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EYFS Activities: We’ve explored…witches

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| Nursery World

The children at one primary school in London had a mysterious visit from a witch, explains Emma Webb

Enabling Environments: Movers - Move on up!

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Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

What the Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) for two- to six-year-olds provision aims to achieve. By its co-author, Carol Archer

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Out of the woods

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Developing a challenging outdoor environment that is as exciting as a forest doesn’t need to cost the earth, explains Jeanette Hill

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… the world

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladybird Heard inspired one setting to send children postcards from across the globe. By Annette Rawstrone

Enabling Environments: Movement Play - Body language

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Encouraging children to use their bodies in any way they want stimulates their physical and brain development and has a noticeable beneficial effect on behaviour, writes Annette Rawstrone

Enabling Environments: Movement-Play - For mind and body

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

The freedom to explore certain types of movement is vital for both physical and mental development.Carol Archer and Professor Iram Siraj explain.

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… moving house

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

A revamped home corner prompted children in one setting to help a boy ‘move house’. By Annette Rawstrone

Enabling Environments: Mixed-age groups - Free range

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Cowgate Under 5s has opened up its spaces so that children of different age groups can move freely around the setting - with significant benefits. The nursery's June Graham explains why it works.

Enabling Environments: Christmas - Get the message

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Why not use the Christmas countdown as a chance to focus on writing? Marianne Sargent offers pointers.

Nursery Equipment: Music - Pitch in

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years music educators from MERYC UK share some ideas for music activities, instruments and songs for adults to enjoy with under-threes.

EYFS Best practice: All about ... Learning with recycled materials

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

There are treasure troves that will stimulate open-ended learning - by both children and practitioners. Pat Gordon-Smith describes the possibilities

Nursery Equipment: Cross-Laterality - Side to side

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Monday, May 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Alternating actions on either sides of the body, like drumming or riding a wheeled toy, need to be encouraged. Annette Rawstrone explains why.

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Edible art

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Monday, August 8, 2016

| Nursery World

A visiting artist at one nursery in Salisbury has radically opened up the possibilities for children’s creativity, reports Marianne Sargent

Nursery Equipment: Art Studios - On form

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Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery art and craft studios provide a dedicated space for both children and practitioners to be creative, writes Annette Rawstrone, who finds out how four settings are making the most of theirs

Nursery Equipment: Introduction - New directions

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Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

A cross-section of early years consultants and nursery equipment suppliers tell Nicole Weinstein about the latest trends in early years practice and how best to provide an enabling environment

Enabling Environments: Collections - Worlds of their own

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Fantasy play is easy to cater for. Nicole Weinstein provides some practice tips for practitioners and ideas for resourcing

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.

Enabling Environments: Yoga - At a stretch

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Although some yoga exercises can be inappropriate for the under-16s, a programme tailored for young children has many benefits. Caroline Vollans finds best practice in action at a London setting

Two-year-olds: Enabling Environments - My space

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Understanding both physical and psychological environments is key when creating areas for two-year-olds. Julia Manning-Morton explains how settings' management of this impacts on children's well-being.

Enabling Environments: All about ... feeding the birds

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

| Nursery World

In any kind of setting you can provide a way for children to get close to nature while doing their part in its care. Mary Whiting shows how.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... foggy weather and glowing

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

| Nursery World

Use a unique book by a popular children's author as a springboard for taking literacy activities outdoors and exploring various weather conditions, as suggested by Helen Bromley.

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Floating ideas

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

A creative raft-building project at one setting prompted a range of learning opportunities and discussions about the wider world. The nursery's artist-in-residence Rosie Potter explains.

Enabling Environments: Transitions - Ready, steady…

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

At one setting, school-readiness is a key focus for children and parents in the run-up to Reception, as Annette Rawstrone explains

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Stick Man

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

| Nursery World

Imagination is the only resource you'll need in abundance to enjoy activities inspired by this children's book, says Helen Bromley.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Tech wizards

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Information and communication technology, when used correctly, can help teach high-level skills in the classroom, Nicole Weinstein discovers as part of our series on Understanding the World

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EYFS Activities: We’ve explored…witches

Enabling Environments: Movers - Move on up!

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Out of the woods

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… the world

Enabling Environments: Movement Play - Body language

Enabling Environments: Movement-Play - For mind and body

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… moving house

Enabling Environments: Mixed-age groups - Free range

Enabling Environments: Christmas - Get the message

Nursery Equipment: Music - Pitch in

EYFS Best practice: All about ... Learning with recycled materials

Nursery Equipment: Cross-Laterality - Side to side

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Edible art

Nursery Equipment: Art Studios - On form

Nursery Equipment: Introduction - New directions

Enabling Environments: Collections - Worlds of their own

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

Enabling Environments: Yoga - At a stretch

Two-year-olds: Enabling Environments - My space

Enabling Environments: All about ... feeding the birds

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... foggy weather and glowing

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Floating ideas

Enabling Environments: Transitions - Ready, steady…

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Stick Man

Enabling Environments: Collections - Tech wizards

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