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The benefits of 'tummy time' are well documented, but many babies spend too little time playing in this way. Andrea Vaughan explains how her setting has been working to increase parent awareness.
Observation of children's interests as they play is at the heart of activities based on a favourite theme in both books and play materials set out by Diana Lawton.
A woodland wonderland at a nursery in West Lancashire is helping children to develop understanding and empathy for the world around them. Ruth Stokes investigates.
Don't stop at dolls, but supply all the equipment that babies need in an essential collection of role-play resources, says Nicole Weinstein.
Sharing your outdoor space, or even just the corridors that lead to it, can restrict when and how you use your outside provision. Ginny Wright, from Learning through Landscapes, explores the issues.
Get expert advice on supporting two-year-olds at Nursery World North on Saturday 6 May.
In the first of a series on outdoor play in winter, Julie Mountain looks at what nurseries need to think about to help keep children warm.
Never mind if the plant is a weed, it's wild, free, cookable and edible, as children and their families found out with Viv Hampshire.
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.
It doesn't require a large budget, just plenty of imagination and some careful forethought about how it's going to be used, to kit out your setting with a sensory room, as Annette Rawstrone explains.