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Role play is becoming more flexible, with settings embracing approaches that create more authentic experiences and respond to children's interests. Marianne Sargent explains.
Nurseries should shop around for healthy eating, says Alan Bentley.
The familiar and fascinating subject of families is one that can be ideally explored through books and role play, says Judith Stevens A topic about families is a perennial favourite. This is to be...
Everyday play provides plenty of chances to learn number skills. But it doesn't just have to be through tangible objects, says Jane Drake Counting, and use of numbers as labels, constitutes one strand...
Letting children loose on a bunch of planks and swings is not conducive to sound physical development - intelligent guidance and planning are needed, writes Anne O'Connor.
It's hard to remember when a Government appointment was met with quite such an enthusiastic welcome. The news that Lesley Staggs has become the first-ever national director of the Foundation Stage is...
Asquith Court and Kidsunlimited, two of the UK's largest chains, are to merge and form a new company, the Nursery Years Group, making them the second-largest group in the UK in terms of number of...
Three-quarters of nurseries are facing a hike of between 5- to- 12 per cent to their staffing costs due to the rise in wages and pensions from 1 April.
The research and thinking about infant development available to early years practitioners is highlighted by Jools Page and Cathy Nutbrown from the University of Sheffield's School of Education.