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The environment we provide for children should meet their needs to a point where they can direct their own play and learning, says Anne O'Connor.
Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of the curriculum with a topic on these popular characters, outlined by Helen Bromley.
Reinforce children's dawning sense of time with ideas to organise their day and reflect on their lives, with activities and resources suggested by Diana Lawton.
Take to the water and discover the scope for cross-curricular learning, imagination and creative activities in making and sailing boats, with suggestions from Jean Evans.
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
Build up your setting's construction area carefully, with attention to the movement around it and materials with the most potential, says Jane Drake.
The benefits of providing risky activities to children and keeping their parents on board are explained by Sylvie Gambell and Ben Hasan.
Offer the under-threes simple objects to manipulate and mark with and hone their skills, suggests Marie Richardson
A course in enabling environments helped Sayyeda Meghji convince her staff change was needed. By Gabriella Jozwiak
In the run-up to International Mud Day on 29 June, Jan White and Menna Godfrey make the case for creating a mud kitchen in your setting and offer advice on how to best approach the task.