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Outdoor environments can offer good opportunities for children to build and develop hand-eye co-ordination, if the right interventions are made. Julie Mountain considers the best approaches.
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
Go on the trail of creatures that hold a natural fascination for children with activities leading through all areas of your early years provision, suggested by Judith Stevens.
Providing opportunities for active outdoor play significantly increases children's agility and it need not be expensive, says Julie Mountain.
The Playhouse Set is suitable for babies from the age of 12 months. It features a double-sided soft playhouse with soft boy, girl and dog figures. The figures, which canbe stored in the mesh pockets...
Design and technology sparks imagination and helps children begin to make sense of the world in which we live, says Nicole Weinstein.
Painting lets children express themselves, engaging both brain and the body, writes Nicole Weinstein
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.
Factors for practitioners to bear in mind when children move up to reception are explained by Lynn Beckett and Dr Neil de Reybekill.
Childminders have bought and equipped a beach chalet for a unique resource they can share with other providers. Annette Rawstrone reports.