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There's no end to the learning as well as the fun that can be found in creating a habitat for minibeasts, says Julie Mountain, a consultant working for Learning Through Landscapes.
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.
Don't stop at dolls, but supply all the equipment that babies need in an essential collection of role-play resources, says Nicole Weinstein.
Plants and play go together naturally thanks to an innovative garden design installed at early years settings. Ruth Thomson takes an inside look.
Build up your setting's construction area carefully, with attention to the movement around it and materials with the most potential, says Jane Drake.
Try some innovative activities to consider shapes from all angles and dimensions, with language learning to match, from Sheila Ebbutt.
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.
A course in enabling environments helped Sayyeda Meghji convince her staff change was needed. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Children will enjoy being as inventive as the mouse at the centre of a fascinating story with the provision of well-stocked resources and activities across the setting, as suggested by Helen Bromley.
Painting lets children express themselves, engaging both brain and the body, writes Nicole Weinstein