A selection of titles to enhance your understanding of play Inclusion in the Early Years by Cathy Nutbrown and Peter Clough
Helping children to develop a sense of time may require giving them lots of time. Penny Tassoni considers how to listen to children trying to put things in perspective Gone are the days when a child...
The humble building block offers children endless scope for making social connections, writes Anne O'Connor
Most children get to grips with using a computer mouse between three and four years old, but many continue to struggle with its size - it is just too big for their small hands, writes April Jones....
There are many and varied opportunities in which to explore and make patterns in the outdoors. A PATTERN WALK
Children's fascination with dinosaurs can provide an excellent stimulus to developing literacy skills Early years practitioners will be in no doubt about the enthusiasm of young children for all...
Is phonics a panacea that comes back into fashion whenever thinking about early literacy gets confused? Julian Grenier considers what children really need to read The teaching of reading and writing...
Scottish Ballet is taking the magic of dance to the classroom in its workshops based on The Snowman, writes Joyce Reid Five-year-old Maxi Rafferty has seen the film The Snowman and she also has ballet...