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Positive Relationships: Home Learning - On the ball

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Simple equipment and activities are all it takes to develop children's ball skills.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... the sun, moon and stars

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Outer space is a fascinating topic, and technological advances mean that we can now see it in great detail. The following ideas bring the sun, moon and stars into the early years setting.

Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Picking up rhymes supported by physical actions seems to be innate in children. But how adults mediate is important for later literacy development, says Opal Dunn

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rapid response

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Providing opportunities for active outdoor play significantly increases children's agility and it need not be expensive, says Julie Mountain.

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Cause a stir!

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Spoons can be a stimulating resource, with a little bit of imagination, says Alice Sharp.

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - Talking trees

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

A forest environment stimulates the use of descriptive language, says Caroline Watts, a Forest Schools leader for several schools in Kent.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Monsters

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Monsters offer a rich source of activity to develop children's creativity and explore fear and emotions. By Marianne Sargent

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Tree time

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The physical and mental benefits of a Forest School week for children at a South Shields setting have exceeded expectations.

Red Nose Day: laughing and learning

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

With its focus on raising money by having a laugh, Red Nose Day gives pre-school children the chance to make a difference by doing what comes naturally. Aleks Leimanis, Schools and Youth Manager at Comic Relief, suggests approaches and resources to help practitioners plan powerful, purposeful learning experiences this Red Nose Day

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Hands and feet

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Play involving hands and feet can help develop observation and thinking skills beyond simple recognition of size, shape and pattern. Marianne Sargent suggests some ideas.

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - Snow or shine

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

There is much to feel and discover in the woods whatever the weather, says Caroline Watts, Forest School leader with St George's Primary School, Wrotham.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... What is a reflection?

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Exploring reflections opens up opportunities for creative thinking and cross-curricular learning, as explained in this extract from the Cornerstones Curriculum.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Playing outdoors after dark can be exciting and challenging. Julie Mountain advises on making the most of outside spaces all day.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Sand & Water Play

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A shortage of sand and water for play can cause squabbles. Anne O'Connor advises on creative ways of providing this popular resource.

Learning & Development: Data Handling - In the charts

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Involving children in collecting and presenting data for graphs, charts or pictograms helps them to understand the information.

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - In full swing

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Building a swing in the woods was a model of child-led learning, says Caroline Watts, Forest School leader with St George's Primary School, Wrotham.

A Unique Child: Child Development - Face to face

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

In this extract from her new Practical EYFS Handbook, Penny Tassoni outlines ways of building confidence and self-awareness in children aged 0-11 months.

Enabling Environments: On song

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Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Singing belongs in every nursery, says Community Playthings' new resource, What Happens in the Baby Room? Supporting under-2s practitioners

Learning & Development: Christmas - The big day

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Lucy and Tom's Christmas offers useful ideas for exploring Christmas traditions and encouraging learning at the same time, says Marianne Sergeant.

EYFS Best Practice: Be Specific ... Expressive Arts and Design

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

The name change from Creative Development to Expressive Arts and Design gives practitioners the chance to rethink how they support creativity within early learning, says Di Chilvers, advisory consultant in early childhood.

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Positive Relationships: Home Learning - On the ball

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... the sun, moon and stars

Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rapid response

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Cause a stir!

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - Talking trees

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Monsters

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Tree time

Red Nose Day: laughing and learning

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Hands and feet

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - Snow or shine

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... What is a reflection?

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Sand & Water Play

Learning & Development: Data Handling - In the charts

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - In full swing

A Unique Child: Child Development - Face to face

Enabling Environments: On song

Learning & Development: Christmas - The big day

EYFS Best Practice: Be Specific ... Expressive Arts and Design

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