Using a popular rhyming book that's full of well-known characters for language activities from Lena Engel Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Puffin, 4.99) is rightly a great favourite...
CHILD-INITIATED Use small-world play as a stimulus for new adventures involving the magic bed.
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust sells its own simple-to-use Personal Shriek Alarm which gives off an ear-piercing, 138 decibel shriek. It comes complete with a Guide to Safer Living and costs 7.50 plus p&p....
If parents can't get to childcare, it's great to bring the childare to them, as some successful providers are finding. Jackie Cosh reports For many mothers in remote Aberdeenshire villages such as...
This article links to elements C5.3 and C5.5 of the NVQ 3 in Early Years Childcare and Education. Evidence collector: If you are a student, you may wish to carry out the following activity. Remember...
Practitioners will need to appreciate the rapid developmental changes in children who are consolidating all they have experienced so far Being two is exciting, scary, interesting, confusing,...
Is your setting fulfilling its commitments to parents? Use another in our series of checklists by Laura Henry About this series
Hardships in their personal lives are bound to affect staff on the job at times. Mary Evans looks at how to keep things running smoothly and sympathetically A member of staff, who is generally good at...
Movement promotes neurological development but our society smiles upon 'sitting still'. An extract from Hopping Home Backwards describes one way round the problem The fact that very few early years...