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Play & Grow

“The sign of great parenting is not the child’s behaviour. The sign of truly great parenting is the parent’s behaviour”.

– Andy Smithson

Looking for nature inspired creative experiences to inspire you and your child and support connection, regulation and containment?

I can work with you and your family to explore positive behaviour management approaches to help you and your little ones to overcome some of the sometimes more challenging aspects of parenting.

I have worked as a behaviour support assistant supporting children with a variety of behavioural needs, mainly those with an emotional and social aspect. I am an Outstanding Forest Childcare provider and combining my love for nature and attachment. I have developed a unique programme of support to enhance your child’s learning and reduce any unwanted behaviours and enjoy planned purposeful activities.

Behaviour is one of the biggest challenges for parents and children, but using a positive child centred approach which is modelled on attachment and co-regulation; you can see real results really quickly.

“Bedtimes had become increasingly hard with full on tantrums, anger, lashing out at me and frustration, refusing to let her Daddy put her to bed and not wanting me to leave her. So I contacted Lizzie and I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I can’t thank Lizzie enough, she was what I needed at a very stressful time and the most important thing she taught me was that it was normal and this was a phase, it won’t last forever and she needed comfort and security and instead of getting annoyed I started to embrace and enjoy it”.

– Mum to a 4 year old

Using child-led strategies and gentle positive discipline based on the roots of attachment (Neufeld) and learning your child’s love language (Chapman, 2012) in order to be able to tune into their individual needs. All behaviour is communicative and with gentle attachment led methods, I can help you to find out what your little one is trying to say. I use my attachment experience to explore the pedagogy behind some of the most common behaviour issues and together we can come up with a plan to suit your individual needs and give you some tools to help tackle some of the most challenging scenarios.

I spent many years training and working alongside Lizzie. Lizzie is so passionate and knowledgeable in the area of early childhood development and particularly around issues relating to attachment. Whether it was planning for training or offering bespoke support for settings, Lizzie would always go the extra mile. Lizzie has a fabulous way of connecting to practitioners and sharing her expertise in a supportive and encouraging manner.

– Maria (Senior EYFS Consultant, Islington Childrens Services, 2019).

Early Years Training and Consultancy

Are you a school, nursery, pre-school, childminder, out of school care provision or early years’ service? I can help you to enhance and improve your early years practice and pedagogy.

I can consult on and support you through a number of early years needs.

“Lizzie thank you so much for this morning’s, training. We all really enjoyed it and it was really insightful, helpful and motivating”

Bornto Woodland Nursery

Preparing for your Ofsted Inspection

How to get an Outstanding Ofsted! I gained an Outstanding in all areas on my first inspection and I have helped many settings receive high quality inspections.

I can support you to reach the highest quality practice and support staff to confidently prepare for the inspection. Guiding and facilitating you through effective leadership and management strategies, tracking progress, and identifying areas for improvement and reflective practice with creativity and innovative ideas.

EYFS consultancy

Would like support on embedding the principles of the EYFS in a holistic, nature inspired, child led, creative and open-ended way?

I Provide support, advice and consultancy in all areas of the EYFS to help educators and childcare providers excel. Whether you need creative advice to develop your outdoor or indoors learning environments or to cut down on paperwork in your organisation, assess children for their two-year checks or boost your observation, assessment and planning methods.

Training & Development

I can deliver a range of targeted and bespoke training courses to suit the needs of your staff teams. I can also offer individual training and coaching and peer support. This can be done through face to face delivery, online peer support, live webinars and online/live training workshops.

Would you like support on embedding the principles of the EYFS 2021 in a holistic, nature inspired, child led, creative and open-ended way. Then contact me today to be inspired and nurtured to be your absolute best!