Mexican clap is a great game for concentration and coordination as well as introducing a pulse. Practise this activity and encourage the children to ensure that the pulse is steady rather than too ...

Bureaucracy and misconceptions led to the decline of 'teaching' in the original EYFS. Early years expert Lena Engel explains why it must be restored to its rightful place under the revised framework.

Introduce children to patterns, and help them learn to recognise the mathematical rules behind them, describe patterns and create their own, with these ideas from Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner ...