Eleni Loizou is a Professor at the University of Cyprus (http://www.ucy.ac.cy/en/) at the Department of Education (http://www.ucy.ac.cy/edu/en/). She directs the Early Childhood Research Laboratory of the Department of Education and is the consultant of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the Early Childhood Education Curriculum. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the European Early Childhood Education Association, EECERA (http://www.eecera.org/ ) and a country co-ordinator for Cyprus.