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Role play and imaginative play, early literacy development and other activities can be facilitated with a favourite toy, says Diana Lawton.
Collage experiences not only benefit children’s fine motor development – they also provide a medium for children to represent their experiences and thinking, explains Nicole Weinstein
Comics and cartoons, in whatever medium they come in, can help develop children’s literacy and self-esteem, but their depiction of family structures is limiting, finds Yasmin Stefanov-King
Pack-away nurseries need be creative to make their settings work. Nicole Weinstein asks three how they manage their storage solutions.
Create night in the day, or wait until dark, for a host of imaginative activities indoors and outdoors that will help children explore their natural fascination with the night, suggested by early...
Make use of Shrove Tuesday to teach children about tradition and the spirit of sharing - and to have a feast, of course, says Marianne Sargent.
The possibilities are endless for activities using colour - Sheila Ebbutt offers a rich variety of them, focusing on both individual colours and mixtures.
The quality of the tools provided for children to paint and draw is important. Nicole Weinstein suggests some key resources to encourage creativity.
It doesn't require a large budget, just plenty of imagination and some careful forethought about how it's going to be used, to kit out your setting with a sensory room, as Annette Rawstrone explains.
Offer the under-threes simple objects to manipulate and mark with and hone their skills, suggests Marie Richardson