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Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 6 - Creativity and critical thinking

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

| Nursery World

In the sixth of our National Strategies features on the EYFS, regional advisor Di Chilvers reflects on what makes effective practice in supporting and extending children's creativity and critical thinking.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Sand & Water Play

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A shortage of sand and water for play can cause squabbles. Anne O'Connor advises on creative ways of providing this popular resource.

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Open secret

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

A nursery in Wiltshire used a local garden in an old churchyard, and a visual artist, to put together a Making Memories project. Annette Rawstrone explains

Learning and Development: All about ... Creativity and PSRN

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners should be alert to the potential in all of their setting's creative provision for developing children's problem-solving, reasoning and numeracy (PSRN). Linda Pound shows where to find it.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... our senses

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

| Nursery World

Everyday life can be a continuous topic when children are encouraged to experience nature's elements up close. Diana Lawton shows how.

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences... nature

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Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

What are the best ways to encourage children’s inherent interest in nature? Penny Tassoni offers some tips for autumn and beyond

Learning & Development: Christmas - The big day

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Lucy and Tom's Christmas offers useful ideas for exploring Christmas traditions and encouraging learning at the same time, says Marianne Sergeant.

Nursery Equipment: Personal, Social & Emotional Development - I can do it!

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Equipment plays an essential part in children’s Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Annette Rawstrone explores some of the resourcing options for two- and three-year-olds

Physical Development: Hang on

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Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

Have you ever asked young children what they think about physical development? Dr Lala Manners did - with some interesting results.

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills, says Anne O'Connor

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundamental to children's understanding of mathematics, says Judith Stevens.

Mini Topic: Smell

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Wednesday, February 26, 2003

| Nursery World

Sniff out the differences in objects, experiences and memories with activities from Jean Evans

EYFS Best Practice: Seize your 'teachable moments'

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

How can settings make sure that they are providing ‘teachable moments’ for the benefit of children's development? By Sue Asquith

An A to Z of enhancements: G is for growing

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

A focus on plants has given children experiences of growing butterflies and African land snails. By Amy Jackson

EYFS Activities: An A to Z of enhancements - D is for Display

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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Displays can be used to support children's learning and development if they are carefully thought out, purposeful and accessible, says Amy Jackson

Outdoors: Key 10 – Your best resource

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

How can leaders ensure that staff are supporting the setting’s outdoors provision to the best of their ability, asks Professor Jan White

Outdoors: The plants in my street – elder

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

Not only is elder versatile all year round, with edible spring flowers and autumn berries, it also makes excellent pea shooters, says Julie Mountain

EYFS Activities: Let's go to… the National Maritime Museum

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| Nursery World

In a new series on early years programmes at cultural spaces across the country, atelierista and EYT Abigail Horn and her cohort explore a lighthouse

Research Nurseries: Supporting early communication with evidence-based projects in Liverpool

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

One setting in Liverpool has been taking part in research projects with universities to improve the professional development of staff as well as enhance its practice in areas such as children's communication development. By Gemma Goldenberg

Outdoors: What makes a winning space for physically active play

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

What do settings with good outdoor spaces have in common? In this series, Julie Mountain visits past champions of the Nursery World Awards

Mark making part 2: Link projects to your curriculum

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

In the second and final part of her series, Claire Martin, Reception teacher at the British International School of Boston, looks at mark-making projects with curriculum links

Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… Belmont Farm Nursery School

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Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein visits a London day nursery on the site of a working farm and looks at the resources and learning that takes place in its Forest School

An A to Z of enhancements: R is for Ramps

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Building a ramp to race cars down led to a wider exploration of ramps for various rolling objects, explains Amy Jackson

Special Focus: In other words – How early years settings are supporting children's language development

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

| Nursery World

From play-based approaches to books and music, Karen Hart discovers how early years settings are supporting all children’s communication and language development

Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 10 - Outdoors

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

| Nursery World

In our National Strategies series Dr Andrew Lockett, Early Years Regional Adviser (NE), Anne Lamb, Early Years Senior Regional Adviser (EE M) and Jan Lepley, Senior Adviser, reflect on the importance of being outside.

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Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 6 - Creativity and critical thinking

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Sand & Water Play

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Open secret

Learning and Development: All about ... Creativity and PSRN

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... our senses

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences... nature

Learning & Development: Christmas - The big day

Nursery Equipment: Personal, Social & Emotional Development - I can do it!

Physical Development: Hang on

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

Mini Topic: Smell

EYFS Best Practice: Seize your 'teachable moments'

An A to Z of enhancements: G is for growing

EYFS Activities: An A to Z of enhancements - D is for Display

Outdoors: Key 10 – Your best resource

Outdoors: The plants in my street – elder

EYFS Activities: Let's go to… the National Maritime Museum

Research Nurseries: Supporting early communication with evidence-based projects in Liverpool

Outdoors: What makes a winning space for physically active play

Mark making part 2: Link projects to your curriculum

Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… Belmont Farm Nursery School

An A to Z of enhancements: R is for Ramps

Special Focus: In other words – How early years settings are supporting children's language development

Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 10 - Outdoors

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