The transportation schema allows practitioners to witness the advance of learning. Nicole Weinstein shares her advice on supporting it.
By Caroline Eaton (Early Education, £12.50)
Use an enjoyable story book to complement experiences that children have with resources found in the real world around them, following suggestions from Helen Bromley.
A resource package that reuses scrap and unwanted equipment is set to bring many benefits to nurseries. Ruth Thomson reports.
There is an abundance of useful resources to help children understand their physical differences and similarities. Nicole Weinstein selects a few that should stimulate discussion in the setting.
The children are free to roam from shelter to shelter while enjoying the outdoors at England’s first ‘open air’ nursery, situated in south east London. Nicole Weinstein reports
Working with textiles is both educational and playful. Nicole Weinstein offers some useful tips
Making a bug hotel to protect insects during the winter can help children learn about the natural environment, while also building physical and team skills. Viv Hampshire explains.
A ‘mini city’ is informing children about career choices and enhancing role play at one Sheffield school. Nicole Weinstein reports
Using light and dark as a medium for discovery and learning is well established in settings. Nicole Weinstein suggests resources that will maximise opportunities to explore and investigate.