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Outdoor environments can offer good opportunities for children to build and develop hand-eye co-ordination, if the right interventions are made. Julie Mountain considers the best approaches.
Monsters offer a rich source of activity to develop children's creativity and explore fear and emotions. By Marianne Sargent
Dolls enable children to act out real-life situations, learn about human growth and develop their fine motor skills. Early years settings tested some new specially-designed dolls for Nicole Weinstein
The physical and mental benefits of a Forest School week for children at a South Shields setting have exceeded expectations.
A visitor showed children the way to get more involved in a local community event, and their response revealed much to nursery staff about their thinking, says teacher Tessa Fenoughty.
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
Scotland’s Named Person scheme is planned to go national by September, but the policy has divided opinion, reports Charlotte Goddard
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.
Design and technology sparks imagination and helps children begin to make sense of the world in which we live, says Nicole Weinstein.
Providing opportunities for active outdoor play significantly increases children's agility and it need not be expensive, says Julie Mountain.