The recent exchange trip made by Scottish early years practitioners to the headquarters of Westminster Children's Society (News, 22 May) was funded by Glasgow City Council, we have been asked to point...
'The number of children starting school with poor speaking and listening skills should cause us all to worry, and the numbers are going up.' Alan Wells, director of the Basic Skills Agency, on the...
We have two tyrannosaurus rex puppets (Asco, Pounds 68.50 each) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'T-rex puppet', to the...
The national bookgifting scheme has been preserved in reduced form. Viv Hampshire looks at the benefits it still offers children.
Show me how WELCOME to 2001 Manchester Under 12s Exhbition - the biggest and best yet with more than 130 exhibitors waiting to show you all the latest equipment, resources and services for early...
An 'Under the sea' topic inspired this colourful display to develop an awareness of pattern and to encourage children to write for a purpose Planned learning intentions
Making simple cookery a priority in your club can also lead to healthier eating, advises Fiona Hamilton-Fairley. it is not often that I meet a child who doesn't like cooking. I can still remember the...
In the second part of this series, Anne Oldfield and Sarah Emerson set out the circumstances in which learning happens best