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In the second instalment of a two-part series on pattern, Nicole Weinstein looks at language, movement and sound - and suggests some resources for assisting exploration and learning.
Monsters offer a rich source of activity to develop children's creativity and explore fear and emotions. By Marianne Sargent
Use this colourful season to introduce children to a changing environment and encourage physical development, suggests Marianne Sargent.
Build up your setting's construction area carefully, with attention to the movement around it and materials with the most potential, says Jane Drake.
To create effective 'enabling environments', we must be open to ideas from a range of sources, including educational pioneers, overseas settings and children themselves, says Nicole Weinstein.
Everyday life can be a continuous topic when children are encouraged to experience nature's elements up close. Diana Lawton shows how.
A charming book with varied themes that young children will identify with inspires activities across the curriculum from Helen Bromley.
Children's perennial fascination with knickers and monsters can be explored fruitfully using this quirky, beautifully illustrated book, says Judith Stevens.
Local authorities have been accused of dull, unimaginative playgrounds because of an over-reliance on an identical 'KFC' approach ('kit, fence and carpet'), which has grown out of the pressure to...
Children's charities and play industry bodies are calling on UK councils to create more facilities for children with disabilities who they claim are currently excluded from many play spaces.