Listen to Pete sharing his amazing enthusiasm for the benefits of woodwork in early childhood on our #EYPedPod podcast - a 30 minute listen.

Pete is a sculptor, artist, research fellow and early years consultant. He works in Nursery Schools, schools and universities modelling, training, supporting and researching early learning, creativity and play. You can find out more about him on his Early Education Associate page and on his Irresistible learning website.

Links to the resources mentioned in the PedPod are listed below, along with further reading.

Links from Pete's website

• Top 20 woodwork tips for early years
• Resources page
• Woodwork health and safety checklist
• Health, safety and risk guidance - including references from HSE, Dfe and Ofsted (as quoted in the podcast)
• Learning and development through woodwork
• Research page
• Froebel and woodwork
• Woodwork and the EYFS
• Monitoring progression in creativity and critical thinking

Links and references from Pete's PedPod

• Woodwork in the early years - free download from Community Playthings 
• Outdoor environments - free download from Community Playthings
• Learning through Woodwork - Pete's book

Further reading and useful links

• Woodwork booklist from Pete's website
• Creativity pedagogic page from Early Education
• Exploring the wider world - free resources from Early Education
• St Werburgh's Park Nursery School case study using woodwork
• Woodwork: irresistible learning blog by Pete for Community Playthings 
• What's so good about wood? A conversation with Pete Moorhouse from Community Playthings

Content published Spring 2020, Cathy Gunning