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Evidence of the vital mind/body connection in early development means we must take a less sedentary approach to learning, explains Anne O’Connor
Observing children's schemas is not only a useful way to shape play - there is evidence that these patterns of behaviour offer guidance to individuals' emotions. Kath Tayler looks at a case study.
Explore and experiment on the world beneath our feet with activities from Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton.
The work of Carol Dweck tells us that encouraging a particular way of thinking - that talent and intelligence are not 'fixed' - can make all the difference to how children learn. Jan Dubiel...
In the fifth part of our series marking the tenth decades of Nursery World and Early Education, Aline-Wendy Dunlop reflects on the early years tradition, and its current state, in Scotland
Practitioners played merely a supporting role in a project on castles that was totally child-initiated. Lianne Grace tells Melanie Defries tells all about it.
Helen Moylett examines case studies from the Newham Reception Innovation Project on play
Carole Edmond, managing director of Bright Horizons, has left the nursery group after six years in the role.
On entering Reception, children are exposed to the world of 'formal' language. In the third part of our series on communication, Dr Anna Theakston explains what it is and how to support it.
Movement and dance experiences such as crawling, creeping, rolling, turning, walking, reaching and swinging are essential for babies' brain development.