Support children's knowledge and understanding of the world by making them aware of bees and other mini-beasts in the garden, as Lorraine Hall suggests. Planned learning intentions
Ways of relating to computer use in pre-school activity This Swedish study identified three ways of relating to computer use: as a threat to other activities, as an available option, and as an...
Children will chatter 'automatically' even as babies (see case study, page 19) and as they become more fluent, talkers will constantly ask 'why?' and be curious about everything around them.
Sure Start services across England are invited to highlight outstanding and innovative local work with children and families for the 2004 Sure Start Partners in Excellence awards. Categories in this...
The decision to close the old Falkirk Police Station and build a new one triggered a two-year project for the children at Wellside Kindergarten, as its staff explain In July 2003, the decision was...
What makes a good early years space? Judith Napier looks at how nurseries go about creating the right environment for their children A nursery which signs up a lighting engineer who has designed...
In this issue of Nursery Business, we bring you up to date with the inspection changes due to come into effect in April and take a look at the growing popularity of timber-frame and modular buildings,...
Wildgoose recently launched a new set of interactive teach and play mats. They feature a place called Bramble Town and depict four different environments - a residential area, shops, a rural area and...
Nurseries and schools across Scotland are invited to apply for a grant of up to 350 to develop their outdoor space or purchase equipment.
Call me pedantic, but it does upset me when I see incorrect small-world play scenes, as in the recent eight-page 'All About' pull-out (Nursery World, 4 May). A photograph shows children playing with...