Story The Dot has inspired children in Burnley to become little artists, writes Annette Rawstrone
Collage experiences not only benefit children’s fine motor development – they also provide a medium for children to represent their experiences and thinking, explains Nicole Weinstein
Stand back and observe what children are doing, and assess the versatility of your resources, to allow natural creativity to thrive.
The basis for good early years practice in helping children develop their creativity is adults who know how to encourage them and model activity but not control the creative process.
How – and why – one setting created a library for two-year-olds and their parents. By Amina Khan, early childhood educator at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre in Liverpool
Think about ways to encourage children to be independent, to express their preferences and gain a sense of personal identity with these examples of practice from Plum Harrison.
Face blindness – not being able to recognise familiar people’s faces – is a very misunderstood condition, explains Caroline Vollans
Offering high-quality food within budget is undoubtedly a challenge, but can be achieved with careful food management, says Karen Faux.
As the Online Safety Bill goes through Parliament this year, national media headlines are focusing on the risks associated with teenagers. But for many years, early years practitioners have been...
Margaret (1860-1931) and Rachel (1859-1917) McMillan made real advances in early childcare, and their ideas still resonate today, says Linda Pound