What the Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) for two- to six-year-olds provision aims to achieve. By its co-author, Carol Archer
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
Try some innovative activities to consider shapes from all angles and dimensions, with language learning to match, from Sheila Ebbutt.
Flower gardens let children explore the world of flora and fauna all year round, and can be provided by every setting, explains Diana Lawton.
In the run-up to International Mud Day on 29 June, Jan White and Menna Godfrey make the case for creating a mud kitchen in your setting and offer advice on how to best approach the task.
The benefits of providing risky activities to children and keeping their parents on board are explained by Sylvie Gambell and Ben Hasan.
Put books at the heart of your activities based on a favourite mythical creature, along with art and small-world play, as Helen Bromley suggests.
Children should be provided with a large variety of shapes in a range of situations to stimulate learning. Nicole Weinstein suggests some ideas.
Painting lets children express themselves, engaging both brain and the body, writes Nicole Weinstein
Nicole Weinstein explores how settings can resource effectively for ‘people who help us’ role play