Children Meaningful Interactions

My PED TALK at the 29 th EECERA EECERA gives the opportunity to people to do a PED talk. What is that? A PEDagogical talk is not a scientific talk and the purpose is not to talk about your research. The idea is to talk about something you are passionate about! It is an 8 min talk, no slides, no notes, then 2 minutes of questions from the audience. I embraced the challenge and loved it! Had my PED TALK done with my family waiting outside, all packed and then straight to the airport. It was a beautiful way to say goodbye to EECERA: high levels of adrenalin! Below, I am sharing some lines taken from my talk. You can see the full abstract here: https://www.eecera2019.org/programme/2019 ‘I could bring my child in her pyjamas so supportive they are’ Hello everyone, thank you for being here today. My name is Melissa. I am a former early childhood teacher and have worked more than 10 years in the early years sector in Ireland. I am also a founder member of a voluntar...

Going to EECERA (My personal photo, please don't share it) Recently, we attended to the 29th EECERA annual conference in Tessaloniki in Greece. EECERA – European Early Childhood Education Research Association – holds an annual conference each year in a different country. “It is the largest world-conference in research in the early years. It is home for so many interesting people who have been researching, writing, advocating in the sector, not just in Europe, as it has expanded to all the other continents” (EECERA, 2019). From that, you can have an idea of how exciting is to be attending to the EECERA conference! I first attended to it when Dublin hosted in 2016. I was starting my PhD journey and had a poster accepted that time. WOW, that was my first time moving around so many people from all over the world interested in research in the Early Years – and the chance to meet face-to-face people that I have been reading their work. After that, I attended to the 2017 co...