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Making a bug hotel to protect insects during the winter can help children learn about the natural environment, while also building physical and team skills. Viv Hampshire explains.
The logistics of continuous snack provision may seem daunting. Anne O'Connor offers some advice.
You don't need to be near water to give children an outdoor area that offers rich play and learning opportunities with sand, says Jan White.
Visiting fire or police stations helps children understand about 'people who help us' but there is a wealth of resources settings can use for role play to support this theme
Hopping and skipping are challenging skills to master. Here, Dr Lala Manners looks at how they emerge and offers ideas for supporting their development.
Build up your setting's construction area carefully, with attention to the movement around it and materials with the most potential, says Jane Drake.
Possible activity ideas inspired by this kitchen staple extend far beyond food. By Marianne Sargent
Exploring the concepts of fast and slow opens up a huge range of possibilities for learning and fun. Nicole Weinstein suggests some approaches and resources to get children thinking.
Create polar landscapes to help children learn about the people and animals that inhabit them, and to provide opportunities for role play, suggests Nicole Weinstein.
Building dens is a natural and important pastime in children's social and emotional development. Anne O'Connor explores how adults can support this form of play while respecting children's need for...