Articles on observation, assessment and planning, child development, areas of learning and activities. Regular features include Well-Being, Schemas, and Child Development.
Learning & Development: Susan Isaacs - Wise words
The work of an education pioneer has profound relevance today, says Julian...
Learning & Development Independence: A sense of self
Think about ways to encourage children to be independent, to express their...
Learning & Development: Schemas Part 3 - Observing ... Reece
The many schemas explored by a three-year-old are described by Shelley Bannigan,...
Learning & Development: Theatre - Curtain up!
Some of the most challenging and most rewarding audiences that actors face...
EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Imagination
Imagination is a vital part of learning and development because it lets...
Learning and Development: Physical Development - Skills active
The process of active learning is a two-way experience between children and...
Learning and Development: Activities - Our bright idea - Save our seas
Nursery children heeded the SOS message about rubbish and recycling. Ruth Thomson...
Learning & Development: Picture Books - Happy endings
Children's laureate Anthony Browne talks to Annette Rawstrone about what inspires him...
Learning & Development Schemas: Part 2 - Observing ... Maja
The probable thinking behind a child's enactment of schemas is outlined by...
Learning & Development: Planning for under-threes - Room to grow
Babies are the stars of the show in a room approach at...
EYFS best practice: All about ... Linguistic Phonics
All educators should take note of an early literacy system now used...
Learning & development: Mathematics - Marking time
Alongside or apart from what adults teach them, children will represent and...
Learning & Development Emotions: Life and death
The death of a much-loved pet guinea pig became a real learning...
Learning and Development: National Bookstart Day - It's rhyme time!
Childcarers everywhere are being encouraged to take part in an annual early...
Learning and Development: Schemas Part 1 - Observing ... Scott
In the first of a new series we hear from Carla Hendry,...
Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 12 - With feeling
In the last of our National Strategies features on the Early Years...
Learning & Development: Innovation - Free ways
While Britain's early years practice benefits from investment and research, truly innovative...
Learning and Development: Ecology - Put to sea
Artist Rosie Potter describes how she helped childen to engage with the...
Observation, Assessment and Planning in the EYFS: Part 8: Reporting and describing progress
Sharing observations on children's achievements with both parents and the children themselves...
Observation, Assessment and Planning in the EYFS: Part 7: Record-keeping
Early years practitioners need to beware of assessment and record-keeping methods that...
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