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A resource for teachers of Key Stages 1 and 2 has been produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Animal Focus - Nocturnal Animals is a 24-page, full-colour magazine that...
We've got ten copies of Nursery World's brand new book Play and Learning for the Under-Threes by early years experts Jennie Lindon, Kevin Kelman and Alice Sharp (9.99) to give away to readers. This...
Sure Start's own beginnings perhaps didn't live up to the programme's name, being rather shaky and unclear, but since 1999 the Government's scheme to improve the health and well-being of children in...
Use these ten key questions as starting points for discussing good practice on promoting physical development at a staff meeting or with parents and carers. 1 Can children move spontaneously between...
The developmental characteristics of four- and five-year-old pre-schoolers' drawing The drawings of 17 children in the USwere analysed at ages four and five. At both ages the most commonly used...
A Sure Start-funded project in Edinburgh is getting children off to the right start at nursery by encouraging parents' involvement in their education. Two 'parent workers' attached to three nursery...
Enrich a child's language skills by talking about books, say Claire Bates and Helen Roscoe, Suffolk County Council Early Years and Childcare Service
Single parent Sophie Robinson (not her real name) had her first child at the age of 40. She has to commute to London from her home in Bath to work part-time as a language teacher. Sophie's mother...
Block play allows a child to mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving, says Anne O'Connor.
A new briefing paper from the NDNA outlines the challenges for practitioners considering what is appropriate contact and gives pointers for best practice