Communication and language: Feel the rhythm
Explore the work of Giles Andreae and tap into rhyme as a source of fun and creativity. Use it to develop early literacy skills, including listening and phonics preparation.
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Explore the work of Giles Andreae and tap into rhyme as a source of fun and creativity. Use it to develop early literacy skills, including listening and phonics preparation.
Karen Hart suggests ways to turn old carboard boxes and paper and card into simple models and artworks which will encourage children to explore ideas to do with flight and weightlessness, developing vocabulary along the way.
Claire Hewson focuses on wish fulfilment stories which can help children to learn valuable life lessons, since they always carry a cautionary message. By discussing the stories with children we can help them to explore these ideas in relation to their own lives.
New figures based on Labour analysis reveal a £600m underspend on Tax Free Childcare that will head straight back to the Treasury.
The Association of Play Industries (API) is calling for ‘significant’ and ‘sustained’ investment in children’s playgrounds to boost wellbeing and combat obesity.
The global book gifting programme, which was originally set up by Dolly in her hometown in Tennessee as a tribute to her father, has appointed a new strategic leader to drive growth in the UK.
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has joined with Entertainment One (eOne)’s popular television animation PJ Masks to provide a special week of superhero activities for nurseries.
Find out about the latest offer from a reading scheme that provides a range of fiction and non-fiction books which celebrate diversity and gender equality.
Discover how a new resource is helping pre-schoolers to develop a passion for the past with an audio experience that transports them to momentous events such as the Great Fire of London.
Discover how this spooky celebration can provide an exciting springboard for children's creative activities, including artworks, story-telling, role-play and lots of fun with friends.
Empowering schools and nurseries in London to challenge gender stereotypes to ensure that no child is held back by their gender is the aim of a new programme launched today at City Hall.
Discover how a new resource is helping pre-schoolers to develop a passion for the past with an audio experience that transports them to momentous events such as the Great Fire of London.
If you think you have what it takes to inspire, excite and nurture children through a crucial stage of their development, now is the time to start looking at courses and weighing up how you might become an Early Years Teacher (EYT).