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Get on track for developing skills and using materials in progressive stages by making trains, says Lena Engel Area of learning:
I obtained the Advanced Diploma in Childcare and Education (ADCE) in May 1998. Like Virginia Kolmer (Letters, 17 February), I was under the impression that it is a Level 4 qualification. I already had...
Help is at hand for settings preparing to offer funded places for two-year-olds in 'Are you ready for me -now I'm 2?'. Its authors, the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare Team, explain how it...
I am disappointed by one of your letters (Nursery World, 12 May). The person 'having worked in a private nursery for more than five years'
Set the children on a journey through their imaginations with activity ideas from Helen Shelbourne The story On the Way Home by Jill Murphy is about a little girl with a hurt knee walking home to tell...
Cut out the daylight to encourage the youngest children in your nursery to have peaceful, refreshing naps. Night Night curtains are specially woven so that they block out light and are available in...
Young boys seem to have a natural urge to wrestle with each other, so what stance should childcarers take? asks Annette Rawstrone.
This week, more research has been released showing that downward pressure from a results-driven National Curriculum is leading to inappropriate practice in the Foundation Stage, particularly in...
Don't just hold the front page, but use the whole newspaper for a variety of challenging games and activities. Philip Waters suggests ways to use that wonderfully cheap resource Newspapers. We read...
Literacy is linked to a specific body of knowledge and skills, so practitioners should focus on helping children to acquire these essentials, says Vicky Hutchin.