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There are various key points that practitioners need to bear in mind in selecting, using and teaching about tools and materials: * Ensure that materials and tools fit the purpose. Explain to the...
The focus of this area of learning is now on understanding people and communities, the natural and built environment, and everyday objects with functions created by technology.
Edited by Lindsay O'Dell and Stephen Leverett (Open University, ISBN 978-0-230-28008-3, 21.99)
Supporting parents Mark-making fascinates young children - you have only to look at the baby making marks with spilt milk to see this in action. Over time, children start to attach meanings to the...
Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills, says Anne O'Connor
New guidance on the statutory progress check has an emphasis on working with parents and understanding home learning. Co-author Megan Pacey explains its importance
By Margaret Corke (Routledge, 19.99, ISBN 9780415687676)
Early years settings that employ an Early Years Professional make 'significant improvements' in the quality of learning for children from two-and-a-half to five, a four-year study has concluded.
All educators should take note of an early literacy system now used in Northern Ireland. Wendy Scott and Janet Moyles spent two days in Belfast observing this new approach.