Tamsin Grimmer is a director of Linden Learning, an associate of Early Education, Principal Lecturer at Norland College and an Emotion Coaching Practitioner for Emotion Coaching UK. She has a wealth of experience supporting Early Years Teachers and educators. She is passionate about young children’s learning and believes that all children deserve educators who are inspiring, dynamic, reflective and loving. Tamsin was a member of the Inclusion and Equalities working party for the Birth to Five Matters materials and has written several books aimed at educators and is a true advocate for adopting a loving pedagogy.
In this blog, she challenges us to consider if we are "misdiagnosing" schematic play as bad behaviour. She then examines the most common types of schema and reflects on how each type can be supported within a home or setting.