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Big picture: Bench marks

    News
  • Monday, October 20, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Fifty unique 'BookBenches' designed by well-known artists and illustrators and inspired by books, including children's classics Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Lauren Child's Clarice Bean stories, have raised more than £250,000 at auction for the National Literacy Trust.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Special friends

    Features
  • Monday, October 20, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Dolls with their own personas and life stories are being used by some practitioners to help raise issues of equality and encourage children to think critically. Vicky Hutchin explains.

Positive Relationships: Song times

    Features
  • Monday, October 20, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Singing is a powerful form of communication, and one that both practitioners and parents of all musical abilities should be encouraged to use with the children in their care. Penny Tassoni explains

Enabling Environments: Risk - Scary stuff?

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  • Monday, October 6, 2014
  • | Nursery World
'Because it's exciting': childen enjoy - and need - the experience of danger Forest School can offer. But educators need a deeper understanding to handle it effectively, Martin Pace explains.

Programme boosts children's early literacy

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  • Thursday, September 25, 2014
  • | Nursery World
An evaluation of the first year of the Making it REAL programme, published today, has found it has been successful in considerably improving children’s early literacy development.

Home Learning: Activities - Early Science

    Features
  • Monday, September 22, 2014
  • | Nursery World
From early in their lives, children show an interest in science. They often notice things that we as adults take for granted, such as the clouds in the sky or how the pedal on the kitchen bin works.

Enabling Environments: Dens - Secret places

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  • Monday, September 8, 2014
  • | Nursery World
With a view to introducing den play at her school, Louise Nicholls carried out a research project looking at the impact this type of play can have on young children. She shares her findings.

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