Take a chance and let children take a risk by taking on the challenge of mastering a skill, says Philip Waters in the latest of his series on different play types MASTERY PLAY
Got any birthdays coming up on your calendar? Children will be chuffed with a new Thomas the Tank Engine adventure they can play on the home computer. Hasbro Interactive's 'Thomas and Friends -...
* We have ten copies of My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'My Cat', to the address on page...
* We have ten copies of Each peach pear plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Puffin, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked...
School meals are to receive a 280m funding boost to improve quality over the next three years, most of which will go directly to schools and local education authorities to ensure they spend a minimum...
Every outdoor fixture should work hard for its keep – including fences. By Julie Mountain
There was great disappointment among private and voluntary sector nurseries when the coalition Government pressed ahead with the Code of Practice on the free entitlement rather than suspend it as the...
INCLUSIVE PLAY: Practical Strategies for Working with Children aged 3 to 8. By Theresa Casey. (Paul Chapman, ISBN 1 4129 02436, 18.99, 020 7324 8500) Reviewed by Janice McKinley, area SENCO, Bradford...
We have five Foundation Stage/KS1 Maths packs (Reflections on Learning, 26.95 each) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked...
Parents of children with special educational needs can find information about the support available to them in a new booklet produced by a national independent voluntary organisation. The Advisory...