Articles on activities for birth to threes and three to fives, outdoor play and learning, and equipment and resources. Regular features include Let's Explore…, Tried and Tested, Outdoors, and Visits and Visitors.
Nursery Equipment: Construction - Building sites
All-round learning in this part of the nursery requires equipment large and...
Nursery Equipment: Planning - Pride of place
How do you create a quality learning environment? Gill Farnworth, head teacher...
Enabling Environments: Continuous Provision: Part 3 - Level best
The environment we provide for children should meet their needs to a...
Enabling environments: Let's explore ... Ourselves yesterday
Go back in time for children to get a sense of themselves...
Enabling Environments: Resources for under-threes: In black & white
In the first of an occasional series, Claire Stevenson, Donna Luck and...
Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Adventures in Italy
Nursery school children in Verona, Italy, take part in challenging outdoor trips...
Enabling Environments: music and language outdoors
Practitioners put their ears to the ground when thinking how to promote...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wet and dry
Contrasts, and cause and effect, are just some of the concepts within...
Enabling Environments: Continuous provision - Part 2 - It takes two
Early years practitioners are themselves part of the provision in any setting....
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Autumn leaves
Now's the time to go out on a leaf hunt and discover...
Enabling Environments: All about ... feeding the birds
In any kind of setting you can provide a way for children...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Castles
Observation of children's interests as they play is at the heart of...
Enabling Environments: Continuous Provision Part 1 - Don't stop me now!
What is meant by continuous provision, and what does it require of...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Reflections
From seeing the sky in puddles to finding the symmetry in faces,...
Enabling Environments: Sensory Gardens
Stimulate the senses, stretch children's skills and extend provision for special needs...
Enabling Environments: Birth to three - Logging on
A small outdoor area provides huge opportunities for play and learning at...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... elephants
Here are some ideas to show how a nursery can build up...
Enabling Environments: Around the Nursery - ICT - Key stages
With so much to gain from the effective use of ICT, it...
Enabling Environments: Friendly spaces, part 4 - Outside interest
Take a look at opportunities you have for creating interactive spaces outdoors,...
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