Explore the surprisingly wide variety of woven materials and their artistic possibilities, with the Suffolk Early Years and Childcare Service (Suffolk County Council)
Ferre Laevers' Process-Oriented Monitoring System builds on his 'well-being' and 'involvement' scales to create a highly sensitive form of assessment. Jan Dubiel takes a look at how it works.
'People working with children should value and respect different racial origins, religions, cultures and languages in society, so that each child is valued as an individual. Children from a very young...
In part one of their new series, Professor Tina Bruce explores ‘the Gifts’ and the theory behind them, while Jane Dyke reveals how this is being absorbed into the practice at her group, Yellow Dot...
See what an endless number of activities and experiences you can offer young children to develop their understanding of concepts of calculating with these ideas from Stella Louis. Photographs At...
Advice for settings on how to plan and resource role play for all age groups. By Penny Tassoni
All educators should take note of an early literacy system now used in Northern Ireland. Wendy Scott and Janet Moyles spent two days in Belfast observing this new approach.
Early years practitioners were amazed at the success of boys' writing projects that started from their observations. Julie Cigman reports.
On behalf of our readers, staff in nurseries, schools and out-of-school clubs around the country have put a range of products through their paces to assess their value in the workplace, and to give...
Nicole Weinstein looks at the English Hubs programme, which is currently seeing more than 1,000 schools across the country receive intensive support for their teaching of reading to Reception and Year...