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A 'monster' sighting at one nursery sparked a project looking at a range of themes.
Julie Mountain continues her series on Newham’s Outdoors and Active programme by looking at its approach to open spaces, surfaces and level changes, climbing, large objects and storage
Creative 'jungle' play can help improve children's understanding of the world, says Nicole Weinstein.
Sunbeams Day Nursery has embedded loose-parts play into provision across all its settings, transforming practice and inspiring children. Nicole Weinstein reports
With all their good intentions, children's centres may still let down their users through design faults that can be altered reasonably easily. Manager Colette Tait shows how.
Is it time to reassess our view of the enabling environment? Turning the term on its head, an environment that enables is more than the adult and more than the child – it becomes a context for intent,...
In part three of her series on the 7Cs approach to planning outdoor spaces for young children, Julie Mountain explains the importance of incorporating 'clarity' and 'challenge'.
Practitioners can support children's learning by providing as many real-life experiences with minibeasts as possible. Nicole Weinstein suggests resource ideas to make this possible.
Children gain an immense sense of achievement from creating something beautiful from a few simple sticks, says Julie Mountain.