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Enabling Environments: Resources - National Poetry Day

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

New resources for National Poetry Day give children a reason to rhyme, says Ruth Thomson.

EYFS Best Practice: Learning from Froebel… Occupations

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Professor Tina Bruce examines the theory behind Froebel’s Occupations, and Jane Dyke reveals how it is being put into practice at her settings

Enabling Environments: Collections - Role on!

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A ‘mini city’ is informing children about career choices and enhancing role play at one Sheffield school. Nicole Weinstein reports

Enabling Environments: Public Art - Wall to wall

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

A Hampshire pre-school has transformed a dismal underpass with children's artwork, writes Ruth Thomson.

Enabling Environments: Real-World Experiences - F is for furniture

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Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Identifying different themes within the topic of furniture can provide insights into day-to day living and inspire creativity in learning. By Diane Rich, Mary Jane Drummond and Cathy Myer

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Light

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| Nursery World

See how an array of simple resources can combine with curiosity to help children explore the properties of light, with nursery activities used by Angela Chick.

Enabling Environments: Studio tour - Behind the scenes

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Children from Clifton Tots in Bristol put themselves in the picture at a local TV studio. Nursery manager Amelia Jebelli describes the big day.

Nursery Equipment: Gender - Feeling blue?

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

... Or in the pink? Colour-coding and crass gender signalling persist even in these times of presumed equality. Anne O'Connor helps practitioners to negotiate the minefield of bias.

Enabling Environments: NW Nursery of the Year - Inspired!

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Monday, March 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Award-winning Little Barn Owls Nursery and Farm School in West Sussex focuses on enquiry-based learning, finds Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Best Practice - All about…: ‘gifted and talented’

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Monday, March 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Whether or not the term ‘gifted and talented’ is appropriate for the early years, all young children need to be able to find and explore their fascinations, explains Caroline Vollans

Enabling Environments: Collections - Get weaving

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Working with textiles is both educational and playful. Nicole Weinstein offers some useful tips

EYFS Best Practice: In Schools – How OPAL is transforming playtime

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

A programme called Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) has transformed the play experiences of children at many primary schools, finds Annette Rawstrone

Physical development on a budget: Use the stairs

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Friday, June 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final instalment of this eight-part series, Dr Lala Manners considers how stairs can be used to support strength, balance, co-ordination and agility

The plants in my street: Oak trees

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Oak can support more than 2,000 species, is great for climbing – and has acorns. By Julie Mountain

Enabling Environments: Autumn - Natural tools

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A playgroup in Surrey has been making use of the resources provided by autumn to inspire learning opportunities.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... forest schools

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| Nursery World

The forest school approach is growing in popularity, and it is taking a variety of different formats as settings embrace it in ways that reflect their individual needs. Nicole Weinstein explains.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... The King of Tiny Things

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

A storybook is the starting place for exploring minibeasts and the natural world in imaginative ways, with cross-curriculum activities from Helen Bromley.

Enabling Environments: Transitions - In pictures

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Friday, June 14, 2013

| Nursery World

In looking to ease the transition to nursery, settings can also find ways to engage with the children currently in their care. Alison Anderson shares her experience devising a programme with this goal in mind.

Nursery Management: Play Surfaces - On the level

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's experience of the outdoor environment can be enhanced through an imaginative use of ground surfaces and materials, reports Sue Learner.

Outdoors in Japan, part 3 - Wild ideas

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Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

What UK settings can learn from Japanese kindergartens when it comes to connecting with nature. By Julie Mountain

Enabling Environments: Team of the Year - Winning out

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

High Greave Infant School in Rotherham has transformed its provision over the past two years. Ruth Thomson visited to see how it is working to meet the needs of its children.

Nursery Equipment: Vestibular System - In the swing

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Monday, May 28, 2012

| Nursery World

A well-developed vestibular system leaves us feeling physically and emotionally balanced, but it needs to be trained through a range of particular movements, explains Nicole Weinstein

EYFS Best Practice: Birth to Three Matters - Back to basics

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Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Ann Langston, who contributed to the development of Birth to Three Matters, explains its format, history and importance and tells us why it should be dusted down and put back on the shelf as recommended reading for practitioners as they get ready to implement the revised EYFS.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Funny bones?

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

There is an abundance of useful resources to help children understand their physical differences and similarities. Nicole Weinstein selects a few that should stimulate discussion in the setting.

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.

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Enabling Environments: Resources - National Poetry Day

EYFS Best Practice: Learning from Froebel… Occupations

Enabling Environments: Collections - Role on!

Enabling Environments: Public Art - Wall to wall

Enabling Environments: Real-World Experiences - F is for furniture

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Light

Enabling Environments: Studio tour - Behind the scenes

Nursery Equipment: Gender - Feeling blue?

Enabling Environments: NW Nursery of the Year - Inspired!

EYFS Best Practice - All about…: ‘gifted and talented’

Enabling Environments: Collections - Get weaving

EYFS Best Practice: In Schools – How OPAL is transforming playtime

Physical development on a budget: Use the stairs

The plants in my street: Oak trees

Enabling Environments: Autumn - Natural tools

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... forest schools

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... The King of Tiny Things

Enabling Environments: Transitions - In pictures

Nursery Management: Play Surfaces - On the level

Outdoors in Japan, part 3 - Wild ideas

Enabling Environments: Team of the Year - Winning out

Nursery Equipment: Vestibular System - In the swing

EYFS Best Practice: Birth to Three Matters - Back to basics

Enabling Environments: Collections - Funny bones?

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - All decked out

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