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Getting children to work creatively with messy materials can assist with the development of descriptive language, explains Anne O'Connor.
There was great disappointment among private and voluntary sector nurseries when the coalition Government pressed ahead with the Code of Practice on the free entitlement rather than suspend it as the...
How have the UK’s biggest nursery groups – and the early years sector as a whole – changed over the past two decades? Catherine Gaunt goes through the archives
For some children, enclosed areas are essential to support their cognitive development, says Elizabeth Jarman, in the first of a series looking at the kinds of spaces early years settings need to...
Early years settings uncertain of how to introduce music into everyday practice need simply find a real, live musician, as Linda Bance explains.
This April’s highlights include the surprisingly fraught issue of bikes, teachable moments, current safeguarding priorities, and resources for helping children explore language.
Action research might sound like the last thing that time-pressed practitioners will want to do, but it is a really useful tool to demonstrate the improving quality of your practice, finds Dr Kay...
Question time Each morning we set up a question on our question table and display board for the children to answer, with their parent or carer, by placing their name card in a 'yes' or 'no' container.
It's good news that Ofsted's annual report into childcare and early education has found standards improving as the number of places grows (see News, page 4). There is no room for complacency, however....
Professor Tina Bruce examines the theory behind Froebel’s Occupations, and Jane Dyke reveals how it is being put into practice at her settings