Short courses to improve your practice with birth to threes and three to fives
Training on environment, communication and parents helped Liz Ludden, senior early years teacher at Dukes and Duchesses, revitalise her setting, though not without some controversy. Hannah Crown...
Observations of children who are new to the setting can guide practitioners in making each area of provision more accessible for the settling-in period, says Jane Drake Observation in setting
Continuing her series on the Sustainable Development Goals, Dr Diane Boyd examines how to provide a ‘life-long’ learning environment that takes in the whole locality
Ingredients 1 large cucumber, 300g natural yoghurt, 2tblsp white wine vinegar, 300ml milk, 1 small bunch fresh chives and mint, pinch of salt and pepper. For croutons: 4 large slices fresh crusty...
Children will have great fun blasting into space with activities from Jean Evans based on an imaginative story book.
In the latest part of her series on unlocking the potential of the outdoors, Professor Jan White looks at storing resources
DVD Attachment in Practice, (89, 42 minutes) and DVD Learning Through Play: The 3 to 4 year old. (79, 30 minutes) both by Siren Films (0191 2327900) Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early...
What areas of training should nurseries and childminders focus on when looking to equip themselves for the influx of twos? Annette Rawstrone reports.
Outdoor environments enable children to learn creatively on a larger and more active scale than is possible indoors The Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (DfES/QCA 2000, p23) states that...