OBJECTIVE: To compare the physical activity levels of overweight and non overweight 3- to 5-y-old children while attending preschool. A secondary aim was to evaluate weight-related differences in ...

Activity level was measured by 2 independent methods, a mechanical recording device and teacher descriptions, in a sample of 129 children (65 boys and 64 girls), participating in an ongoing ...

Feel the force The children in the Busy Bees room at Sunshine Day Nursery in Peterleee have been recording their scientific investigations into forces and materials in the form of books. They can then ...

A bird cools off in a puddle next to the sidewalk at the Interior Department in Washington. Carolyn Kaster AP file, 2010 Activity among the birds is mixed during the month of June. There is the ...

A village day nursery near Shrewsbury is "delighted" after receiving a glowing Ofsted report. The Ark Day Nursery in Pontesbury has been graded 'Good' by Ofsted following an inspection in June.

'Waterlilies' The children of Cockfield Primary School nursery class have been exploring work by the artist Monet before creating their own versions of his painting 'Waterlilies'. The children of ...