In this episode of Circle Time The Early Years Podcast, Glenn has been talking to Marc Molloy, a keen cyclist who has been working on a project to get young children cycling through his balance bike scheme "Cyclings".

Marc discusses the amazing physical and emotional benefits of cycling and how this could be highly beneficial to Early Years settings.