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Thinking is at the root of young children's creative efforts as they use the information and experience they already have to come up with their own ideas and work towards expression, says Jan Dubiel,...
In an extract from her latest book, Reducing Educational Disadvantage, Penny Tassoni explains how varied positive, adult-supported experiences can boost children’s learning and development
Supervisory work in a holiday playscheme is the focus of a new level 3 course. Karen Faux reports
Bristol County Council is funding an innovative 'green' children's centre and primary school in partnership with Community at Heart and Sure Start. Construction is due to start in August on the 4m...
In this extract from the guide Playing to Learn, author Di Chilvers points out that, in order to teach children, we need to tune into their existing world of play.
It is time that Labour moved away from its highly targeted policies for early years childcare and education towards universal provision, according to MP and former secretary of state Stephen Byers. Mr...
‘Road-testing’ of early drafts of the updated Development Matters is about to get under way as nurseries, childminders and Reception classes start to trial the materials in the next few weeks. They...
A group that provides early intervention for primary school children took its concerns to the House of Lords last week in a meeting hosted by Baroness Warnock to encourage the Government to endorse...
In both the indoors and outdoors environments, loose parts are an ideal resource for involving children in maths activities, explains Shardi Vaziri
The defining elements of active learning, the second characteristic of effective learning and teaching identified in the Early Years Foundation Stage review, are set out by Jan Dubiel, national...