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.
Doubling the number of community schools across Scotland is the new goal of the Scottish Executive. Education minister Jack McConnell called on local authorities to work in partnership to develop the...
To start off the New Year, Dr Jacqui Cousins reflects on her years of research into the language of four-year-olds and the continuing relevance of her findings for early years practitioners today All...
With the number of baby places in nurseries rapidly expanding, more and more staff are having to deal with the age-old problem of disposing of or laundering huge piles of nappies. Agreed, it's not the...
Communication skills have been boosted by an English/Urdu songbook, says early years consultant and writer Meg Jones.
A bed, duvet and pillow are all the resources you need in part 1 of our parent's guides to keeping children physically active indoors during the coronavirus lockdown.
Have oodles of fun keeping children busy with an art kit from Bostik full of pipe cleaners, beads, felt shapes, pom poms, straws and Blu-Tack, plus an instruction leaflet suggesting lots of things to...
Malleable materials such as play dough offer rich opportunities for promoting scientific learning (see page 21). To make play dough, you will need: Ingredients *2 cups plain flour *2 cups water *1 cup...
Sharing a story-telling session, listening to aCD and acting out favourite tales using props are all ways in which children can be encouraged to engage with books Practitioners who want to create a...