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Build up your setting's construction area carefully, with attention to the movement around it and materials with the most potential, says Jane Drake.
Collage experiences not only benefit children’s fine motor development – they also provide a medium for children to represent their experiences and thinking, explains Nicole Weinstein
Children just can't get enough of Lego bricks at a centre that's been built with more than a million of them. Katy Morton reports.
You don't need to be near water to give children an outdoor area that offers rich play and learning opportunities with sand, says Jan White.
Exploring the concepts of fast and slow opens up a huge range of possibilities for learning and fun. Nicole Weinstein suggests some approaches and resources to get children thinking.
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.
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
The benefits of 'tummy time' are well documented, but many babies spend too little time playing in this way. Andrea Vaughan explains how her setting has been working to increase parent awareness.
Joint winner: Sunbeams Day Nursery Leeds
A ‘mini city’ is informing children about career choices and enhancing role play at one Sheffield school. Nicole Weinstein reports