A huge stock of articles with ideas for best practice and activities across the six areas of learning - Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Communication, Language and Literacy; Knowledge and Understanding of the World; Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy; Creative Development; and Physical Development. Includes our Let's Explore... series, plus great ideas for birth to threes for sensory play, messy play, music and rhymes.
Enabling Environments: Physical Development - It's all go
Children's favourite activities are encouraged by Christina Saville, Maryanne Neil, Linsey Fulton...
Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 1 - In the process
In the first of a new series, Jan Dubiel considers the meaning...
Enabling Environments: Collections - Into the woods
Wherever a setting is situated, woodland creatures should be close at hand,...
Learning & Development: Superhero Play - Super girls and boys
What's the difference between a superhero and a fairy godmother? It depends...
Learning & Development: Let's explore ... Light
See how an array of simple resources can combine with curiosity to...
Enabling Environments: Boxes - Full of surprises
Don't throw away any boxes after Christmas, says Mary Barlow. They're the...
Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?
Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect...
Enabling Environments: Risk - Rise to the challenge
The benefits of providing risky activities to children and keeping their parents...
Learning & Development Science: In the lab
Becoming real-life research scientists for the day sparked children's enthusiasm for enquiring...
Enabling Environments: Collections - Baby talk
Don't stop at dolls, but supply all the equipment that babies need...
Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow
Poetry is for everyone, as leading children's poet Michael Rosen tells Karen...
Learning and development: 'it's time to listen to children more'
Listening to four- and fourteen-year-olds is shedding light on children's early learning...
Learning & Development: ICT - Screen play
Have a fresh think about how you can ensure that all the...
Enabling Environments: Collections - Top gear
Keep children's interests on the move with a varied collection of transport...
Enabling Environments: Ateliers - Free rein
The benefits of offering children continuous access to recycled materials in Reggio-inspired...
Enabling Environments: Collections - Ready to go
There is an important balance to be struck between child-initiated and adult-chosen...
EYFS best practice: All about ... Superhero play
What is superhero play? Why do children enjoy it? Should adults restrict...
A Unique Child: Practice in Pictures - schemas
Tyres are perfect open-ended resources and link well to children's schemas, as...
Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Step into the story
Viv Hampshire explains how she organised a story walk to bring the...
Learning & Development: Bread-making - Flour power
A visit from staff at the local Kingsmill bakery helped children at...
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