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Physical doodles can nurture young children's learning and help them understand their bodies in creative and playful ways. The following extract from a new book offers guidance on getting started.
Principles * Planning activities that offer appropriate physical challenges (p100)
Principles * Providing opportunities for regular and frequent physical activity indoors and outdoors (p102)
Space and equipment for physical play needs to be challenging but accessible to the children in your setting. Julian Grenier discusses how to make the most of it
To what extent do countries differ in their approach to training their early years staff in physical development, asks Dr Kristy Howells
Delegates were dancing in the aisles at Nursery World’s Physical Development in the Early Years conference this week (7 November) as they learned how movement is fundamental to young children’s...
Children's physical development is intrinsically linked to their creativity, writes Anne O'Connor
Neurophysical development takes a number of forms in early childhood. In an edited extract from her new book, Anne O'Connor explains what these are, why they matter and how to support them.
It is easy for us to take for granted the range of physical skills that we have as adults. You may well be reading this after having made sandwiches, tied up shoelaces and negotiated your way around a...
This feature can be photocopied for early years practitioners and parents of under-threes