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This is a time to think about changes children will soon be experiencing. In particular, many nursery children will be thinking about the move to 'big school', and children in reception will be...
Senior early years lecturer Jo Albin-Clark from Edge Hill University in Lancaster explains how an EYPS student tuned in to children's thinking to evidence Standard 18: Promote children's rights,...
As a parent you may have already encountered the seemingly endless 'why' questions. While sometimes these questions are a way of grabbing our attention, they are more often a sign that a child is...
Whiteboards at one setting in northwest London have become a collaborative focal point for planning activities and documenting children’s thoughts and practitioners’ responses in a visible way,...
Adult-child interaction needs to enhance learning and development while supporting the child to meet their own agenda – and without any unnecessary interfering, explains Julie Fisher
One chid’s trip to a river sparked a setting-wide interest in crocodiles, expressed through art and scientific investigations, finds Annette Rawstrone
Early years practitioners need to see learning – particularly in mathematics – not as abstract and ‘disembodied’ but as inherently concrete and ‘embodied’. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why
Constructivists say that young children build their knowledge from the material of their experiences, as Professor Tricia David explains The contributions of different constructivists help us to see...
Staff both new and experienced are finding fresh inspiration for practice on a nursery chain's in-house course. Karen Faux reports.
Every practitioner knows that reflecting on observations of children is important, but one course helped give practitioner Jill Smart a musical revelation.