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Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Messy play for under-threes - Splashes of colour

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Practitioners caring for very young children are often unsure about whether to introduce babies to paint for sensory exploration.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - All decked out

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Staff at Little Acorns Nursery in Urmston, Manchester, have transformed the outdoor provision for their under-twos. Nursery manager Paula Wilkinson explains how.

Enabling Environments: Free Choice - Self service

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

| Nursery World

Children learn to handle the responsibility of choice at one nursery's snack bar. Helen Dashfield explains.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rise to the challenge

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

| Nursery World

The Outdoor Challenge will get you to think hard about your setting's outdoor provision, says Julie Mountain of Learning Through Landscapes.

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors - Introduction - Planning a visit

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Visits are invaluable to young children's learning. Heading out on a trip can provide meaningful contexts for learning, broaden children's experience and feed their insatiable desire to explore.

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors, Part 1 - Best in show

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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A visitor showed children the way to get more involved in a local community event, and their response revealed much to nursery staff about their thinking, says teacher Tessa Fenoughty.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In the lead

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| Nursery World

For children to get the most out of their time outdoors, practitioners need to develop the right qualities for leadership, says Annie Davy.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... a food area

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

| Nursery World

Set aside a dedicated food area in your setting where the children can explore and prepare food for maximum learning and enjoyment, says Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Shore thing

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

| Nursery World

Children can go to the beach every day at a nursery with its own idea of free flow. Gemma Taylor reports.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Open minds

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

| Nursery World

A grant-funded outdoor space was made to order according to the nursery children's wishes and needs. Ruth Thomson takes a look around.

Enabling Environments: Treehouse - Branch out

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

| Nursery World

Children at a farm site nursery have a unique purpose-built classroom up in the trees that's a resource in itself. Meg Jones paid it a visit.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Push, pull, empty, full

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

| Nursery World

Children will naturally take to activities and resources where they can make things move and play with capacity, as Diana Lawton explains.

Nursery Management: Premises - Light fantastic

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

| Nursery World

While often overlooked in the design of a nursery, the quality of lighting is a factor that can greatly affect children's wellbeing.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Boats

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

| Nursery World

A very versatile vehicle can be the focus of activities across all areas of learning. Try some of these suggestions from Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Only natural

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

| Nursery World

The rewards of close encounters with nature for all children are extolled by Annie Davy of Learning Through Landscapes

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Apples and pears

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

| Nursery World

Help the children get to know their favourite fruits with these fun and challenging activities suggested by Sheila Ebbutt.

Enabling Environments: Roof garden - Green oasis

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

| Nursery World

A nursery in central London has turned garage roofs into a haven for wildlife, finds Annette Rawstrone.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Flowers

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

| Nursery World

Flower gardens let children explore the world of flora and fauna all year round, and can be provided by every setting, explains Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Straw Classroom - All our work

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

| Nursery World

When these nursery children needed another classroom, they built it themselves. Annette Rawstrone hears about an extraordinary project.

Enabling Environments - Urban Forest School - City break

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

| Nursery World

The forest school approach need not be limited to early years settings with easy access to the countryside, as Annette Rawstrone discovers.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... feet

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

| Nursery World

Put your best foot forward and measure it, paint it, tickle it and fit it with comfortable shoes. Sheila Ebbutt suggests a range of activities.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... holes

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

| Nursery World

A versatile resource for early years activities often gets overlooked, because it isn't there. Try these suggestions from Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Magic

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

| Nursery World

Let fairy tales, fantasy play and conjuring all cast a spell on children's imaginations with fun activities suggested by Sheila Ebbutt.

Enabling Environments: Book box

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

| Nursery World

Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric A Kimmel and Janet Stevens (Holiday House) Lazy Anansi stomps off when hard-working Warthog, Lion, and Zebra laugh at his messy house. He tries to steal Hyena's magic stick, which follows his orders, but disaster results.

Enabling Environments: Self-Help Skills - Help yourself

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

| Nursery World

A simple way to encourage children's independence at nursery is explained by Tessa Fenoughty.

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Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Messy play for under-threes - Splashes of colour

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - All decked out

Enabling Environments: Free Choice - Self service

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rise to the challenge

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors - Introduction - Planning a visit

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors, Part 1 - Best in show

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - In the lead

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... a food area

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Shore thing

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Open minds

Enabling Environments: Treehouse - Branch out

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Push, pull, empty, full

Nursery Management: Premises - Light fantastic

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Boats

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Only natural

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Apples and pears

Enabling Environments: Roof garden - Green oasis

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Flowers

Enabling Environments: Straw Classroom - All our work

Enabling Environments - Urban Forest School - City break

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... feet

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... holes

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Magic

Enabling Environments: Book box

Enabling Environments: Self-Help Skills - Help yourself

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