Physical Development part 4: Have fun developing agility and hand-to-eye coordination
Ball skills can help with hand-eye co-ordination and can be introduced in developmentally appropriate ways, says Dr Lala Manners
Ball skills can help with hand-eye co-ordination and can be introduced in developmentally appropriate ways, says Dr Lala Manners
The role of the adult in the Pikler approach to supporting young children’s free movement is to pause before helping. By Julia Manning-Morton and Pikler UK’s Rachel Tapping
How should children build strength and stamina in a developmentally appropriate way, asks Dr Lala Manners in part three of her series
Forces are all around us – this month we’re going to explore the forces that relate to motion on wheels: pushing and pulling, and the effects of gravity and friction. By Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson
In the second part of a new series on integrating physical practice into early years practice, Dr Lala Manners looks at balance and co-ordination
Good physical development (PD) practice starts in the setting, says Dr Lala Manners in this first part of a new series exploring how staff can increase knowledge and balance in-house activities with those outsourced.
Delegates were dancing in the aisles at Nursery World’s Physical Development in the Early Years...
Following a report on the mental health, wellbeing and happiness of three- to five-year-olds that...
In the final part of her series on former Nursery World Award winners, Julie Mountain explores what...
How can free movement be a foundation for young children’s holistic development? Julia...
How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie...
Children need to fine-tune the small muscles in their hands, fingers and wrists to build up the...
Sewing promotes sustainable and anti-stereotypical practice and many areas of development, as well as being a useful skill. By Annette Rawstrone
Looking for ideas to excite children’s curiosity outdoors? Take a deep dive into this collection of 'Let's explore' projects which show just how far children can take their own learning once they embark on their own special journeys.
In the final instalment of this eight-part series, Dr Lala Manners considers how stairs can be used to support strength, balance, co-ordination and agility
How can outdoors be an enabling learning environment for all children? Julie Mountain reports on how award-winning early years settings provide routes to inclusion outside
What do settings with good outdoor spaces have in common? In this series, Julie Mountain visits past champions of the Nursery World Awards
Whether or not to use bikes at early years settings is the subject of some debate, finds Caroline Vollans
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