Children benefit from challenge. When educators recognise when to step in and when to let a child persist independently, they strike a crucial balance between safety and growth. This judgment requires attuned emotional support - motivating without over-directing, encouraging without rescuing. Children who experience appropriate levels of risk and challenge develop resilience, confidence, and mastery over their own bodies.
Suzanne Taylor has had a long career within Early Years and is a former Adviser, National Leader and Headteacher of a large nursery school and children’s centre. Suzanne has a passion for outdoor learning, including taking practitioners to see Norwegian Kindergartens for many years, and has extensive knowledge about children’s physical development and quality interactions.