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Learning & Development:: Back to basics

Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Ideas on how to use bicarbonate of soda and other basic cleaning products in sensory play are now available at www.dri-pak.co.uk/kidsfun.html.

Learning & Development: Creative Play - Making a museum

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Working in partnership with museum staff to create a Communication Museum has helped children become more confident and competent communicators, as reception class teacher Tessa Fenoughty explains.

Learning & Development:: Practitioner Role, Part 2 - In tune

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Without careful observation and responsive listening, adult interaction could become interference in children's play, says Julie Fisher, independent early years adviser and visiting professor of Early Childhood Education at Oxford Brookes University

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 1 - In the process

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Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In the first of a new series, Jan Dubiel considers the meaning of the characteristics of effective teaching and learning, highlighted in the Early Years Foundation Stage review

Learning & Development: Superhero Play - Super girls and boys

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Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

What's the difference between a superhero and a fairy godmother? It depends on who you ask. Michael Jones explores how adult attitudes can encourage or stifle children's imaginative play.

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.

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.

Learning & Development: Education Pioneer - Chris Athey, 27.1.1924 - 27.11.2011

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

We have this far-sighted thinker and researcher to thank for strides in early education described by Wendy Scott and Liz de Keller.

Learning & Development Science: In the lab

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Becoming real-life research scientists for the day sparked children's enthusiasm for enquiring and learning. Lisa Jane Wildey, Early Years Professional and pre-school team leader at University of Sheffield Union of Students' Pre-school, observed the long-lasting effects.

Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Poetry is for everyone, as leading children's poet Michael Rosen tells Karen Faux, with suggestions for introducing rhyme in an early years setting.

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 2 - Perfect match?

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the learning that children bring with them to start school, say David Whitebread and Sue Bingham Photographs by Justin Thomas at Homerton Children's centre, Cambridge.

Learning and development: 'it's time to listen to children more'

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Listening to four- and fourteen-year-olds is shedding light on children's early learning experiences, as Dr Jacqui Cousins explains in this extended version of the article in the latest issue of Nursery World

Learning & Development: Childhood - Listen up!

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

The feelings of children about their early years learning experiences have been captured in new research by Jacqui Cousins.

Learning & Development School Readiness: Part 1 - Starting points

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.

Learning & Development: ICT - Screen play

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Have a fresh think about how you can ensure that all the children in your setting enjoy equal access to your ICT equipment and gain from the experience, with advice from Amy Stancer.

EYFS best practice: All about ... Superhero play

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

What is superhero play? Why do children enjoy it? Should adults restrict it? And how can early years practitioners support this form of play? Nicole Weinstein provides some answers

A guide to the revised EYFS: Part 1 - An overview

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Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The revised Early Years Foundation Stage will form part of sweeping changes to services for families and young children, but the framework's original values and principles must remain if it is to deliver the Government's vision, argues Ann Langston.

Learning & Development: Creativity - In 3D

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

| Nursery World

Daily access to woodwork and a nearby allotment inspire children to create and construct

Learning & Development: Bread-making - Flour power

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A visit from staff at the local Kingsmill bakery helped children at Busy Bears and Busy Bees Children's Day Nurseries in Durham to explore the process of bread-making, as Laura Wayman explains.

Art in the Early Years - Part 8: 3D (Three Dimensional)

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A wide range of common EYFS experiences, from block play to clay to recycled materials, can offer children the chance to explore working creatively in three dimensions.

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A communication project has opened practitioners' and parents' eyes to the power of fun and a playful attitude to children's learning, writes Ruth Thomson.

Learning & Development: our bright idea - Cameron and Sharky

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

| Nursery World

A boy's love of a whale, called Sharky, led to interesting explorations of sea creatures, says Steven Pitt

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Explore the surprisingly wide variety of woven materials and their artistic possibilities, with the Suffolk Early Years and Childcare Service (Suffolk County Council)

EYFS consultation: an expert's view on the revised framework

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| Nursery World

The consultation document recommends some positive changes, but there is much that disappoints, says early years consultant Ann Langston in her guide to the consultation document on the statutory framework for the revised EYFS

Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.

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Learning & Development:: Back to basics

Learning & Development: Creative Play - Making a museum

Learning & Development:: Practitioner Role, Part 2 - In tune

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 1 - In the process

Learning & Development: Superhero Play - Super girls and boys

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Light

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?

Learning & Development: Education Pioneer - Chris Athey, 27.1.1924 - 27.11.2011

Learning & Development Science: In the lab

Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 2 - Perfect match?

Learning and development: 'it's time to listen to children more'

Learning & Development: Childhood - Listen up!

Learning & Development School Readiness: Part 1 - Starting points

Learning & Development: ICT - Screen play

EYFS best practice: All about ... Superhero play

A guide to the revised EYFS: Part 1 - An overview

Learning & Development: Creativity - In 3D

Learning & Development: Bread-making - Flour power

Art in the Early Years - Part 8: 3D (Three Dimensional)

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

Learning & Development: our bright idea - Cameron and Sharky

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

EYFS consultation: an expert's view on the revised framework

Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out

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