Conifers make up 40 per cent of Earth’s plant cover and provide often-fragrant cones. By Julie Mountain.
What is ‘slow pedagogy’ and what does it look like for children and practitioners when taken outdoors, asks Alison Clark
Best known for their conkers, Julie Mountain explains how to make the most of horse chestnuts
Oak can support more than 2,000 species, is great for climbing – and has acorns. By Julie Mountain
In the final part of her series on former Nursery World Award winners, Julie Mountain explores what other settings can learn from those she visited
How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie Mountain visited some high-quality award-winners to find out
August is the traditional blackberry month – so get a-foraging, says Julie Mountain
Beach School sessions allow for the same ‘awe and wonder’ for children and exploration experience as...
Let grass grow, says Julie Mountain, and discover a world of sensory, STEM and environmental...
Julie Mountain visits past Nursery World award winners to discover how to resource and lead a high...
The drive to net zero includes educating children on climate change and sustainability. Dr Diane...
A visit to a pond inspired the children at one setting in West Yorkshire to learn about tadpoles and...
Nursery World’s special report on school early years provision to inspire and support learning.
This 12-part series by Penny Tassoni, renowned early years expert, author and trainer, offers invaluable advice on all aspects of learning, development and behaviour of two-year-old children.
Expert advice on the new Prime Areas of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage - Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, and Communication and Language. Focus on three to fives and under-threes.
Leading experts on the new Specific Areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage - Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, and Expressive Arts and Design - and how to achieve best practice.
After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired to design a plot of their own. By Annette Rawstrone
Dog rose works incredibly hard all year round and there is a distinct lifecycle you can share with children, plus opportunities for making cordial and jelly. By Julie Mountain
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
Not only is elder versatile all year round, with edible spring flowers and autumn berries, it also makes excellent pea shooters, says Julie Mountain
What do settings with good outdoor spaces have in common? In this series, Julie Mountain visits past champions of the Nursery World Awards
Many settings are embracing going outdoors in all weather – so how do you protect children's skin from the sun? By Annette Rawstrone
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