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Local community collaboratives are a great way to ease children's transition to school, says Rebecca Fisk
Get expert advice on supporting two-year-olds at Nursery World North on Saturday 6 May.
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.
Let children's imaginations fly high, while steering their learning with activities based on a favourite story book as suggested by early years adviser Judith Stevens.
Use this theme as a starting point for a large-scale project with many benefits, says Marianne Sargent.
Try treasure baskets and discovery boxes for babies to become engrossed in self-directed play, in the second part of a series from Claire Stevenson, Donna Luck and Veronica Lawrence.
Mirrors provide such fascination and so many learning opportunities for children that they could become part of a setting's basic provision. Nicole Weinstein samples a few.
Resources for productive role play, and the best practice for organising and offering them, are outlined by Jane Drake in our series on continuous provision in an early years setting.
Spaces where children can share activities with each other will inspire role play, storytelling and collaboration, explains Amy Jackson
A nursery in central London has turned garage roofs into a haven for wildlife, finds Annette Rawstrone.