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The children will love making these tactile puppets and learning some French at the same time. Each set contains two fabric faces measuring 22cm in diameter, ten Velcro facial features and six labels...
I am a nursery teacher in a small local authority-run primary school. I have the pleasure of working with a fully-qualified, very experienced and knowledgeable nursery nurse. We work as a team and...
A simple bowling game can offer children exercise in a number of skills. Helen Bilton keeps the score.
Celebrity culture will have attracted many readers to the headlines in national newspapers this month about Zoe Ball's nanny being killed tragically after a car crash. It turned out that the 'nanny',...
Young children will love it when you sit down to share the new 'Peekaboo!' books from Dorling Kindersley, with appealing touch-and-feel and lift-the-flap features. Both Baby Says and Bedtime are...
Follow our pointers to help you gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit C25 - Support the development of children's mathematical skills. Read our advice in conjunction with Level 3 standards in Early...
Question time Each morning we set up a question on our question table and display board for the children to answer, with their parent or carer, by placing their name card in a 'yes' or 'no' container.
We've got ten copies of BEAM's MiniMaths 2 by Kim Connor (16.50) to give away to readers. This recently published, colourful book is full of mathematical games and activities cross-referenced to the...
The research and thinking about infant development available to early years practitioners is highlighted by Jools Page and Cathy Nutbrown from the University of Sheffield's School of Education.
The children at Akrotiri Pre-School had great fun transforming old potatoes into a group of amusing characters. As part of their topic on food, the children spent a week enjoying activities and...