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How to Choose Themes for an Early Years Curriculum (Without Letting the Calendar Decide)
In a toddler programme in a beach town in California, the teachers announced that the week’s theme was deserts. There were cactus cut-outs to…
24 September 2026Balancing Learning Domains in Preschool Curriculum: Is “Covered” the Same as “Balanced”?
On paper, the programme looks complete. The curriculum map lists language, maths, science, social-emotional learning, creative arts and physical development, each with its own…
24 September 2026Healthy Habits Don’t Live in a Unit: Planning Health Into the Early Years Curriculum
Snack time in a Level 1 room. A four-year-old eats the biscuit, pushes the carrot sticks to the side of the plate and asks…
24 September 2026The Tidy-Up Song Is Not a Curriculum: Music and Movement in Integrated Preschool Learning
By ten o’clock, a preschool classroom has already used music four times. A welcome song. A clapping rhythm to settle the group. A tidy-up…
24 September 2026Dramatic Play Is Not Filler: Designing It Properly Into an Early Years Programme
Two four-year-olds are in the home corner. One announces she is the doctor. The other lies down and says the baby has a hot…
24 September 2026Twenty-Two Identical Penguins: Creative Expression and Task Completion in Preschool Art
A corridor display shows twenty-two paper penguins. The eyes sit in the same place. The beaks point the same way. One penguin has a…
24 September 2026Creative Arts in the Preschool Curriculum: A Subject, Not a Spare Slot
Twenty-two paper sunflowers are pinned along the corridor wall. They are cheerful, tidy and almost identical. The teacher pre-cut the petals, the children glued…
24 September 2026The Scissors and the Climbing Frame: Balancing Fine and Gross Motor Activities in Preschool
Look at a preschool weekly plan and count the minutes. Tracing, cutting, sticking, colouring, threading, playdough. Now count the minutes for climbing, throwing, balancing,…
24 September 2026Balancing Fine and Gross Motor Activities in Preschool: Getting the Rhythm Right
Two four-year-olds finish the same morning. One has spent twenty minutes threading beads, tracing dotted lines, and pinching cotton balls onto a sheep outline.…
24 September 2026Citizenship Progression in Early Years Programmes: From Taking Turns to Taking Part
Every morning, a Pre-K class picks a helper of the day. The badge is the same for everyone. What each child does with it…