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In this final part of his series on learning behaviours, Jan Dubiel explores how early years...
In this final part of his series on learning behaviours, Jan Dubiel explores how early years...
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...
The drive to net zero includes educating children on climate change and sustainability. Dr Diane...
Staff at one Yorkshire setting replaced many resources with boxes, a project which culminated in...
Mysterious pawprints and explorations with a wildlife camera became the launchpad for a much deeper...
Two new series of our acclaimed EYFS Essentials online training videos are now available - A New...
What can other early years settings learn from the approach of one setting that has developed a...
In the second part of his series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian...
Kicking off a new series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks...
N Family Club recently revised its curriculum to one that is both based on the EYFS and incorporates...
How the ‘Responding to Process’ approach focuses on recognising and supporting cognitive and...
An outpouring of dismay across social media has met the publication of the revised Early Years...
Thinking and talking about curriculum in early childhood education involves recognising, valuing and...
In the first part of her article on early years curriculum, Professor Elizabeth Wood explains why a...
Activating the intrinsic motivation of children, rather than using artificial means of persuasion...
‘Road-testing’ of early drafts of the updated Development Matters is about to get under way as...
How can loose-parts theory inform the way we provide resources and play and learning opportunities...
How Grove House Nursery School and Children’s Centre in Southall is encouraging children and staff...
The deepening of children’s thinking and learning at one setting in west London is examined by Jo...
Ahead of the revision of Development Matters, Helen Moylett and Nancy Stewart ask what the...
While many are calling for EYFS guidance to be updated, others believe now is not the right time to...
The recent ‘Bold Beginnings’ report by Ofsted has only added to the uncertainty about what is...
Rather than obsess over whether activities are free-flow, child-led and so on, teachers should...
Professor Tina Bruce examines the theory behind Froebel’s Occupations, and Jane Dyke reveals how it...
Introducing less formal learning to Years 1 and 2 is producing positive results, reports Annette...
What influences learning? Marion Dowling explores how children develop the inner drive to learn...
Helen Moylett examines case studies from the Newham Reception Innovation Project on play
Being outdoors provides children with developmental benefits that cannot be replicated indoors....
Getting children to experience ‘magical moments’ is a vital learning tool that has far-reaching and...
Lisa Sancisi and Margaret Edgington look at how to support the characteristics of effective...
Thinking is at the root of young children's creative efforts as they use the information and...
The defining elements of active learning, the second characteristic of effective learning and...
In the first of a new series, Jan Dubiel considers the meaning of the characteristics of effective...
While some young children rise to a challenge, others feel daunted. Nancy Stewart explains why in...
Camcorders, whiteboards, digital microscopes and metal detectors are helping to build positive...
Practitioners need to be sensitive to the tendencies that children exhibit in their learning and...