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Some difficulties in implementing the key person approach are pinpointed by Julian Grenier as he listens to nursery staff.
It's through make-believe that babies and children come to understand the real world. Lena Engel explains how best to help them fehfoef fouhff fhfaofao Pretend play is all about helping babies and...
A course led by Sarah Hosken, senior lecturer in early years at London Metropolitan University.
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,...
New research is challenging our understanding of repeated patterns of action, or schemas. Dr Cath Arnold, consultant at the Pen Green Centre, looks at how we can refine our approach.
In his first interview since taking up the role of childcare and education minister, Sam Gyimah talks to Catherine Gaunt about some of the big issues affecting the sector right now.
Getting children to work creatively with messy materials can assist with the development of descriptive language, explains Anne O'Connor.
Parents of two-year-olds are being issued with eligibility codes for 30 hours childcare several months before they will qualify for the entitlement, which nursery owners say is leading to confusion.
Unpack a load of learning opportunities using boxes for containing, collecting and constructing, says Jane Drake The humble box can be the stimulus for a wide variety of interesting activities that...
Plants are local to everyone and fertile ground for activity ideas. This year, outdoors specialist Julie Mountain will be pointing out some commonly found flora and what you can do with it