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Encouraging children to explore the outdoors more freely proved to be a culture change in Poole, says Clare Schmieder, Early Learning Advisory Teacher (ELAT) within the Poole Early Years Team.
The outdoors offers opportunities to get creative with role play. Nicole Weinstein suggests how practitioners might provide resources to support, and build on, children's natural interests.
Action research has helped to develop a nursery garden to better provide open-ended opportunities for learning, as well improving practice. Teacher Sue Duglan breaks down the transformation.
A forest environment stimulates the use of descriptive language, says Caroline Watts, a Forest Schools leader for several schools in Kent.
What is meant by continuous provision, and what does it require of early years practitioners? Anne O'Connor explains the key elements.
Why not use the Christmas countdown as a chance to focus on writing? Marianne Sargent offers pointers.
Nursery school children in Verona, Italy, take part in challenging outdoor trips to develop their confidence and all-round skills.
For children to get the most out of their time outdoors, practitioners need to develop the right qualities for leadership, says Annie Davy.
Most children like to draw. Nicole Weinsteinfinds out how practitioners can best support young children’s early development of drawing – and looks at some of the best resources on offer
A project involving British and international nurseries is focusing on getting young children to engage with their local communities. Marianne Sargent finds out how it is taking shape.