Look around your setting to see if you are providing appropriately for curious children to explore and learn Early years practitioners can foster a climate of enquiry by developing a questioning...
Follow the direction of children's natural interests in line patterns and trajectory movements to take their learning further across the curriculum, says Diana Lawton When provision is rich and...
The Daycare Trust kicked off National Sure Start Month last week with a ten-step plan outlining a new vision of universal early education and care. To mark its role as host of National Childcare Week,...
The Early Years Foundation Stage should be extended to age six and Key Stage one should be abolished, according to the final report from the Cambridge Primary Review.
Take me to your master! Miranda Walker introduces some friendly green aliens into your out-of-school club Alien grassheads are great fun to make, especially in winter, as they will grow inside when...
Children’s families are a wonderful outdoor play resource, says Julie Mountain
Children today are more likely to have older parents who are in paid work, be in smaller families, and have more formal education than the previous generation, according to a report out today.
Harry is painting, solemnly taking the brush loaded with thick orange paint to the edge of the paper. The colour merges with the dramatic black and yellow swirls that he painted earlier. As Harry...