Let children get in touch with their senses by making things to feel, sniff, hear and view in the outdoor area. Miranda Walker starts with easily accessible resources children may well be more alert...
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Our July issue includes what’s new in the Progress Check, getting creative with ateliers, how to deal with young children’s urge to strip off, creating engaging print-rich environments, exploration of...
Use targeted resources that are meaningful to children to get them talking, says Judith Stevens.
With the aim to extend the free entitlement to 40 per cent of all two-year-olds by 2015, nurseries are having to think long and hard about how they can equip themselves to deliver this, as it will...
Two nursery nurses accused of child abuse have won the legal fight to clear their names, but the cost is still being paid by children and society, argues Professor Frank Furedi With their reputations...
Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just £4 an hour after childcare costs and changes to universal credit are taken into account, according to...
Mathematical development and music go hand in hand, with the latter enabling us to take pleasure in exploring the abstract subject, says Linda Pound
A three-year project, funded by Youth Music, studied the effect of music-making on more than 400 under-fives attending early years settings.