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Despite appearances, messy play can make an enormous contribution to babies' and young children's cognitive and creative development What do we think about when we hear the word 'messy'? Untidy,...
A round-up of toys and books to inspire imaginative and explorative learning, with a range of storage options to help keep things tidy Exploration and investigation
Promote meaningful play through well-planned nursery environment An early years environment must be safe, secure and reassuring while stimulating the senses and provoking children to interact with it....
The Daycare Trust has renewed its call for every community to have a children's centre, urging parents and organisations to sign its charter calling for 'a publicly-funded universal expansion of...
Find out what the courses leading to three new qualifications for childcarers involve, as Mary Evans talks to one of the first students When the country's pre-schools stopped for the summer holidays...
We liked the idea of babies getting in a real mess, as shown in the feature 'A fine mess!' (8 February). We tried this activity with our charges in the baby room at the nursery and found it to be most...
Val Buckett, the head teacher of Pembury House Centre for Childhood in Tottenham, London, is not proud. 'Early Excellence is not about people coming in to admire us,' she says. 'It is an attempt to...
I was pleased to read that the overall response to the Transformation Fund (Special Report, 18 May) seems to be positive and that local authorities are actively planning how best to use their...