Articles

Providing high quality outdoor learning Jo Gordon our Senior Training Consultant based in London, talks about the significant improvements and positive outcomes at Lambeth and Haringey local authorities. Read More

We are delighted to share with you Claire Warden's article in the quarterly journal autumn 2011 of Rattler, Inspiring spaces for children natural play possibilities, the ecec teacher of tomorrow understanding nqs + MORE. Read More

As adults, our heads are full of possibilities for design. We have had anything from 0 to 99 years of visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic-based experiences to fill the area of the brain, that I nominally refer to as "the filing cabinet." Read More

Children are born eager to learn. Curious by nature, you can't keep them from exploring as they try to comprehend their environment. Everything is a wonder. Children's curiosity is first focused on you: mom and dad. You're an amazing miracle to gaze upon, touch, and smell; just like baby is for you! The unique pattern of your face and sound of your voice captures rapt attention. Quite literally, you are baby's doorway into the world of love and learning. From warm, responsive interactions with you, children develop a love of learning, too. Read More

Children in the Mindstretchers Nature Kindergartens in Perthshire, Scotland are skilled at self risk assessing. We all have different attitudes to risk and the adults in the Kindergartens take their lead from the children who have done their own risk assessments. What is an acceptable risk to one adult or child might not be acceptable to another. One practitioner might be very happy to allow children to jump 2 metres off a tree trunk while another might become anxious and prevent children from jumping a metre! Read More