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Early years settings try out the latest products to help young children learn about how cultures around the world observe their festivals and religious traditions, and report back to Mary Evans.
As a nursery nurse with five years' experience of working in a day nursery, I feel I must voice my opinion about the recent news report about the benefits to children of their attending pre-school...
Togetherness with families is a good way for everyone to start out the year.
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.
Encourage children to draw on their own experiences for this topic, says Marianne Sargent.
There's no end to the learning as well as the fun that can be found in creating a habitat for minibeasts, says Julie Mountain, a consultant working for Learning Through Landscapes.
It's an eye-opening experience to observe what children (and adults) really go for in a setting's outdoor provision, as Janice Ellis discovers.
Everyday life can be a continuous topic when children are encouraged to experience nature's elements up close. Diana Lawton shows how.
The outdoors offers opportunities to get creative with role play. Nicole Weinstein suggests how practitioners might provide resources to support, and build on, children's natural interests.
There is an important balance to be struck between child-initiated and adult-chosen activities in a setting's choice of equipment, says Julian Grenier, in a feature introducing a new series.