Small resources can help children to develop some big ideas in their imaginative play, as Jane Drake explains Long-term planning
Make-believe is integral to a child's development, and the more open-ended the resources, the greater the scope for imaginative play, says Helen Bromley.
In part 2 of our series, we look at how settings in Scotland are coping with the country’s funded offer. By Leah Jones
Use targeted resources that are meaningful to children to get them talking, says Judith Stevens.
Mathematical development and music go hand in hand, with the latter enabling us to take pleasure in exploring the abstract subject, says Linda Pound
With the aim to extend the free entitlement to 40 per cent of all two-year-olds by 2015, nurseries are having to think long and hard about how they can equip themselves to deliver this, as it will...
The Principles into Practice cards explain in an illustrated and accessible format what early years practitioners should know and think about to deliver the EYFS programme effectively.
As she moves on to the charitable sector, leading private nursery provider Susan Hay looks at 16 years of progress in UK childcare and at what urgently remains to be done As she moves on to the...
The entry deadline for the Nursery World Awards 2014 has been extended to 26 May!
by Jonathan Glazzard, Denise Chadwick, Anne Webster & Julie Percival (Sage, 19.99, ISBN 978-1849201223)