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The home corner should reflect the children's culture and experience. Nicole Weinstein offers suggestions for building up a collection of resources for role play.
Factors for practitioners to bear in mind when children move up to reception are explained by Lynn Beckett and Dr Neil de Reybekill.
The quality of the tools provided for children to paint and draw is important. Nicole Weinstein suggests some key resources to encourage creativity.
Puzzles, magnets and wind equipment set fun challenges for early science exploration in products that childcarers tested for Mary Evans.
Digital technology has helped to increase sedentary behaviour among children, but it can also be used to encourage physical activity, says Dr Lala Manners.
Let the children take on a new identity with fun dressing-up activities from Alice Sharp.
Use these key points for discussion at staff meetings or with parents and carers: 1 Do you involve parents and members of the community in your investigations of the local area?
Visiting fire or police stations helps children understand about 'people who help us' but there is a wealth of resources settings can use for role play to support this theme
Children just can't get enough of Lego bricks at a centre that's been built with more than a million of them. Katy Morton reports.
When deciding which resources to buy for shopping role play, choose products that children will instantly recognise, says Nicole Weinstein.