In the belief that the Government's Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum puts too much emphasis on targets, Early Childhood Action – which consists of early years professionals – have drawn up a manifesto for a new curriculum. ECA’s ‘Manifesto

, petals and stones from the garden and encourage your child to touch and smell them. Encourage her to do it again, this time with her eyes closed. 3 Play along Help your child to view familiar things in a new and different light. What old rug? Didn’t you

to the very expensive vet, it was probably caused by giving her a new food, or because she got a fright. As we discovered, rabbits are sensitive souls. Sam cried himself to sleep that night, but soon cheered up when we brought home Flopsie Two. Five days later