Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Poetry, rhyme and song outdoors
8 May 2008
Poetry is portable in these suggestions for learning, sharing and having fun from Helen Bromley.
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Unique Child Health: Spiral of learning
8 May 2008
The build-up of knowledge through successive experiences can be well used for healthy living, say Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts.
Work Matters: Training: Early Movement - Moving with the babies
8 May 2008
Early years practitioners learned to understand and promote the connection between movement and brain development in babies during a special council-funded project described by Ros Lynam.
Learning & Development: Open wide
8 May 2008
A visitor from outside and a well-stocked role play area taught children about dental care
Learning & Development Heuristic Play: Outdoor treasures
8 May 2008
It's not just babies who gain from heuristic play - and better still if it takes place outdoors, as Sara Davies found in her research.
Learning & Development: Problem solving
8 May 2008
Can you build or make a boat with a sail that is big enough for two children?
Analysis: Intergenerational Practice - Uniting young and old
8 May 2008
A children's centre is aiming to bridge the age gap by sharing activities with older members of the community, amid moves towards intergenerational services across the UK. Ruth Thomson reports.
Unique Child: Books and babies - Practice in pictures - Read with me
1 May 2008
Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows...
Enabling Environments: Role play - Around the nursery - Make believe
1 May 2008
Resources for productive role play, and the best practice for organising and offering them, are outlined by Jane Drake in our series on continuous provision in an early years setting.
Work Matters: Where do I go from here?
1 May 2008
With a wide-ranging background in interdisciplinary work with families and settings, a children's centre manager is advised by Tina Jefferies on developing her interests and her leadership options.
