Learning and Development

Claire Willan discussing Child Led Planning  Once you get your head around the idea and the way your going to implement this within the setting you will never look back. When I first started my carer in childcare I can remember having weekly / termly themes running. Which changed when the

Introducing science into everyday practice Science is a great way to get children excited and intrigued about learning and discovering more. It’s a brilliant way to engage the characteristics of effective learning especially active learning and critically thinking. There are some simple science activities that can be completed with children

Making playdough with the children  Find below 5 top playdough recipes in child-friendly units of measure so the children can easily be involved in the playdough making process.   Recipe 1, super stretchy dough – 1. 1 cup of hair conditioner (This also makes the playdough scented so buying fruity

Benefits of Introducing rolling snack Rolling snack has been a concept which has floated around the early years for many years with some settings enjoying offering rolling snack and others struggling to make it work. Rolling snack can be very beneficial for the children if you find a way of

5 Simple Tuff spot activities for your Baby Room Tuff spot trays are a fantastic resource for nurseries, they are large enough for children to group around and can either be placed on the floor, on a stand or on a table. Many resources/materials can be put in a tuff spot

How practitioners can support active learning – Characteristics of effective learning We have already begun exploring how practitioners can better promote and support the characteristics of effective learning – active learning in an early years setting; the previous article can be found here. It is important that for a child to

Easy ways to promote Active Learning – Characteristics of effective learning An explanation of what the characteristics of effective learning are was previously explored in series of articles; if you are still a little unsure this article can be found here. Also explored in three parts is how to promote

Characteristics of effective learning  – Playing and Exploring – Part 3 The playing and exploring characteristic of effective learning has been broken down into three sub-sections. We have already discussed the first two sections; finding out and exploring and playing with what they know which leaves be willing to ‘have