Trip, trap
19 December 2002
Find some new ways round an old folk tale with
activities that involve counting, making rhythms, using tools, learning about
bridges and solving problems, as suggested by Lena Engel This...
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19 December 2002
Some food for thought in your professional career
Childminding. By Sheila Riddall-Leech. (Heinemann, £13.99, 01865 888080).
Reviewed by Helen Evans, childminding tutor
Our recommended choice
19 December 2002
Sing and Sign - video of nursery rhymes and action
songs. Sasha Felix. (£12.99, www.singandsign.com, 01273 550587) Reviewed
by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant
In good faith
19 December 2002
Do we really respect the religions we teach children
about, or are we just shopping for souvenirs? Stephen Gregg and Sue Ranson pose
difficult questions We have come a long...
Speaking our language
19 December 2002
What do children gain from going to a nursery where
they're taught in another language that comes from the British Isles? Jackie
Cosh listens to the arguments Earlier this year...
Action space
19 December 2002
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...
The way to a man's job
19 December 2002
By Ian Maxwell, deputy director of One Parent Families
Scotland Scottish education minister Cathy Jamieson recently urged men to opt
for childcare careers in a keynote speech to the 'When...
Fun, but just a story like any other
19 December 2002
Well said, Jennie Lindon! (Ask the expert, 28
November). When our children (now aged 22 and 19) were very young, my husband
and I decided that they should know from...
Blame the parents
19 December 2002
I read the feature about giving Santa the sack ('The
real thing?', 12 December) with great interest. I am a Montessori teacher in a
multireligious/multicultural school and I think we...
Gifted actor
19 December 2002
I'll always remember the three toddlers who, as the
three kings in our nursery school's Nativity play, presented their gifts to
baby Jesus. The first king almost ran up to...
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