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With all their good intentions, children's centres may still let down their users through design faults that can be altered reasonably easily. Manager Colette Tait shows how.
Creative 'jungle' play can help improve children's understanding of the world, says Nicole Weinstein.
Sunbeams Day Nursery has embedded loose-parts play into provision across all its settings, transforming practice and inspiring children. Nicole Weinstein reports
In this true story, an experienced nanny tells Helen Kewley about how a false accusation blackened her reputation with employment agencies 'I couldn't believe what had just happened to me. As I sat in...
Children gain an immense sense of achievement from creating something beautiful from a few simple sticks, says Julie Mountain.
From seeing the sky in puddles to finding the symmetry in faces, there are lots of ways to mirror all areas of the curriculum, say Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.
Play involving hands and feet can help develop observation and thinking skills beyond simple recognition of size, shape and pattern. Marianne Sargent suggests some ideas.
The Association of Play Industries (API) has written to the Prime Minister and other ministers urging them to match the funding commitment to children’s play spaces pledged by Scotland’s First...
Ahead of this week’s budget and spending review, the chancellor has announced £500m for families and early years support - however there is no sign of any increase in funding for the 15 and 30 hour...