How well children learn words is influenced by many things, including the environment and the manner in which adults speak to them. Communication experts Dr Rebecca Frost, Dr Katherine Twomey, Dr...
A project on houses came close to home when nursery children got to make their own real bricks. Teacher Judith Cowley describes how.
Children are free to make choices at this pre-school, says Karen Faux.
A dozen games and activities using empty boxes are packed up by Kevin Kelman for fun early learning
Children enjoy helping adults assemble furniture and equipment, and such construction projects have many benefits, writes Penny Tassoni
How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown looks at good practice at Little Rainbows Day Nursery
In the first of a two-part series on pre-term babies, Anne O’Connor takes a look at new research that sheds a light on the extent to which early birth affects children in later life