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To the point: Just playing by the rule

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Recently, someone I respect a good deal said how much she had appreciated the rule that 80 per cent of the assessments for the EYFS Profile had to be child-initiated learning, and only 20 per cent adult-initiated.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... heuristic play

Features

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Having looked at 'treasure-basket play', Penny Tassoni looks at how this type of play can be developed with toddlers into something known as 'heuristic play'.

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

Features

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!

Features

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.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Step into the story

Features

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Viv Hampshire explains how she organised a story walk to bring the popular picture book We're Going on a Bear Hunt to life.

First outdoor nursery in the north prepares for launch

News

Thursday, August 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The north of England is set to get its first outdoor nursery, where the children will play in the woods all day, every day, whatever the weather.

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

News

Friday, August 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are either born with or without a natural talent for maths, according to a new study.

Learning & Development: our bright idea - Cameron and Sharky

Features

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

Enabling Environments: Display - Love it!

Features

Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A display helped children at Yarm School nursery to explore the meaning of love, as Victoria Harrison explains.

Early Years Professionals improve practice for pre-school children

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings that employ an Early Years Professional make 'significant improvements' in the quality of learning for children from two-and-a-half to five, a four-year study has concluded.

Department for Education clarifies position on deferring school entry for four-year-olds

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that parents who defer their four-year-old's school place this September and keep their child at their early years setting will continue to be offered the 15-hour free entitlement.

Learning and development: Art in the early years - felt-making

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

| Nursery World

A fun and fascinating way to extend young children's exploration of textiles is through felt-making. It needn't incur much cost and there's lots of online advice if you fancy having a go.

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

Features

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

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Single minded

Features

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Involving parents in their children's learning is the single most important factor in improving outcomes for children in less advantaged families. Kate Hayward, assistant director of Pen Green Research Base, Corby, explains how to make a difference