Our first summer holiday club really took off, so we're planning to run more out-of-school childcare, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex
Nicole Weinstein discovers how to explore changes in materials scientifically, as part of our series on Understanding the World
A maintained nursery school has opened an outdoor nursery and forest school, believed to be the first in East Yorkshire.
In the first of a new monthly series taking a closer look at the early excellence centres, Julian Grenier goes down to the woods in Somerset 'There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing'...
Willow Brook Preschool, Wolds Childcare, Nottingham
Explore ways to adapt and develop a traditional story with activity suggestions from early years advisor Judith Stevens.
Plants are local to everyone and fertile ground for activity ideas. This year, outdoors specialist Julie Mountain will be pointing out some commonly found flora and what you can do with it
Handled safely, fire can be an engaging and thrilling natural learning resource, writes Marianne Sargent.
