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Joint winner, Houghton Community Nursery School, Houghton le Spring
Introducing some waste-inspired activities can help children learn about reusing, recycling and disposal. Marianne Sargent suggests a range of approaches.
Stimulate the senses, stretch children's skills and extend provision for special needs by developing a sensory garden, as one nursery shows Viv Hampshire how they did it.
School and nursery children took the principles of Forest School to the water, with an added environmental message, in ecological sustainability activities beside the seaside.
Using these historic creatures to inspire games and activities can help to build curiousity and imagination, advises Marianne Sargent.
A new video shows how to recognise and support young children's musicality
Puzzles, magnets and wind equipment set fun challenges for early science exploration in products that childcarers tested for Mary Evans.
In providing resources for playful learning we need to remember the process in which they will be used, not just the outcome at the end, says Anne O'Connor.
Museums today are shedding their old 'look-don't-touch' image and welcoming young children and their carers, says Rachael Woodhead.
Play involving hands and feet can help develop observation and thinking skills beyond simple recognition of size, shape and pattern. Marianne Sargent suggests some ideas.