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Loose parts resources, which can be found, recycled or bought, empower children's creativity and inventiveness, particularly in the outdoor environment. Nicole Weinstein gives some tips.
Although Early Years Capital Grant funding is winding down, nurseries can take a tip from settings that have used it on how best to make improvements, says Mary Evans.
Cold, wet and windy weather doesn't have to mean staying indoors. In the final part of her series on winter play outdoors, Julie Mountain suggests some creative approaches for fun and learning.
A display helped children at Yarm School nursery to explore the meaning of love, as Victoria Harrison explains.
This natural material opens up opportunities for children to experiment and explore both real and imaginary worlds - and a mud kitchen makes a good central point.
Joint winners - Tall Trees Kindergarten, Frome, Somerset and Norland Nursery, Bath
Put books at the heart of your activities based on a favourite mythical creature, along with art and small-world play, as Helen Bromley suggests.
Innovative and highly useful new early years products that come with built-in child appeal are previewed by Ruth Thomson.
Think big for a project on giants and similar fantasy folk characters, with activity suggestions from Judith Stevens.