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Rhythm is a critical area for both communication and physical skills development, so how can practitioners ensure children's learning is supported? Lala Manners reports.

Learning & Development: ICT - All about ... digital journeys

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Friday, September 20, 2013

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An initiative in Liverpool looking at ICT has taken practitioners into new territory, says project developer Ann Langston of Early Years Matters.

Enabling Environments: EYFS Principles - Free thinking

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Monday, March 9, 2015

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A primary school in County Durham has been embracing the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage - in a whole-school approach aimed at more flexible learning for all ages. Marianne Sargent reports

Learning & Development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Fun with bubbles

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

| Nursery World

Finding suitable 'messy play' substances for babies and young children can often prove difficult because of health and safety issues.

Learning & Development: Music - Natural rhythm

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Monday, August 7, 2017

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How one setting is supporting children’s innate musicality and communication development with the help of a visiting musician. By Caroline Vollans

Learning & development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Make a splash

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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The youngest children will delight in using their whole bodies to explore water, says Jean Evans.

Early Years Science: Materials

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

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Encourage children to sort materials by their properties, their forms and their uses, as Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton demonstrate

Learning & Development: Treasure baskets & heuristic play - First choice

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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In a tribute to childcare pioneer Elinor Goldschmied, Anita Hughes looks at Treasure Baskets, Heuristic Play and her unique legacy.

EYFS Best Practice - All about…Awe and Wonder

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Monday, January 11, 2016

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Getting children to experience ‘magical moments’ is a vital learning tool that has far-reaching and very significant impacts, explains early years consultant Kathryn Solly

EYFS Best Practice: All about... PD: principles into practice

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Monday, January 12, 2015

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When it comes to best practice in Physical Development, it's important to understand the thinking behind both the 'principles' and 'programme' approaches. Dr Lala Manners explains.

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Up to speed

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Monday, June 15, 2015

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A 'language-rich' environment both at home and in the nursery is vital if a child is to progress easily through the many stages of early speech development. In the first of a series on communication and language, Professor Caroline Rowland and Dr Michelle Peter explain why.

Learning & Development - Well-Being: Part 4 - Spiritual growth

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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The spiritual dimension of life is a challenging aspect of early years development, but a vital one to emphasise, says Marion Dowling.

EYFS best practice - All about… handwriting

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

What are the expectations of young children’s ability to write by hand and how is this changing in the context of an increasingly digital world, asks Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Best Practice - All about… embodied learning

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Monday, November 27, 2017

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Early years practitioners need to see learning – particularly in mathematics – not as abstract and ‘disembodied’ but as inherently concrete and ‘embodied’. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why

Learning & Development: Activities - Our bright idea - How does your garden grow?

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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Raising plants indoors is a great way to anticipate what nature will be doing outdoors, as Kathy Swinburne at Busy Bears Children's Day Nursery, Co Durham, discovers.

Our bright idea: Listen in

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Another dimension of storytelling is opened up with the use of a learning device described by Jean Evans.

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking, part 2 - In sequence

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Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

Pattern-spotting and decomposition are two of the six fundamental skills required for computational thinking. Marc Faulder examines how they best fit with what is already practised in the early years

Learning & Development: Expressive Arts and Design - Top marks

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

An inspiring male role model, in the form of artist Fabric Lenny, has been encouraging creative mark-making alongside improved communication and collaboration. Helen Chilton explains.

Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Opening up the creative potential of collage to young children requires knowledge of the basic skills involved and ready access to a wide variety of natural and made materials.

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Explore the surprisingly wide variety of woven materials and their artistic possibilities, with the Suffolk Early Years and Childcare Service (Suffolk County Council)

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A communication project has opened practitioners' and parents' eyes to the power of fun and a playful attitude to children's learning, writes Ruth Thomson.

Physical Development: Fit for purpose

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Monday, April 30, 2018

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Nursery World spoke to physical development expert Carol Archer about what needs to change within the current EYFS framework to encourage a more research-based approach to children’s physical development. By Charlotte Goddard

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Learning & Development: Our bright idea - Putting on a performance

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Early Years Science: Sound

Learning & Development: Rhythm - A fact of life

Learning & Development: ICT - All about ... digital journeys

Enabling Environments: EYFS Principles - Free thinking

Learning & Development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Fun with bubbles

Learning & Development: Music - Natural rhythm

Learning & development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Make a splash

Early Years Science: Materials

Learning & Development: Treasure baskets & heuristic play - First choice

EYFS Best Practice - All about…Awe and Wonder

EYFS Best Practice: All about... PD: principles into practice

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Up to speed

Learning & Development - Well-Being: Part 4 - Spiritual growth

EYFS best practice - All about… handwriting

EYFS Best Practice - All about… embodied learning

Learning & Development: Activities - Our bright idea - How does your garden grow?

Our bright idea: Listen in

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking, part 2 - In sequence

Learning & Development: Expressive Arts and Design - Top marks

Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

Physical Development: Fit for purpose

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