Learning and Development

How to promote cooking skills with toddlers Children under two years old love to get messy and this can in turn provide the opportunity for some fun cooking experiences. Although babies and toddlers are less mobile or fully coordinated, there are still plenty of ways for them to get involved with cooking! Preparation; Children love to get … [Read more...] about Cooking with toddlers

Working together with parents to help children give up their dummy Dummies can affect a child’s speech and language development, but they can be very hard to remove once a child has become attached to them. Parents do not want to see their child upset or struggle to see it through to the end. It is important to ensure every adult works … [Read more...] about 4 top tips to stop your child using a dummy

Great EYFS activity to help develop children's creativity Supporting children's creativity is not just about offering experiences such as painting or messy play it can also be about providing children with the resources to express themselves through dance and movement. In order to demonstrate good quality learning opportunities that help … [Read more...] about EYFS Expressive Arts and Design activity

A top EYFS activity that incorporates sensory play as well as small world play Planning EYFS activities that incorporate not just one area of learning but others as well can only be more beneficial for children. Offering rich learning experiences can help practitioners observe many areas of children's development, creating a fuller picture of where … [Read more...] about EYFS activity that incorporates sensory play

How to use effective questioning to help extend children’s learning As children are playing think about how as an early year’s practitioner you can extend their learning. And adults role in helping extending children's learning is crucial. The most important thing to remember is how to go about doing this. On a daily basis children are … [Read more...] about How to extend children’s learning