Our July issue includes what’s new in the Progress Check, getting creative with ateliers, how to deal with young children’s urge to strip off, creating engaging print-rich environments, exploration of the cost-of-living crisis, plus our usual mix of management and business advice, news and opinion
Highlights include:
- Our All about Ateliers feature looks in depth at how one Reggio Emilia setting uses theirs and how another set one up
- Di Chilvers explains how practitioners can use the Birth To 5 Matters guidance to improve their observations
- Why do children like being naked so much? Caroline Vollans looks at the positives and when stripping off is a cause for concern
- Megan Pacey, co-author of new guidance on the updated Progress Check, highlights key changes, including next steps and working with parents
- We dive into the world of Rudolph Steiner, looking at how traditional technology such as scales, mills and apple presses can be used to teach children about process in our essential resources series
- Emma Davis sets out what makes a good print-rich environment, as opposed to visual noise
- Our special report is on increasing opportunities for physical development in settings
- Our eight-page activities section has a new series from Boogie Mites on using music in practical ways, with the first instalment on how musical awareness links to brain development
- Professor Jan White encourages you to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your outdoor environment
- Management: building a positive working culture when taking on a new setting and our resident legal experts explain how to tackle late payments by councils
- How settings are helping families with the cost-of-living crisis is the subject of this month’s analysis, plus an online article on correcting misconceptions about the using cost-effective food eggs in weaning
- Our guest opinion is from Rosamund Adoo Kissi Debrah, mother of Ella, who died aged nine of an asthma attack, with air pollution found to be a contributing factor
And there's much more, including an A2 activity poster in our series on People who help us.
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