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The outdoors offers opportunities to get creative with role play. Nicole Weinstein suggests how practitioners might provide resources to support, and build on, children's natural interests.
Make use of Shrove Tuesday to teach children about tradition and the spirit of sharing - and to have a feast, of course, says Marianne Sargent.
The conclusions of the Good Childhood Inquiry's final report are not borne out in early years settings' practice, argues Pat Gordon-Smith.
Enclosed spaces can foster friendship and heighten young children's concentration and involvement in their play, says Annette Rawstrone.
A well-informed practitioner can save the day when children engage in superhero play, reports Nicole Weinstein
The Kosmic Koosh is a softy, spiky rubber ball which is easy to catch and is perfect for indoor as well as outdoor play. It does everything a normal ball does but is twice as much fun and very...
Let the ideas go round and round the nursery with activities and resources for following a natural interest, suggested by Diana Lawton.
Special books – designed to help nursery children make the move to a new room or Reception – are child-led, so they also let practitioners see the world through their eyes, explains Zoe Kimber
WINNER: Coton Green Pre-school Nursery, Tamworth, Staffs
Encouraging children to use their bodies in any way they want stimulates their physical and brain development and has a noticeable beneficial effect on behaviour, writes Annette Rawstrone