Extending ways to build children's physical strength with a range of interesting resources and activities is easy - and vital, says Julie Mountain.
Whole families had fun working together at Oakwood House Nursery's first den-making festival in Huddersfield.
You don't need to be near water to give children an outdoor area that offers rich play and learning opportunities with sand, says Jan White.
In the run-up to International Mud Day on 29 June, Jan White and Menna Godfrey make the case for creating a mud kitchen in your setting and offer advice on how to best approach the task.
The transportation schema allows practitioners to witness the advance of learning. Nicole Weinstein shares her advice on supporting it.
Joint winner: Sunbeams Day Nursery Leeds
Let the ideas go round and round the nursery with activities and resources for following a natural interest, suggested by Diana Lawton.
A group of children in West London has gone from small beginnings at nursery to transforming front gardens on their road into fertile food-growing sites. Artist-in-residence Rosie Potter explains.
Nicole Weinstein explores how settings can resource effectively for ‘people who help us’ role play
Try some innovative activities to consider shapes from all angles and dimensions, with language learning to match, from Sheila Ebbutt.
