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Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

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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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A Bedford-based nursery's strategy for developing children's communication skills has won it a major award.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Farm out

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Friday, May 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Playing with toy farm animals and the resources that support their use broadens children's understanding of the world, says Nicole Weinstein.

Home Learning - A parent’s guide to… construction play

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Monday, January 9, 2017

| Nursery World

This type of play should bring out the designer in both boys and girls, explains Penny Tassoni

Editor's view phonics test fails to make the grade

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

If the test itself is wrong, children shouldn't be judged as a failure if they fail the test!

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.

Nursery Equipment: Montessori - True to form

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

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Exploring Montessori - with its focus on nurturing the whole person in a well-planned learning environment - can offer lessons for all of us. Marianne Sargent takes a look.

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

Nursery Equipment: Dens - My space

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

| Nursery World

Whether they are fashioned from hedgerows or built for purpose from tents and playhouses, dens should be personal retreats for children and places that inspire their imagination and learning, says Diana Lawton.

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

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Monday, February 19, 2018

| Nursery World

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

A Unique Child: Child Development - Face to face

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

In this extract from her new Practical EYFS Handbook, Penny Tassoni outlines ways of building confidence and self-awareness in children aged 0-11 months.

Learning & Development: Data Handling - In the charts

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

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

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Playing outdoors after dark can be exciting and challenging. Julie Mountain advises on making the most of outside spaces all day.

EYFS Best Practice - All about... transient art

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Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

There are benefits to embracing a creativity focused on process rather than result. Nicole Weinstein offers a guide

Mini Topic: Paper plates

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Wednesday, July 10, 2002

| Nursery World

Paper plates are cheap and readily available, providing opportunities to develop a range of physical and creative skills. Denise Bailey suggests uses for a versatile resource

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

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

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.

Grow Your Own - A rare treat

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Monday, December 12, 2016

| Nursery World

The weather may be getting colder and wetter, but the December garden has some surprises

Enabling Environments: Well-being - Top security

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners need to think about how children feel in the environment that we give them and how it affects their ability to learn and grow, says Maria Robinson.

A Parent's guide to ... Physical development

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Hear 'physical development' and you'll probably think of the health benefits that a good diet and lots of running around can bring your child. In fact, physical development is fundamental to every aspect of your child's life.

Learning & Development: Play - Master minds

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Monday, May 29, 2017

| Nursery World

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

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Rain continued to be a source of fascination, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - changes for the new term

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

New term ahead and time for some changes, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys pre-school in Essex.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Castles

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

| Nursery World

Observation of children's interests as they play is at the heart of activities based on a favourite theme in both books and play materials set out by Diana Lawton.

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.

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

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

| Nursery World

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.

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Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Shine on

Enabling Environments: Collections - Farm out

Home Learning - A parent’s guide to… construction play

Editor's view phonics test fails to make the grade

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - A formal occasion

Nursery Equipment: Montessori - True to form

EYFS best practice: All about… Storytelling

Nursery Equipment: Dens - My space

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

A Unique Child: Child Development - Face to face

Learning & Development: Data Handling - In the charts

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

EYFS Best Practice - All about... transient art

Mini Topic: Paper plates

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

Grow Your Own - A rare treat

Enabling Environments: Well-being - Top security

A Parent's guide to ... Physical development

Learning & Development: Play - Master minds

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - changes for the new term

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Castles

Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Technology Workshop - Assembly lines

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

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