Helen is co-founder of the Nature Nurtures approach and Nurture Outdoor Kindergarten, a progressive early years setting in Worcestershire, UK. Helen is an Early Years Teacher with a degree in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education. She has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Pyschoanalytic Observational Stduies with a focus on infant and young child observation. Having completed RIE® Foundations™, Helen is currently working with RIE® Associate and Mentor, Deborah Carlisle Solomon as a RIE® Practicum™ Student. With more than 15 years experience working across the birth to five age range, Helen places great value in sensitive and respectful care and support for children.

Hannah is co-founder of Nature Nurtures and Nurture Outdoor Kindergarten in Worcestershire, UK. Hannah’s career began in science where she specialised in paediatrics. Her interest in Early Years Education is borne from a passion for research, with a particular focus on the birth to five age range. She has a passion for progressive education, and seeks to keep the values of Nature Nurtures alive and well and relevant in the current high stakes testing environment found in the mainstream education system. "But go look outside! What a rich and wonderful environment in which to nurture infants and young children (and us adults too)!"