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A visit to a local garden centre with a fish pond led to children setting up their own fish tank back at the setting, Nicole Weinstein explains
How one setting’s introduction of a traditional cabinet of curiosities has supported children’s explorations of the natural world around them. By Annette Rawstrone
Diversity in children's services should be the norm and not the exception, according to a leading early excellence centre. Good practice at the Sheffield Children's Centre in Yorkshire is highlighted...
The NSPCC is calling on early years practitioners to help promote a campaign that encourages better childhood brain development.
The Gruffalo The children in the Treetops Room at George Dent Nursery School, Darlington, were highly motivated by a recent visit from local ceramicist Mike Harris. Working together, they created clay...
What is true ‘free-flow play’, and when is children’s ‘involvement’ in their learning not actually worthwhile engagement? Dr Julian Grenier unpicks the theories in the context of best practice
Part of a parent's or carer's role is to make sure that activities are at the appropriate level for an individual child. Each baby or toddler will develop at their own rate, so be careful that they...
From early in their lives, children show an interest in science. They often notice things that we as adults take for granted, such as the clouds in the sky or how the pedal on the kitchen bin works.
The perception that increased out-of-school activities are creating a stressed and 'overscheduled' youth has been attacked in a US report. Giving Child and Youth Development Knowledge Away, published...
One nursery school uses its wall displays not just for looking at but for feeling and reconstructing. Touch is central to children's learning, and when pupils at Macmillan Nursery School in Hull leave...