Mathematics: Just one more apple…
The second part of this series linking rhyme and maths focuses on Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr Seuss. Use these ideas to get children adding up and using mathematical language as part of the fun.
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The second part of this series linking rhyme and maths focuses on Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr Seuss. Use these ideas to get children adding up and using mathematical language as part of the fun.
In part two of her series on sustainability, Hilary White suggests ways for children to work together to discover that managing the rubbish we produce can be both fun and good for the environment.
Natural objects provide a variety of fascinating shapes, which can be the starting point for creating artworks. Describing shapes and experimenting with new vocabulary become a part of the process.
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Enrich your children's learning experiences in the EYFS with this month's activity ideas
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The NSPCC calls for more investment in health visiting to ensure that new parents and babies receive all the support they need.
Since the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, allocated a funding pot of £175,000 to the launch of three Early Years Hubs last year, Puddleducks Nursery in Barnet is demonstrating how effective the initiative is proving to be.
Is there an invisible face of suffering when it comes to adoption? Nina Hajittofi explores the evidence for adoptees' hidden trauma and makes a powerful case for greater understanding of their experience and the need for more support from the professionals and family around them.
An audit tool developed by Hertfordshire County Council has been designed to help settings evaluate their outdoor spaces. As a result many are moving to fewer, but more open-ended, resources.
When it comes to the 30 hours entitlement, hard pressed providers are still having to explain to parents that ‘free’ doesn’t actually mean free while striving to bridge the gap between funding and spiralling costs.
At a time when morale in the sector is low, membership of a union which seeks to promote the cause of early years and its professionals can be a route to support and empowerment.
An audit tool developed by Hertfordshire County Council has been designed to help settings evaluate their outdoor spaces. As a result many are moving to fewer, but more open-ended, resources.
Sue Cowley takes stock of progress being made to change the EYFS Profile and its associated goals, while weighing up how revisions to Development Matters will affect practice and learning.