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Enabling environments: Let's explore ... Cats and dogs

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Help young children explore their love for - or fear of - the most popular family pets with activities in every area of the early years setting, suggested by Judith Stevens.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 4: Big ideas

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years settings need to offer provision that will help sustain young children's thinking by using their own initiative, says Marion Dowling.

Learning & Development: Aggressive Play - For real?

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

| Nursery World

Should childcarers allow aggressive play, and where does the line have to be drawn? Elaine Lee considers the views of various professionals.

Learning & Development: Problem solving

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Can you build or make a boat with a sail that is big enough for two children?

Learning & Development: Dental care - Open wide

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

A visitor from outside and a well-stocked role play area taught children about dental care

Positive relationships: Key people - part 3 - Good relations

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Strategies to engage the third partner in the key person approach - the parent - as a child enters and settles in to nursery are explained in our continuing series on key caring by Anne O'Connor

Learning & Development Heuristic Play: Outdoor treasures

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

It's not just babies who gain from heuristic play - and better still if it takes place outdoors, as Sara Davies found in her research.

Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Babies and books

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

| Nursery World

Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows why. Photographs courtesy of Siren Films.

Learning & Development: Rhymes for birth to three - Garden snail gets ticklish!

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

| Nursery World

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 3: Broaden the mind

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

When children are exposed to a wide range of thought-provoking experiences and encouraged to make their own decisions, they will take responsibility for their learning. Marion Dowling shows how.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundamental to children's understanding of mathematics, says Judith Stevens.

Learning and Development: To the touch

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

As part of regular provision, children in the Foundation Stage Unit at Chilton Primary School have free access to a range of malleable materials.

Positive relationships: All about ... Childhood friendships

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Children go through recognisable developmental stages in their ability to make friends, which nursery life can foster, writes Philip Erwin

Learning & Development: Nature's way

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Playing with sounds promotes young children's acquisition of language, says Steve Grocott

Enabling environments: Around the Nursery - Water Area - Splash out

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Make the most of water play by offering the best experiences and stocking the essential resources, as suggested by Jane Drake

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills, says Anne O'Connor

Learning & Development: Reading - Spread the word

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read to their children is just one aim of the National Year of Reading. Ruth Thomson talks to one nursery chain getting in on the act themselves.

Enabling environments birth to Threes - speaking and listening

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

What a noise! Sound out the possibilities for developing listening and speaking skills with these ideas from Alice Sharp.

A unique child: Music therapy - Scaling up

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

A study has measured the effects of music therapy on children's emotional well-being, reports Karen Faux.

Enabling environments: Tried and tested - Puppets, Hand in glove

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Puppets come in all shapes and sizes and are indispensable in most settings. Early years professionals put their hands up and give their verdicts on the following selection to Sue Hubberstey.

Learning & development: ICT - Digital ages

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

One nursery takes a far-sighted approach to incorporating ICT into its daily life and learning, as well as its staff assessments. Ruth Thomson reports.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 2: Deep in thought

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners need to identify and observe young children thinking to give them opportunities to move on further, says early years consultant Marion Dowling.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Peek a boo!

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Two-way exchanges between babies and adults help build up language and brain development. Anne O'Connor considers how practitioners can create more opportunities for them.

Learning and Development: Movement

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Young children's motor and mental development could be suffering because of physical inactivity. Annette Rawstrone hears from experts about the effects.