In this 4th episode of the Real Life Practice podcast series Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) talks to Early Years Practitioner Sarah Collins from Huddersfield about her journey into planning in the moment with the children.
Real Life Practice Podcast – Episode 3 – Sarah Brown
Sarah, a Nursery Teacher from an inner-city school in Manchester talks to Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) about her journey into early years and her amazing approach to understanding maths by using techniques for children with EAL.
You can find Sarah on Instagram by clicking HERE
Real Life Practice Podcast – Episode 2 – Rachel MacBeth-Webb
In the second podcast in this series Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) talks the the founder and manager of Beatle Woods Outdoor Nursery Rachel MacBeth-Webb about her values, principals and ethos for outdoor learning and how partnerships between staff, parents and (above all) the children is key.
Exploring Personal Pedagogy Alistair Bryce-Clegg
In the final video on this series Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) had the opportunity to chat with author, consultant and trainer Alistair Bryce-Clegg about his journey into Early Years and how that journey has shaped his Personal Pedagogy.
You can find out more about Alistair by visiting his website at www.abcdoes.com
He’s also on facebook, visit by clicking HERE
Don’t forget the other videos in the series:
Greg Bottrill – Can I Go and Play Now?
Lyndsey Slessor – Nursery Manager
Real Life Practice Podcast – Episode 1 – Becie Doughty
I the first episode of this Podcast series Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) speaks to Becie Doughty, a Deputy Manager in a York Nursery, about her thoughts on Enabling Environments as she talks through her 5 top tips.
Early Years Soapbox Podcast – Episode 2 – Rob Fox
In the second episode of this series Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) hears the views on labelling from Rob Fox, practitioner, consultant and trainer from Active Childhood UK. Are we too quick to label a child or should we be giving them more time to process and explore?
Real Life Practice – The Podcast
So, after a lovely chat with the brilliant James Tunnell from Nursery Nook today about my first Podcast with Greg Bottrill it got my brain ticking over with ideas. So, welcome to the podcast family “Real Life Practice” (ta-dah!)
However that’s where you, the lovely followers of my blog and social media pages come in. If anybody who currently works in a nursery or playgroup or is a childminder would be willing to chat with me and share their own ideas and practice for different subjects such as:
Maths and Numbers
Communications
Enabling Environments
Sustained Shared Thinking
Physical Play
Outdoor Play and Learning.
It would be great to keep them bite-sized as they are more accessible and “listenable” if that’s even a word! I record them using zoom but only use the audio of it but it’s nicer to talk to somebody when we can see each other and, luckily, a zoom recording also gives you the audio soundtrack separately which is what I use to produce the podcast, so we can happily record it in our pyjamas! (That is optional of course)
If anybody is interested then they can email me to go through it and arrange a convenient time to zoom call them to record. My email address is hello@themalepractitioner.com
The Early Years Soapbox Podcast – Episode 1 – Greg Bottrill
In the first of this new Podcast series Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) let’s author, trainer and consultant Greg Bottrill ask the question “What is it like . . .”
Exploring Personal Pedagogy – Greg Bottrill
In the sixth video in the series, Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) had the awesome opportunity to chat with author, trainer and consultant Greg Bottrill about his own journey into Early Years and what’s influenced his own Personal Pedagogy.
You can find out more about Greg and Adventure Island by visiting his website at www.canigandplaynow.com
He’s also on facebook, visit by clicking HERE
Don’t forget the other videos in the series:
Lyndsey Slessor – Nursery Manager
Alice Sharp – Experiential Play and Adventures with Alice
Greg’s original book “Can I go and Play now?” is available by clicking our affiliates link:
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Provocations in the Early Years – Webinar Recording.
Glenn (AKA The Male Practitioner) is talking about Provocations in the Early Years – what they are and how we can use them to extend children’s learning.
This video is from a previous Facebook Live webinar from April 2020.
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