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Inclusion - Supporting… Jaipreet
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- Monday, November 12, 2018 | Nursery World
How one nursery in the West Midlands helped a Punjabi-speaking girl become a confident talker in English before moving on to school. By Annette Rawstrone
Learning and Development: Storytelling - All told
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- Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | Nursery World
Put the books aside and discover how easy and rewarding it is to tell children stories creatively. Sue Learner hears how from experienced tellers.
A Unique Child - Practice in pictures: Talk, talk
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- Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | Nursery World
Discussing shared experiences with a key carer is a valuable way for a child to build their speech skills, says Anne O'Connor
A Unique Child - Narrative intervention - What's the story?
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- Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | Nursery World
Speech and language skills are the focus of a unique programme that takes children through the core elements of storytelling, says Annette Rawstrone.
EYFS Best practice: Be Specific ... Literacy
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- Friday, September 14, 2012 | Nursery World
Controversy over when reading and writing should be taught could persist under the revised framework.Jan Dubiel, national development manager for Early Excellence, reviews the essential principles.
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wrapping
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- Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Nursery World
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
Essential Resources: C&L – starting to talk
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- Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | Nursery World
How can the learning environment and the resources in it promote effective communication? Nicole Weinstein goes back to basics
EYFS Best Practice in Schools: Gauging the progress of English Hubs
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- Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | Nursery World
Nicole Weinstein looks at the English Hubs programme, which is currently seeing more than 1,000 schools across the country receive intensive support for their teaching of reading to Reception and Year 1 children
EYFS Best Practice: Observation part 2 – Give time to listening
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- Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | Nursery World
Taking time to properly listen to children and encouraging them to talk about their interests are vital, explains Dr Sue Allingham
Essential Resources: Equip to reflect the pedagogy of Vivian Gussin Paley
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- Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | Nursery World
Storytelling is still centre stage in many nurseries around the world, thanks to the inspirational teachings of childcare pioneer Vivian Gussin Paley. By Nicole Weinstein
EYE SUPPLEMENT Research: Building oral skill
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- Thursday, May 30, 2024 | Nursery World
In the second article in this series, Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou shares the results from research evaluating the Supporting Spoken Language in the Classroom Programme
We’ve explored… block play
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- Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Nursery World
One setting in Scotland created a dedicated block-play area so children could fully immerse themselves in the imaginative activity, discovers Annette Rawstrone
Learning & Development: Writing - Marking time
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- Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | Nursery World
Young children are helped to become confident writers in a project described by Michael Jones.
Speech & Language: Part 7 - Follow me
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- Monday, October 29, 2018 | Nursery World
What are the developmental expectations for attention and listening in two- to three-year-olds and when should concerns be raised? By Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni
Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Play with words
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- Monday, June 29, 2015 | Nursery World
Sharing stories and rhymes with children right from the earliest
years will help them develop vital communication skills. Judith Stevens explores the opportunities and benefits across the age groups.
Learning & Development: Best Practice - Follow me
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- Tuesday, March 8, 2011 | Nursery World
The writing's on the wall with a simple, fun game from a new book by Penny Tassoni helping children to develop their numbers and letters.
Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!
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- Tuesday, November 9, 2010 | Nursery World
Rewards across all areas of learning will be the result when you get young children together in a baking activity, says Judit Horvath.
Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!
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- Friday, March 22, 2013 | Nursery World
Picking up rhymes supported by physical actions seems to be innate in children. But how adults mediate is important for later literacy development, says Opal Dunn
A Unique Child: Inclusion - Shine on
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Features
- Friday, January 11, 2013 | Nursery World
A Bedford-based nursery's strategy for developing children's communication skills has won it a major award.
Learning & Development: Communication & Language - A formal occasion
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- Monday, August 24, 2015 | Nursery World
On entering Reception, children are exposed to the world of
'formal' language. In the third part of our series on communication, Dr
Anna Theakston explains what it is and how to support it.
EYFS best practice: All about… Storytelling
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- Monday, January 7, 2019 | Nursery World
Stories are especially important in the early years, explains Mary Medlicott, who offers advice on how to be an effective storyteller to groups of young children
Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Technology Workshop - Assembly lines
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- Wednesday, March 5, 2008 | Nursery World
The technology workshop can be amply stocked with simple and readily available resources and is an ideal area for adults to work alongside the children, as Jane Drake explains.
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wet and dry
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- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | Nursery World
Contrasts, and cause and effect, are just some of the concepts within the learning to be found in an investigation of 'wet' and 'dry' by Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.
Learning & Development: All about ... Picture books
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- Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | Nursery World
Children's Laureate Michael Rosen takes a closer look at what makes this form of children's literature unique and what function a good picture book serves in a young child's learning.