Equipment & Books

Reviews, roundups and advice on how to choose nursery equipment and resources.

Latest Equipment Reviews

Fairytale Basket, £59.95

Fairytale Basket, £59.95

A collection of story props from TTS Group

Time to Talk Number Rhymes Basket, £39.95

Time to Talk Number Rhymes Basket, £39.95

A bumper set of props for rhyme time, from TTS Group.

The Discovery Set (£30)

The Discovery Set (£30)

A child's explorer set from Play to Z

Animal Towers (£20)

Animal Towers (£20)

A set of wooden animals from Play to Z

Special Reports:
Nursery Equipment

The latest in resouces to promote enabling environments in the key areas of communication & language, physical development, personal, social & emotional development, under threes and outdoors.

Special Reports: Nursery Equipment

 


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Making Spaces

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces ... Cosy places

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces ... Cosy places

Children often want their own small corners where they feel safe and secure. How best can settings cater for this need?

Enabling Environments: Making spaces... Mathematics

Enabling Environments: Making spaces... Mathematics

Calculating and number play must be interactive if it is to trigger ideas and stimulate thinking. Anne O'Connor suggests ways of making the best use of mathematical resources.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Partitions

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Partitions

Anne O'Connor suggests ways of maximising the opportunities a large space offers while retaining the sense of security some children need by partitioning off smaller areas.

Latest Children's Books

Honk Honk! Baa Baa!

Honk Honk! Baa Baa!

by Petr Horacek, Walker Books, boardbook, £4.99

Time for Bed

Time for Bed

by Petr Horacek, Walker Books, board book, £4.99

How to Wash A Woolly Mammoth

How to Wash A Woolly Mammoth

by Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley, Simon and Schuster, paperback, £6.99

Books for Professionals

Observation, Assessment and Planning in the Early Years- Bringing it all together

By Kathy Brodie (Open University Press, £21.99, ISBN 978033524670)

Getting ready to write

By Alistair Bryce-Clegg (Featherstone, £18.99, ISBN 9781408193181)

Treasure Baskets and Heuristic Play

By Sally Featherstone (Featherstone, £18.99, ISBN 781408175835)

Working with Babies & Children from Birth to Three

By Jools Page, Ann Clare & Cathy Nutbrown (Sage, £20.99, ISBN 9781446209066)