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EYFS best practice: All about… Steiner Waldorf education

Monday, July 22, 2019

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The history of the influential early years education movement and how it is being put into practice today. By Janni Nicol

Learning & Development: Bird Watching - Wing it!

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Monday, December 1, 2014

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Following children's interests sparked a project to build an eco-friendly bird hide at a setting in Liverpool. Marianne Sargent explains.

Early Years Science: Air

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

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Our science series by Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton considers how air can be moved by natural or manmade forces, and ways for young children to investigate this

Learning and Development: Revised EYFS - Positive moves

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Friday, June 8, 2012

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Engaging with the revised EYFS: the Pen Green team explain why this is a curriculum framework that they can work with.

Art in the Early Years: Part 2 - The creative learning environment

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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The essential provision for a creative art environment takes account of the space and materials made available and the display of children's finished works.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... supporting schemas

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Schemas - patterns of repeated behaviour - are key to how young children learn and early years practitioners must respond to them, says Stella Louis.

Learning & Development: Best Practice - Follow me

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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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.

Art in the Early Years: Part 4: Painting

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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Painting offers young children a world of opportunities for experimentation and expression, so early years settings should equip them with ample materials and varied techniques.

Early Years in School: Literacy - Flexible friends?

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Monday, January 25, 2016

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Tablets and iPads can help to support the development of willing and able readers. Dr Natalia Kucirkova offers some tips and strategies

The Adult Role, Part 3 - Rise to the occasion

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Monday, July 23, 2018

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Confront the challenges posed by supporting adult-led and child-led learning appropriately, and be the supportive practitioner that the learner – and the context – demand, says author and adviser Julie Fisher

Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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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 dance: Feel the beat

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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Dance is the universal language being used at one school to help young children interact as a group and learn something they're proud to show off at home, as Annette Rawstrone hears.

Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

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Friday, March 22, 2013

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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

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - A formal occasion

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Monday, August 24, 2015

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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

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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

Learning & Development: Music: Part 6 - Pitch in!

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Monday, February 19, 2018

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Mathematical development and music go hand in hand, with the latter enabling us to take pleasure in exploring the abstract subject, says Linda Pound

Learning & Development: Data Handling - In the charts

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Friday, January 11, 2013

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Involving children in collecting and presenting data for graphs, charts or pictograms helps them to understand the information.

Art in the Early Years - Part 8: 3D (Three Dimensional)

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Monday, August 22, 2011

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A wide range of common EYFS experiences, from block play to clay to recycled materials, can offer children the chance to explore working creatively in three dimensions.

Learning & Development: Play - Master minds

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Monday, May 29, 2017

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An artist’s residency at one setting led to loose-parts play, and to practitioners questioning their role and the meaning of early education. By Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: First-hand experiences - 'N' is for Nel Noddings

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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What matters to children in their learning is spelled out in a new A to Z guide compiled by Diane Rich, Mary Jane Drummond and Cathy Myer.

EYFS Best Practice in schools - Set to work?

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Monday, November 12, 2018

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Grouping by ability is growing in popularity despite evidence showing that it can have a range of negative impacts for children. Charlotte Goddard investigates

Learning & Development: All about ... Picture books

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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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.

Learning and development: Rhymes for birth to three - Two Little Dicky Birds

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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Two Little Dicky Birds, By Judith Stevens

Red Nose Day: laughing and learning

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Friday, February 8, 2013

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With its focus on raising money by having a laugh, Red Nose Day gives pre-school children the chance to make a difference by doing what comes naturally. Aleks Leimanis, Schools and Youth Manager at Comic Relief, suggests approaches and resources to help practitioners plan powerful, purposeful learning experiences this Red Nose Day

Learning & Development: Aggressive Play - For real?

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Should childcarers allow aggressive play, and where does the line have to be drawn? Elaine Lee considers the views of various professionals.

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EYFS best practice: All about… Steiner Waldorf education

Learning & Development: Bird Watching - Wing it!

Early Years Science: Air

Learning and Development: Revised EYFS - Positive moves

Art in the Early Years: Part 2 - The creative learning environment

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... supporting schemas

Learning & Development: Best Practice - Follow me

Art in the Early Years: Part 4: Painting

Early Years in School: Literacy - Flexible friends?

The Adult Role, Part 3 - Rise to the occasion

Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!

Learning & development dance: Feel the beat

Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - A formal occasion

EYFS best practice: All about… Storytelling

Learning & Development: Music: Part 6 - Pitch in!

Learning & Development: Data Handling - In the charts

Art in the Early Years - Part 8: 3D (Three Dimensional)

Learning & Development: Play - Master minds

Learning & Development: First-hand experiences - 'N' is for Nel Noddings

EYFS Best Practice in schools - Set to work?

Learning & Development: All about ... Picture books

Learning and development: Rhymes for birth to three - Two Little Dicky Birds

Red Nose Day: laughing and learning

Learning & Development: Aggressive Play - For real?

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