Found 29533 results for "Enabling Environments: Making Spaces ...?type=Feature?year_based=2008?Tags/Name=Birth%20to%20Threes%7CFamilies%7CChild%20Development?page=1?pageSize=5?ArticleTypes/Name=Other?orderBy=PublishedDate"
Playing outdoors after dark can be exciting and challenging. Julie Mountain advises on making the most of outside spaces all day.
As with the other age groups, the developmental needs and interests of the child provided the starting points for planning the room for two-year-olds.
Play and the characteristics of effective learning (CoEL) have been included in the first draft of ‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ which is published today.
Making the move from nursery to primary school can throw up challenges for everyone involved, but settings can take steps to make the process easier. Rebecca Fisk suggests some methods.
Winner: Woodland House Nursery, Bristol
Role-play boxes can increase children’s involvement in the outdoors beyond typical activities and improve their learning, reports Everton Nursery School and Family Centre’s Lyndsey Gardner
Small-world play offers children the chance to explore real and imagined worlds in miniature. Early years settings put a range of small-world play equipment to the test and report back to Nicole...
Musical instruments can help children develop the sound recognition skills essential for reading, spelling and writing. Early years settings call the tune as they try out a few for Nicole Weinstein.
A nursery in Wiltshire used a local garden in an old churchyard, and a visual artist, to put together a Making Memories project. Annette Rawstrone explains
Joint winner, Houghton Community Nursery School, Houghton le Spring