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Understand how to provide play and other activities for children in home-based settings that will support equality and inclusion

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Facilitating and supporting children's play: suggestions for teachers' from Community Playthings

Although this article is written for teachers, the principles it describes are equally valuable to childminders. Click on the link to the left to access this article

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Find out about Friedrich Froebel 1782-1852 and his philosophy on children and play. You could use the Internet as a good place to start.
‘My space’, from Oxfordshire County Council looks at creating enabling environments for young children.
This article from Early Years Matters looks at ‘Enabling environments’.
This second article on ‘Creating an enabling environment’ is from Nursery Resources.
The following books will provide useful additional reading on this topic. Pick one or two and look for them at your local library:

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