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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.
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.
It doesn't require a large budget, just plenty of imagination and some careful forethought about how it's going to be used, to kit out your setting with a sensory room, as Annette Rawstrone explains.
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
The benefits of 'tummy time' are well documented, but many babies spend too little time playing in this way. Andrea Vaughan explains how her setting has been working to increase parent awareness.
Joint winner: Sunbeams Day Nursery Leeds
A ‘mini city’ is informing children about career choices and enhancing role play at one Sheffield school. Nicole Weinstein reports
Try some innovative activities to consider shapes from all angles and dimensions, with language learning to match, from Sheila Ebbutt.
Practitioners put their ears to the ground when thinking how to promote language development, as Nicola Hutton and Laura Leddy explain.
Flower gardens let children explore the world of flora and fauna all year round, and can be provided by every setting, explains Diana Lawton.