EYE SUPPLEMENT Picture book reviews – educational reads
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association,...
Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association,...
Prepare children for the future by teaching spatial awareness and logical thinking playfully,...
Some ideas for supporting children’s exploration of vans and lorries, inside and outside the...
Nicole Weinstein checks out how sensory play and movement shapes a baby room in a north London...
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which charts...
Nicole Weinstein visits a pack-away setting in Surrey to look at its multi-purpose resources and...
Nicole Weinstein looks at how an inner London Montessori nursery’s activities and resources are...
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which explores...
Nicole Weinstein visits a Birmingham day nursery on the site of an independent school to see loose...
When it comes to resources, storage and activities, how can early years settings optimise their...
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which integrates...
Nicole Weinstein visits a nursery in the London borough of Hackney to look at the resources and...
How should children build strength and stamina in a developmentally appropriate way, asks Dr Lala...
Education experts at Oxford University Press have designed a new app for pre-school children to use...
There are many ways to think about time, says Alison Clark in this edited extract of her book Slow...
What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings...
Executive functions play an important role in early maths, says Rosemary O’Connor, from a University...
At a time of climate crisis as well as a cost-of-living crisis, how can early years settings become...
Nicole Weinstein visits a London day nursery on the site of a working farm and looks at the...
Angelica Celinska, head of content for the Nursery World Show 2024, talks us through what to expect,...
Nicole Weinstein examines the benefits of getting out into nature and the local community and how to...
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Dr Cath Arnold reviews Sally Goddard Blythe's Reflexes, Movement, Learning and Behaviour, a complex...
Angelica Celinska, Nursery World Show 2024 programme lead, shares some insights into what to expect...
This month we look ahead to transitions, think about what evidence-led practice really means and...
Children need to fine-tune the small muscles in their hands, fingers and wrists to build up the...
Claire Martin, Reception teacher at the British International School of Boston, US, suggests ideas...
In part 2 of her enabling environments series, Dr Tanya Richardson of the University of Northampton...
Julie Mountain visits past Nursery World award winners to discover how to resource and lead a high...
Every child needs a secure and positive sense of their identity. Nicole Weinstein finds out how to...
Enhancements that incorporate junk modelling can have numerous benefits and unexpected outcomes,...
How can the environment provide security at the same time as building relationships? Nicole...
The National Day Nurseries Association has linked up with educational resources supplier Hope, which...
Which resources can help young children explore language, and what are the basic principles that...
Whether or not to use bikes at early years settings is the subject of some debate, finds Caroline...
Dr Cath Arnold reviews a book that gives a scientific insight into children's developing brains in...
How can the learning environment and the resources in it promote effective communication? Nicole...
Staff at one Yorkshire setting replaced many resources with boxes, a project which culminated in...
The late Helen Bromley's focus on authentic resources that prompt children to ‘talk’ is one of her...
Plants are local to everyone and fertile ground for activity ideas. This year, outdoors specialist...
Penny Holland's pioneering work on gun play, a controversial and emotive subject, is worth...
Karen Hart shines a spotlight on 2022's Nursery World Professional Book of the Year and also finds...
David Sobel's seven principles of natural play are a great checklist for planning quality outdoor...
These recommended releases have the power to amuse, lift the spirits and give young children a...
Storytelling is still centre stage in many nurseries around the world, thanks to the inspirational...
Birthdays and other celebratory experiences offer a host of cross-curricular experiences and...
Deadpan humour, fantasy, themes of friendship and discovering the joy of dance all feature in the...
The days are getting shorter and you can literally smell the seasons changing – but autumn is a...
‘Intelligent’ open-ended materials are the driving force behind Loris Malaguzzi’s ‘pedagogy of...
How can leaders ensure that staff are supporting the setting’s outdoors provision to the best of...