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Fine Motor Skills: Early Years Development
Fine Motor Skills: Early Years Development All children are gifted with great capabilities, that are often unsuspected. By...
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Why Do Babies Cry: The Nine Different Sounds and What They Mean
Let’s face it, when babies cry can be totally destabilizing and disarming. It acts on our little heart...
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Promoting and Optimising Child Wellbeing
Child wellbeing and wellness are not necessarily the same thing, but no one would deny they are usually...
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Creative Play and Development Through Woodwork: an Interview with Pete Moorhouse
Pete Moorhouse has written several books and journal articles on the benefits of hands-on learning. We spoke to...
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Teaching Road Safety for Children
Road collision is one of the main causes of premature death among children, so learning to be responsible...
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How to Stop Bullying in Early Childhood
It may seem unusual to consider bullying as an issue in the early years, but even children as...
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Alistair Bryce-Clegg’s 5 Phonics Games and Activities
Research shows that the most effective way of teaching young children to make and read words is to...
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Activities for Teaching Poetry in the Early Years
Activities for Teaching Poetry in the Early Years Read Books and Poems Make Up Your Own Poems Nursery...
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Different Cultures & Foreign Languages in the Early Years
Children will often accept the environment with which they are presented. Though we can easily nurture a child’s natural...
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Child Friendly Cities, Risk and Fear: An Interview with Tim Gill
Author, childcare consultant and city planner, Tim Gill, speaks to us about the importance of including risk as...
Further Reading
- The Importance of Stage Based Play
- 8 Budget Friendly Outdoor Activities
- Returning to School After Coronavirus Lockdown
- Early Years Science Activities
- Playworker Role in Play
- Lev Vygotsky
- Simple Classroom Guitar Songs
- Group Learning in Early Years
- Learning through Playing
- Playworker Role in Outdoor Play & Learning
- Activities for Children with Autism
- How to Teach Children with Autism
- The Effect of a Sensory Impairment
- Emotional Development in Children
- Encourage Child Independence
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