Educationalist expressing my own views.
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
10 Sep 2023
If you can't make it to our #womened Unconference @UlsterUni Belfast, please support the event by sharing @janetgoodall @kane_fiona @FionaMKennedy @KatrinaCrilly @OrlaDonnelly6 @rricecutter @AKinsleySmith1 @Carolin16761057 @ellentaylor06 @ugnegir
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
23 Aug 2023
I would encourage anyone who working in early years to respond to this survey on Children’s Speech, Language and Communication.
23 Aug 2023
📢Calling all NI childminders & those supporting children under 5. We are seeking your views on children’s speech, language and communication needs!
📢Only one week left to have your say! @NIChildminding @CiaraKnoxSLT #earlyyears #earlylanguage
surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FT6G8RF
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23 Aug 2023
Great to be back in schools this week ,working with highly committed staff teams. Special moment today as transpired that I had taught one of the teachers about 37 years ago in St. Bride's Nursery !! Lovely to meet Catherine again after all these years ❤
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
20 Aug 2023
Late August, given heavy rain and sun
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot . . .
Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it
Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for Picking
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
19 Aug 2023
Most of what children need to learn during their early childhood years cannot be taught; it's discovered through play. ~ Ruth Wilson.
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
17 Apr 2023
Kindness counts! 🧡
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
11 Apr 2023
Children need the freedom and the time to play; play is not a luxury play is a necessity. ~ Kay Redfield Jamison
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
21 Mar 2023
Reading counts! đź“š
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
20 Mar 2023
We must truly hear everyone! 🙌
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
20 Mar 2023
This! 🙌
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
15 Mar 2023
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. ~ Emma Goldman
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
8 Mar 2023
Times have changed, but children haven’t. Young kids are on the same evolutionary path they’ve always been on. It’s our expectations that are off. We’re trying to make children ready for the next stage of life before natural development allows them to be ready. ~ Heather Shumaker
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
1 Mar 2023
Most of what children need to learn during their early childhood years cannot be taught; it's discovered through play. ~ Ruth Wilson.
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
27 Feb 2023
Art is a process
not a product
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
25 Feb 2023
Children’s brains are built, moment by moment, as they interact with their environments. In the first few years of life, more than one million neural connections are formed each second – a pace never repeated again. ~ UNICEF
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
19 Feb 2023
The failure to play is now a critical issue and it calls for concerted action for change. ~ Sir Ken Robinson.
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
17 Feb 2023
A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.~ Eliphas Levi
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
16 Feb 2023
Don’t just teach your kids to read, teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. ~ George Carlin
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Gillian Quinn McGrath retweeted
15 Feb 2023
Studies have shown that students who learn outdoors develop: a sense of self, independence, confidence, creativity, decision-making and problem-solving skills, empathy towards others, motor skills, self-discipline and initiative. ~ University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
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