We've explored… ponies
All children, including those with SEND, enjoyed ponies visiting their setting. By Annette Rawstrone
Activities inspired by popular early years themes.
All children, including those with SEND, enjoyed ponies visiting their setting. By Annette Rawstrone
After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired...
A charity has made the most of local connections to bring tractors, diggers and lorries to its...
A series of events culminating in a day at ‘dragon school’ were experienced by the children at one...
Children showed improved attention to detail, perceptiveness and confidence after a project which...
A double-decker bus visited one primary school in London as part of the setting’s investigations of...
An interest in marine life led to the children at one setting dissecting cod and sea bream to learn...
The children at one setting focused their interest in planets on Jupiter, which led to scientific...
How the work of Aboriginal artist Minnie Pwerle sparked the children’s interest in shape, colour and...
The demolition of their former nursery and construction of a new one drew children’s interest to the...
The children at one setting expanded their interest in fairies into collaboratively building and...
The grandson of a local beekeeper sparked other children’s interest in the pollinators by sharing...
How one setting’s introduction of a traditional cabinet of curiosities has supported children’s...
Allowing children to paint their school shed sparked their imaginations and showed them just what...
Essential tree-felling in one setting’s garden drew the children’s interest to the people doing the...
Two girls' conversation about the moon led to their whole nursery investigating Earth's natural...
The children at one setting in London have learned all about rubbish, recycling and protecting the...
One setting has been recycling its waste paper in-house – giving children the opportunity to...
A war veteran’s correspondence with children at one setting has sparked a keen interest in his...
An art gallery project inspired one setting to get creative with mud and explore the material’s...
Children experienced the circle of life when a bird was found dead in their setting’s garden. By...
The children at one setting recreated their own skydives and learned about gravity. By Annette...
How one setting’s use of open-ended resources outdoors led to the recreation of a campfire. By...
The problem of having to cross an area of mud led to children making and using ladders and ropes. By...
One setting created a coronavirus hospital ward so the children could make sense of the pandemic....
One setting has made ‘virtual visits’ in order to investigate farm life and food production. Annette...
What the children at one setting learned about wasps and their nests. Annette Rawstrone reports
Early years practitioners from Pen Green Children’s Centre in Corby, Northamptonshire, report on...
How each room at one setting has embraced loose-parts play and the use of open-ended resources. By...
An exhibition in south London is showing off children’s photographs of their explorations of the...
What happened when children linked colours with emotions. By Annette Rawstrone
A car called Freddie is proving the perfect learning resource. Annette Rawstrone reports
How children at one setting went about creating a sculpture garden. Annette Rawstrone reports.
How one setting celebrated 50 years since the first lunar landing by sparking interest in the moon....
Children at one setting have been role-playing being firefighters. Annette Rawstrone reports
What one outdoor setting discovered about the culture of hunter-gatherers in Africa. Annette...
How one setting helped children explore their senses and the ways the human body works. By Annette...
How nursery and Reception children at one setting have been thinking – and making – big. By Annette...
How one setting brought the traditional tale to life for its children. Annette Rawstrone reports
A revamped home corner prompted children in one setting to help a boy ‘move house’. By Annette...
How one setting is immersing children in activities related to STEM subjects. Annette Rawstrone...
One setting took children’s artwork to another level by exhibiting it at a major gallery, discovers...
Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladybird Heard inspired one setting to send children postcards from...
How a giant mouth taught children and parents about oral hygiene. By Annette Rawstrone
Children at one setting learned about the lifecycle of butterflies by caring for a disabled one,...
The children at one setting created sophisticated animations that were shown at their local cinema....
How one setting provides the opportunity for children to make transient art, and what they get out...
The children at one setting got stuck in planning and then building an outdoor play house, hears...
Children’s interest in local farming led to a visit to their setting by one of the dads in his...
How one setting used children’s interest in aliens and space to introduce them to STEM subjects. By...