Outdoor environments enable children to learn creatively on a larger and more active scale than is possible indoors The Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (DfES/QCA 2000, p23) states that...
Nursery staff may be more risk-averse than parents, says Saffia Farr.
Observations of children who are new to the setting can guide practitioners in making each area of provision more accessible for the settling-in period, says Jane Drake Observation in setting
Continuing her series on the Sustainable Development Goals, Dr Diane Boyd examines how to provide a ‘life-long’ learning environment that takes in the whole locality
In the latest part of her series on unlocking the potential of the outdoors, Professor Jan White looks at storing resources
An award-winning nursery is set to be featured on TV as they design and build a bird hide for their developing forest school area.
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Professor Siraj-Blatchford says, 'Artificially "teaching" synthetic phonics in large groups of four-year-olds will ultimately be anti-literacy development' (News, 6 April). Surely this is what is...
Staff working in nurseries that have adopted relaxed two-year-old ratios feel ‘overwhelmed’ and are struggling to support children with their emotional development and toilet training, finds new...
From books to outdoor spaces, free money is available for your projects - if you know where to look for it. Caroline Voogd, editor of Fundraising for Schools, offers guidance.