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If your early years services and staff deserve recognition, make sure you enter the Nursery World Awards 2009. The closing date is 5 June: www.nurseryworldawards.com
The importance of outdoor play to development is well documented. Julie Mountain explains how to get right both attitude and resources.
In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.
Winner - 'Playing and Learning Outdoors', by Jan White, published by Routledge
Don't forget about the role of physical activity in preparing children to read and write when planning provision for literacy development, both indoors and out, says Anne O'Connor.
What are the developmental benefits of larger outdoors equipment, and how are some settings using it to provide varied play and learning opportunities? By Karen Hart
Childcare cash may still be going astray, warns Alan Bentley.
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...
Some food for thought in your professional career. RESOURCES FOR EARLY LEARNING: Children, Adults and Stuff. By Pat Gura (Paul Chapman, 14.99, 020 7374 0645).
<P> Teaching under the National Literacy Strategy inhibits the development of children's oral skills, according to research by Linda Hargreaves, with Eve English and Jane Hislam </P>