Did you see Early Childhood Ireland in the news this week? 👀 We've been busy advocating for our youngest citizens and promoting our new Owlet resources, developed for babies & young children. Catch up on the highlights in this week's Friday thread. 🧵 1/5

This might help at bedtime... Owlet: Lullabies of the World for babies and young children from Early Childhood Ireland & MotherTonguesIreland Produced with support from the The Late Late Show Toy Show Appeal and Community Foundation Ireland rte.ie/learn/2024/042… via RTÉ

A White sword stabbing murderer gets ‘humanised’ on Metro front page. Plus not ‘murderer’ ‘killer’ or ‘terrorist’ - he’s ‘mystic samurai’ ’man in court’ over ‘sword murder’. You wouldn’t think he slaughtered a 14yr old Black child who The Sun called ‘sword lad’ implying at

🎉 Join us on June 11th to celebrate the first International Day of Play! 🎙️ Dive into insightful discussions with Fiona Kirkland from Play Scotland, along with Prof. Emer Ring, Dr. Lisha O'Sullivan, & Shirley Heaney. Register for this FREE webinar here➡️rb.gy/cot2wo

🪀Today marks the first-ever #InternationalDayOfPlay! Through play, children make sense of the world. It’s a learning tool that engages, motivates and challenges. Read our CEO Teresa Heeney in today's Irish Independent about every child's right to play. buff.ly/4cxSDJ1

It should be on the minds and lips of everyone Play Play for now, play for the future More play for the people ALL people Play equity Play in education Playful cities Playful small towns and villages Play EVERYWHERE

We're thrilled to unveil our 2023 Impact Report! Revealing 100% of children, parents and doctors said their healthcare experience was improved by Helium Arts’ Creative Health programme. Read more here -bit.ly/HAImpact2023 #ImpactReport #HeliumArts #creativitychangeslives

Tune in to Drivetime RTE this evening at 6:20pm to hear our Board Member, Dr Pamela O’Connor, speak about our Impact Report 2024 #creativitychangeslives #ImpactReport #HeliumArts

In our latest #Scéalta blog, our Early Childhood Specialist Kathleen Tuite explores the fascinating world of #play: what defines and shapes it? Learn all about the importance of play in children's development and wellbeing. #QualityforChildren buff.ly/45l0mrb

“Two to put her down. Two to put her out.” Cathal Crotty bragged on social media after brutally beating Natasha O’Brien unconscious. This horrendous case calls into question whether Ireland is serious about zero tolerance of violence against women. rte.ie/news/courts/20…

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In this week's Friday 🧵 we outline some of the changes to Core Funding (CF) for Year 3 as communicated yesterday by Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth. Further funding of €44 million was secured for CF in last year's Budget, bringing the total amount for Year 3 to just over €330 million. (1/5)

High praise for ‘the best report’ illustrating the voice of babies, toddlers and young children by Early Childhood Ireland Froebel MU Early Childhood Degrees Dr Leah O'Toole and co to help inform update of #Aistear NCCA Link to consultation report below:

Our member Happy Days in Ratoath practice Intergenerational Learning with weekly visits to Silver Stream Ratoath Manor Nursing Home. Read more about the visits and and their benefits for children in today's The Irish Times. #QualityforChildren buff.ly/3W66SiJ

🆕 Today, we launch our asks for #Budget2025, calling for a radical new approach to #EarlyYears and #SchoolAgeCare. Listen to Frances Byrne (Frances Byrne), our Director of Policy, explain our #4AsksforChildren.

As a first step towards a publicly funded model, a date should be set by government to bring #EarlyYears and #SchoolAgeCare graduates within public sector pay and conditions in line with teachers. 📰Read our press release about our #Budget2025 submission: buff.ly/3y0J0nd

In our latest #Scéalta blog post, Máire Corbett discusses how important relationships and ❤️ loving interactions are to support the learning and development of babies and toddlers. #QualityforChildren buff.ly/41rkaa1

Brilliant Cass - enjoy the premiere, looking forward to watching it 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

📣 Tomorrow we are launching our 2024 festival programme 📣 Priority booking will be live from 12pm tomorrow. Want exclusive access to priority booking, discounted tickets and more? Become a friend today! 🎉 General sale will go live on 7 Aug. #DTF24️