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The sensory experience of messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development, creativity and risk-taking, says Anne O'Connor
I am a nursery teacher in a small local authority-run primary school. I have the pleasure of working with a fully-qualified, very experienced and knowledgeable nursery nurse. We work as a team and...
Observing the level of involvement that children show in their play can tell you much about their emotional well-being, says Anne O'Connor.
A young child's delight in fooling or teasing an adult tells us a lot about what they know and helps them progress in making sense of their world, as Anne O'Connor demonstrates with this example.
Celebrity culture will have attracted many readers to the headlines in national newspapers this month about Zoe Ball's nanny being killed tragically after a car crash. It turned out that the 'nanny',...
CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT (5th edition). By Pamela Minett. (Hodder Arnold, 15.99, ISBN: 0340889152, tel: 020 7873 6000) Some food for thought in your professional career
The principles and practice of one of the most influential thinkers on early childhood are outlined by Froebel scholar and early years writer Tina Bruce.
Action research might sound like the last thing that time-pressed practitioners will want to do, but it is a really useful tool to demonstrate the improving quality of your practice, finds Dr Kay...
Designed to be used in everyday practice, the revised developmental grids give guidance on planning and 'how' children learn, says Helen Moylett, principal consultant, Early Learning Consultancy
How can settings best support the particular maths development needs of three-year-olds, asks Judith Dancer in the fourth part of this series