All about… clay
What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings...
What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings...
What is it that makes enclosed spaces so appealing to many children, and how can early years...
What is ‘slow pedagogy’ and what does it look like for children and practitioners when taken...
What are the key features of a good early years curriculum? By Verity Campbell-Barr, Katherine...
Beach School sessions allow for the same ‘awe and wonder’ for children and exploration experience as...
Today we are exploring things which roll, says Lucy Turner, producer for the Early Years and...
In the penultimate instalment of this series, Gemma Goldenberg hears about grassroots innovations...
A nursery ‘research lab’ that sits within the University of Stirling’s psychology division is...
In this first of a four part series, Dr Sue Allingham looks at how effective and informed...
Donna Gaywood explains how a landmark study provided insights for herself and her team to develop...
Displays can be used to support children's learning and development if they are carefully thought...
Music, movement and rhyme go together like roast carrots and thyme, say Boogie Mites’ Sue Newman,...
A project on rights – prompted by children showing nurturing skills in the setting – ended in them...
In the fourth instalment of this series Sue Newman of Boogie Mites looks at music’s capacity to...
Amy Jackson continues her tour of the alphabet of enhancements to continuous provision, looking at...
A series of events culminating in a day at ‘dragon school’ were experienced by the children at one...
In the latest part of this series, Shardi Vaziri looks at some of the more unusual applications for...
An understanding of sustainability is at the heart of today’s Steiner Waldorf schools, as Nicole...
Children showed improved attention to detail, perceptiveness and confidence after a project which...
In both the indoors and outdoors environments, loose parts are an ideal resource for involving...
Early years settings can apply for a chance to access fully-funded music therapy training with...
Friedrich Froebel’s ideas are just as pertinent today as they were 180 years ago, Nicole Weinstein...
Continuing her series on harnessing the potential of the outdoors environment, Professor Jan White...
With language development a growing issue among children on free school meals, Nicole Weinstein...
How one setting introduced ‘In The Moment Planning’ to ensure that child-led play and activities are...
At Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School, assistant head teacher Elizabeth Powell describes how she...
Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this...
What can schools do to ensure their early years children are given adequate opportunity to be...
A petition has been launched calling for sustainability to be included in the Government’s plans to...
Picture books and everyday objects can be powerful tools for helping to develop children’s...
What happened when children linked colours with emotions. By Annette Rawstrone
Can ‘silent’ picturebooks speak a thousand words, asks Andy McCormack
The way that literacy is framed in the revised EYFS will do nothing to help children gain a...
With many believing the EYFS does not need a wholesale review, and the pilot receiving a mixed...
What are school nurseries doing to best meet the needs of the two-year-olds in their care, asks...
‘Action schemas’ are reflected in young children’s emerging language, explains Dr Cath Arnold, using...
The good, the bad and the ugly: what picturebooks teach children about beauty and self-worth. By...
The history of the influential early years education movement and how it is being put into practice...
New children’s laureate Cressida Cowell has unveiled her ‘to-do list’ while in the role. Meredith...
How three settings in London used their pupil premium funding to support children’s sense of self...
When it comes to risk-taking and resilience, Japan’s settings get the most out of adults and the...
A study in Australia has shown the benefits of evidence-based training for children and staff. By...
How – and why – one setting created a library for two-year-olds and their parents. By Amina Khan,...
Reference to ‘cultural capital’ in the draft Education Inspection Framework has sparked a number of...
Intergenerational practice is on the rise among early years settings across the UK. Nicole Weinstein...
Ormiston Herman Academy has adopted a child-centred approach in Year 1 with positive results, says...
Dialogic reading, where the child is prompted to be the teller of the story, has been a success at...
Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni explain the purpose of asking questions of children, and what...