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As with the other age groups, the developmental needs and interests of the child provided the starting points for planning the room for two-year-olds.
In looking to ease the transition to nursery, settings can also find ways to engage with the children currently in their care. Alison Anderson shares her experience devising a programme with this goal...
Men who are the sole carers of their children need moral support but rarely know where to look for it. Joyce Reid meets some fathers who are looking out for each other
A 'monster' sighting at one nursery sparked a project looking at a range of themes.
From seeing the sky in puddles to finding the symmetry in faces, there are lots of ways to mirror all areas of the curriculum, say Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.
Play involving hands and feet can help develop observation and thinking skills beyond simple recognition of size, shape and pattern. Marianne Sargent suggests some ideas.
Children gain an immense sense of achievement from creating something beautiful from a few simple sticks, says Julie Mountain.
The importance of making spaces in which children and their carers can have freedom to think, talk and create was stressed at a major early years conference at Nottingham University earlier this...
In addition to Aliens Love Underpants (see right), here are some other great storybooks and texts available about aliens and pants! Remember to use the local library - and encourage everyone to share...
In part three of her series on the 7Cs approach to planning outdoor spaces for young children, Julie Mountain explains the importance of incorporating 'clarity' and 'challenge'.