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Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
You don't need to be near water to give children an outdoor area that offers rich play and learning opportunities with sand, says Jan White.
Puzzles can help young children to develop their fine motor skills and give them a great sense of achievement when they're done. Nicole Weinstein asked early years settings to put some together.
Nursery World has teamed up with education consultancy Elizabeth Jarman to give away a free set of the Communication Friendly Spaces bags for families.
Create polar landscapes to help children learn about the people and animals that inhabit them, and to provide opportunities for role play, suggests Nicole Weinstein.
Role play and imaginative play, early literacy development and other activities can be facilitated with a favourite toy, says Diana Lawton.
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...
The children will love making these tactile puppets and learning some French at the same time. Each set contains two fabric faces measuring 22cm in diameter, ten Velcro facial features and six labels...
Offer the under-threes simple objects to manipulate and mark with and hone their skills, suggests Marie Richardson
Level 4 qualifications NVQ level 4 in Early Years Care and Education