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Enabling Environments: Collections - Follow the leader

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

The outdoors offers opportunities to get creative with role play. Nicole Weinstein suggests how practitioners might provide resources to support, and build on, children's natural interests.

EYFS Activities: Five ways to explore… Tiny containers

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Small receptacles provide a plethora of opportunities, says Julie Mountain

Children’s Thinking Part 2 - Proud owners

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Monday, November 11, 2019

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Redesigning outdoor and indoor spaces to better enable children to access continuous provision has benefited children’s learning, explains Jo Dabir-Alai.

Enabling Environments: Book box

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

| Nursery World

In addition to Aliens Love Underpants (see right), here are some other great storybooks and texts available about aliens and pants! Remember to use the local library - and encourage everyone to share books:

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Minibeasts

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Go on the trail of creatures that hold a natural fascination for children with activities leading through all areas of your early years provision, suggested by Judith Stevens.

Picturebooks - Good and bad

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Monday, August 5, 2019

| Nursery World

The good, the bad and the ugly: what picturebooks teach children about beauty and self-worth. By Andy McCormack

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Be bold!

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

| Nursery World

The aims and principles that went into developing an innovative children's centre outdoor area are explained to Karen Faux. Photographs by Teri Pengilley at Woodlands Park Nursery.

Special Focus: Latest ideas to create a sustainable setting

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

| Nursery World

From creating a wildlife discovery centre to following an eco-school curriculum and going plastic-free, Karen Hart talks to early years settings about sustainability

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Taking action

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Monday, November 28, 2016

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In the final part of her series on the London Borough of Newham and Early Education’s 20-provider-strong Outdoors and Active programme, Julie Mountain rounds up some of the key lessons learnt

Enabling Environments: Let's explore... holidays

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

Encourage children to draw on their own experiences for this topic, says Marianne Sargent.

Enabling Environments: Continuous Provision: Part 3 - Level best

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

| Nursery World

The environment we provide for children should meet their needs to a point where they can direct their own play and learning, says Anne O'Connor.

Enabling Environments: Enhanced Provision - Two by two?

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

An activity based on the Noah's Ark story has provided a focused learning opportunity for girls and quieter children, reports Rebecca Fisk.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Free spirits

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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A Beach School is opening up a wealth of new learning experiences for children at one nursery in Bristol. Ruth Thomson finds out more Photographs At woodland house nursery, Bristol, by Marcus Way.

Enabling Environments: Continuous provision - Part 2 - It takes two

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Early years practitioners are themselves part of the provision in any setting. Anne O'Connor outlines their role in and responsibility in promoting learning.

Enabling Environments: Resources for under-threes: In black & white

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| Nursery World

In the first of an occasional series, Claire Stevenson, Donna Luck and Veronica Lawrence look at learning resources designed for children under three and the powerful effects of imagery.

Enabling Environments: Collections - On the loose

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Loose parts resources, which can be found, recycled or bought, empower children's creativity and inventiveness, particularly in the outdoor environment. Nicole Weinstein gives some tips.