Sophie David is the founder of Little Happy Learners, a global early years education platform dedicated to supporting families and educators. With a mission to make child development accessible, she shares practical, research-informed ideas that prioritise learning through play and empower parents to navigate the early years with confidence.
Over the past few years, Sophie has cultivated a community of over 1.2 million followers on Instagram, where she creates engaging content focused on behaviour, emotional wellbeing, and early learning. Her platform engages parents and families with accessible and supportive education opportunities, accessible craft and play ideas, recipes and family connection projects and lifestyle content.
Sophie started out her career as a primary school teacher, teaching for 7 years in primary schools specialising in Early Years Education, play based learning and phonics, before having children of her own. Sophie started to build her online platform in 2019 after she realised that the projects and learning opportunities she was creating for her children at home and her experience in early years education could help lots of other parents who might be looking for ways to connect, engage and prepare their children for education settings.
In addition to her platform, Sophie lends her expertise to the BBC and CBeebies as a freelance consultant on early years education, producing complimentary content for Cbeebies to support their flagship shows such as Alphablocks and Numberblocks.
Sophie is the author of two acclaimed books, How to Create Little Happy Learners and Read, Write, Play, and is a frequent guest on leading parenting and education podcasts.
She also produces and runs workshops at both festivals and corporate events on topics such as how to learn through play & creativity, growing a love of learning in both children & adults and the importance of storytelling.
At the heart of her work is a commitment to helping families feel more connected and present, using play as the foundation for stronger relationships and joyful everyday moments.
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