Learning & Development

Preschool activities with googly eyes

Great Halloween science experiments for children

7 must-try science experiments for young children to enjoy this Halloween season.

10 Outdoor Activities for Children to Try This Autumn

Check out these 10 activity ideas helping you get the little ones outdoors and learning this Autumn.

Why work towards a SENDCo qualification?

Find out more about the level 4 qualification just for SENDCos

Talking to parents and carers about child development

How to talk to parents about development in the early years.

Engage your early learners using provocations

Everything you need to know about learning provocations and early development.

Play schemas in practice: 10 orientation schema activities

Part nine in a nine-part series on schematic play activities

Play schemas in practice: 10 transforming schema activities

Part eight in a nine-part series on schematic play activities

Contingent interactions: The key to language development in ECE

How your everyday interactions aid children’s language development

How co-regulation helps children handle emotional distress

Before children can self-regulate, co-regulation helps build up their soothing strategies.

How To Identify Schemas In Play: Cathy Nutbrown Interview

Everything you need to know about schematic play and how to identify schemas in play.

Why mud, dirt and water are children's best play tools

5 rules to making the most of mud play in early childhood

Dr Stella Louis and Julia Manning-Morton on The Power of Play

Two experts explain why play is a powerful tool for child development, and what you can do to help.

Play schemas in practice: 10 connecting schema play ideas

Part seven in a nine-part series on schematic play activities

Shame-free, supportive responses to children's challenging behavior

3 steps to handling challenging behavior in early childhood education