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Observant practitioners explored how they could follow children's interests to extend their thinking and learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage, as Di Chilvers shows.
Most respondents to the Department for Education's consultation on changes to staff: child ratios for two-year-olds are against the plans, which the Government says will start in September.
Children's favourite playthings can serve as tools in activities that will provide plenty of fun in learning with these ideas from Wendy E Scott Toys are invaluable for literally learning through...
How well children learn words is influenced by many things, including the environment and the manner in which adults speak to them. Communication experts Dr Rebecca Frost, Dr Katherine Twomey, Dr...
The environment we provide for children should meet their needs to a point where they can direct their own play and learning, says Anne O'Connor.
How noisy is your workplace? From February next year the new European Noise Directive will come into force, setting decibel limits and requiring 'noise risk assessments' (see News, page 8). There's no...
Understanding early literacy development: the impact of narrative and reflection as tools within a collaborative professional development setting This qualitative study in the US examined the impact...
A former nanny tells how she applied her experience and training to the hard business of play Back when I was being advised on choosing a name for my business, I was told the name should explain what...
An independent coalition representing organisations across the early years sector has called on the Government to have 'a new vision of early childhood services' along the lines of Denmark and Sweden....
In an extract from her book on the subject, Tamsin Grimmer explains ‘core and radial schema’ and its relevance to the early years