Watch ‘The benefits of risk-taking in the Early Years with Ellen Sandseter’ produced by TTS Resources. Throughout this episode, Ellen Sandseter, researcher and expert in Children’s Risky Play, talks about the fundamental benefits of learning through risk in early childhood and why practitioners shouldn’t be afraid to implement an element of risk in their own practice too. Ellen breaks this down into two parts, looking at the subjective experiences and the developmental benefits. She explains that the emotions children experience while taking risks will help develop their motor skills and competencies, self-confidence, awareness, and ability to risk assess, plus so much more! Listen to all this and more in our latest episode.