SPRING - Edition 9 - March 2011
Featuring farm animals, spring bulbs and spring creatures, this edition also includes the many spring festivals including Holi, St Patricks Day and St Davids Day.
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EASTER - Edition 21 - March 2012
Everything egg shaped in this edition. Paint them, hide them, create with them.
This edition focuses on the meaning of Child-led and Adult-led play. What exactly does this mean? and how is it shown in planning? Read our article to find out more Sarah explores Absent Parents further in the second article in the series and don’t miss the second installment on the revised EYFS.
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At The Pond - Edition 33 – March 2013
Explore the animal life at a pond and engage in activities to promote counting and an understanding of size, shape and space.
This edition focuses on our response to the Truss report More Great Childcare and offers a slightly different perspective to the propsed changes to childminder ratios.
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Goldilocks - Edition 32 – February 2013
Visit the 3 bears and have some porridge for breakfast or snack. Print our art and craft templates and explore size with Twinkl printable Goldilocks resources. ICAN also provide some fantastic tips on storytelling with your pre-school children.
This edition holds the final installment of our Documenting Childrens Learning series along with a response from 4Children to the More Great Childcare report.
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Babies - Edition 31 – January 2013
This special edition focuses entirely on childminding the baby age range and explores the many factors that surround caring for the youngest children. This edition looks at time, resources, activities and daily routines to name but a few.
We have referred to this edition as our ‘anti-plastic’ magazine. The opportunities you provide for babies are crucial to lay the foundations for future learning and development and this is now reflected in the EYFS through the prime areas of learning. We hope you enjoy this edition and are inspired to evaluate your baby provision.
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MUSIC - Edition 30 - December 2012
An extremelly noisy edition for you this month. Make your own instruments, clap the beats and explore sounds and notes with some wonderful printable templates.
This edition contains part 2 of the Self Evaluation Form series and introduces planning for outside play. We also have an extremely interesting article from ICAN on developing communication and laguage through singing.
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ADVENT & CHRISTMAS- Edition 5 – November 2010
Christmas activies galore along with a focus on Road Saftey Week. The Cheeky Monkeys report on their trip to the local firestation and ECM provides a printable Smoke Alarm Checklist.
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CHRISTMAS – Edition 17 – November 2011
The second of our Christmas editions with over 40 Christmas crafts and ideas, along with a feature on Road Safety Week. Sarah continues her series on the Observation, Assessment & Planning Process and Claire looks at Para Willi Syndrome, while Fiona gives us a fantastic recipe for pumpkin soup following the Halloween season.
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XMAS & NEW YEAR - Edition 29 - November 2012
An exciting selection of activities to enjoy throughout December all with a festive take and an interesting twist.
This edition includes the first installment on completing the revised self-evaluation, a feature on valuing super hero play and working with children with english as an additional language (EAL).
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GUY FAWKES - Edition 28 - October 2012
Explore the exciting world of glitter, colour and loud noises in our Guy Fawkes edition.
Our regular Baby Spotlight looks at toys which can be made at home and the value of these over plastic baby toys. Scrapstores are a treasure trove of recycled items, which are perfect for sensory and imaginative play.
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