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Learning & Development: Computational Thinking - Think again

Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Computational skills need to be reflected in curricula and practice, writes Marc Faulder in the first part of a new series on teaching computational thinking in the early years

Learning & Development: Music: Part 1 - Tuned in

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Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Music is important in its own right in promoting young children’s cognitive development, well-being and enjoyment, says Linda Pound in the first of a series about how music can support early learning

EYFS best practice: All about ... Superhero play

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

What is superhero play? Why do children enjoy it? Should adults restrict it? And how can early years practitioners support this form of play? Nicole Weinstein provides some answers

Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Poetry is for everyone, as leading children's poet Michael Rosen tells Karen Faux, with suggestions for introducing rhyme in an early years setting.

Learning & Development: Consulting with children - A matter of opinion

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Positive Steps Nursery has set up a children's council to help plan their activities. Marianne Sargent reports.

Child-Centred Learning - Centre stage

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Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Ormiston Herman Academy has adopted a child-centred approach in Year 1 with positive results, says teacher and early years specialist leader of education Amy Jackson

Learning & Development: CL&L - Joined-up thinking

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Friday, October 4, 2013

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Making authentic links between reading and talking has been helping early years practitioners and teachers to develop children's communication, language and literacy. Di Chilvers explains.

Learning & development: Open-ended Play - I made a unicorn

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

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The importance of leaving children to their own devices with imagination and the most basic materials is explored by Helen Huleatt of Community Playthings with Professor Tina Bruce, Lynn McNair and Sian Wyn Siencyn.

Learning & Development: Film - Baboon on the Moon

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

| Nursery World

A short film launched a month-long multi-media project covering everything from science to emotions, says Lynn Scott, foundation stage advanced skills teacher at Childwall Valley Primary School, Liverpool.

Early Years in School: Outdoors - Another world

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Being outdoors provides children with developmental benefits that cannot be replicated indoors. Kathryn Solly reveals how to get it right

Learning & Development: Movement Sessions Part 4 - To the beat

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

| Nursery World

Ways to progress through a session based on rhythm or different types of music are set out by Helen Bilton.

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: part 6 - In the fast lane

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The development of gross motor skills manifests itself in many forms, but how can we best support children's physical learning? Early years consultant Penny Tassoni offers some expert insight

Learning & Development: Our bright idea - Spring makes a show

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

| Nursery World

Displays with pictures, captions and objects are an ideal way for children to show their learning about spring, as Sheila Gardiner demonstrates.

Learning and Development: National Bookstart Day - It's rhyme time!

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| Nursery World

Childcarers everywhere are being encouraged to take part in an annual early literacy event, and Viv Hampshire suggests ways to enjoy sharing books on the day or at any time.

Learning & Development: Sensory play - Porridge oats

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

| Nursery World

Sensory play enables babies and young children to explore the properties of materials through their senses and learn about the world around them. Porridge oats are an ideal material for babies to explore, as they can be bought cheaply and it will not matter if babies put them in their mouths.

Learning & Development: Music: Part 4 - Give voice

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Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Communication, language and music are intrinsically linked, and it is important to understand this in the early years, writes Linda Pound

Mathematics in the EYFS: Counting - In total

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Thursday, August 9, 2007

| Nursery World

Mentally attaching a number name to an object within a group is an important skill for young children to master, say Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner.

The power of play in the revised EYFS

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

To deliver the revised early years framework, practitioners need to define play and understand its purpose, says Ann Langston, in her latest book The Revised EYFS in Practice - Thinking, Reflecting and Doing!

EYFS best practice - All about… under-threes’ physical development

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Why movement is important for the youngest children and how settings can best provide opportunities to practise it. By Carol Archer

Speech & Language: Part 4 - To attention

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

A guide to attention, listening and understanding skills in children from birth to two. By Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni

Alison Clark's Slow Pedagogy: How to be 'slow' outdoors

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

What is ‘slow pedagogy’ and what does it look like for children and practitioners when taken outdoors, asks Alison Clark

All about...spirituality

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Wednesday, July 6, 2005

| Nursery World

What is 'spirituality' and how do early years practitioners promote it in young children? Marion Dowling offers suggestions

Learning & Development: Physical Development - All fine by us!

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Can daily sessions of focused physical activities help children develop the gross and fine motor skills they need to become confident writers? Helen Chilton reports on her school's progress.

Our Bright Idea - Building on experience

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Parents were won over when a nursery let the children explore working with real tools, says Laura Wayman.

EYFS Activities: We've explored...a hole

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

How one child’s interest in digging led to a whole setting getting involved. By Annette Rawstrone

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Learning & Development: Computational Thinking - Think again

Learning & Development: Music: Part 1 - Tuned in

EYFS best practice: All about ... Superhero play

Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow

Learning & Development: Consulting with children - A matter of opinion

Child-Centred Learning - Centre stage

Learning & Development: CL&L - Joined-up thinking

Learning & development: Open-ended Play - I made a unicorn

Learning & Development: Film - Baboon on the Moon

Early Years in School: Outdoors - Another world

Learning & Development: Movement Sessions Part 4 - To the beat

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: part 6 - In the fast lane

Learning & Development: Our bright idea - Spring makes a show

Learning and Development: National Bookstart Day - It's rhyme time!

Learning & Development: Sensory play - Porridge oats

Learning & Development: Music: Part 4 - Give voice

Mathematics in the EYFS: Counting - In total

The power of play in the revised EYFS

EYFS best practice - All about… under-threes’ physical development

Speech & Language: Part 4 - To attention

Alison Clark's Slow Pedagogy: How to be 'slow' outdoors

All about...spirituality

Learning & Development: Physical Development - All fine by us!

Our Bright Idea - Building on experience

EYFS Activities: We've explored...a hole

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