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.
Learning & development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Make a splash
The youngest children will delight in using their whole bodies to explore...
Learning and Development: Our bright idea - Slithering snails
Minibeasts got bigger when one nursery acquired some African snails, as manager...
Learning & Development: Outdoor Games - Part 3 - Going in circles
Even the younger children can enjoy this chalk and number recognition game...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Darkness Slipped In
It doesn't have to be night time for you to explore both...
Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In their element
Girls consistently achieve better than the boys, but research suggests that the...
Learning & Development: Our bright idea - Spring makes a show
Displays with pictures, captions and objects are an ideal way for children...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Bears
Role play and imaginative play, early literacy development and other activities can...
Learning & Development: Treasure baskets & heuristic play - First choice
In a tribute to childcare pioneer Elinor Goldschmied, Anita Hughes looks at...
Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Outside in
One school is reaping the benefits of bringing the children's outdoor learning...
Learning & Development: Our bright idea - On the surface
Imagination and creativity went into the mix when Rainbow Nursery children made...
Learning & Development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Fun with bubbles
Finding suitable 'messy play' substances for babies and young children can often...
Learning & Development: Resources for under-threes - Seeing eye to eye
Make nappy changing a time to offer reassuring care and stimulating learning,...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Colour
The possibilities are endless for activities using colour - Sheila Ebbutt offers...
Learning & Development: Play - The state of play
We all need to question our assumptions about learning through play, argues...
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Bog Baby
A charming book with varied themes that young children will identify with...
Learning and Development: Road Safety - Stop, look and listen
Childcarers in any setting can do a lot to keep young children...
Enabling Environments: Assessment Scales - Move on up
New sets of tools to help early years providers measure what they...
Learning & Development: Budgies - Feathered friends
Two unexpected pets prompted a surprising amount of learning, says Elizabeth Hunnaball,...
Enabling Environments Outdoors: Granting wishes
Outdoor provision for the early years is set to grow and flourish...
Learning & Development: Sensory play - Porridge oats
Sensory play enables babies and young children to explore the properties of...
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