Dr.Rosie Flewitt is a professor of Early Childhood Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research explores how young children communicate at home, in early childhood education, and within their wider communities. She is particularly interested in the multimodal ways children make meaning as they engage with people and artifacts in daily life. A core commitment in her work is promoting inclusion and social justice in education by recognizing children’s diverse communication preferences, supporting inclusive pedagogy, and challenging barriers to participation. Methodologically, she is known for developing innovative multimodal, visual, ethnographic, and participatory approaches to early childhood research. She recently led the ESRC-funded project Toddlers, Tech and Talk, a multidisciplinary study of how digital technologies shape ...