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Laurel Farm Kindergarten makes the most of its rural setting for children to learn life skills and enrich their learning through play that engages with animals and nature. Nereida Olives explains.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking skills - On the hop

Features

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Hopping and skipping are challenging skills to master. Here, Dr Lala Manners looks at how they emerge and offers ideas for supporting their development.

Learning & Development: Block Play - Grand designs

Features

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Requiring only simple materials, block play nevertheless gives children the power to bring imaginary worlds to life. Michael Follett suggests handing over creative control.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking physical skills - Run for it!

Features

Monday, July 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Walking and running are both challenging locomotor skills for children to master. But the right approach can maximise opportunities for learning, says Lala Manners.

All about ... UW part 2: The World

Features

Monday, July 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Has the slimlined Understanding the World impacted on teaching and learning? And what can we do to ensure we inspire children's interests and consolidate their knowledge? In the second of a two-part series, Lena Engel considers the aspect The World

Learning and Development: Baking - Flour power

Features

Monday, July 28, 2014

| Nursery World

A Reggio Emilia-inspired nursery has been exploring the ingredients and processes involved in baking - and has documented its approach in a new book, as Hannah Crown explains

Physical Development: Hang on

Features

Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

Have you ever asked young children what they think about physical development? Dr Lala Manners did - with some interesting results.

Learning & Development: Early Learning - Think again

Features

Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

From 2002-15, the Froebel Research Fellowship project focused on children's creative thinking and learning. David Hargreaves, Sue Robson, Sue Greenfield and Hiroko Fumoto share their findings.

Positive Relationships: Home learning - Get to grips

Features

Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

While certain activities are useful for the development of handwriting, others can hinder it - and practitioners can help by explaining the differences to parents.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... UW: People & Communities

Features

Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

Has the slimmed-down Understanding the World impacted on teaching and learning? And what can we do to ensure we inspire children's interests and consolidate their knowledge? Lena Engel writes the first of a two-part series looking at UW and the aspect People and Communities

England football star in bid to get more children reading

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

At the start of the World Cup, England midfielder Frank Lampard has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust to encourage children to take ‘reading selfies’.

Under-fives bust a move in hip-hop classes

News

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| Nursery World

A Scottish dance academy has created a hip-hop syllabus for use in nurseries across Scotland.

Learning & Development: Precious moments

Review

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Siren Films' latest DVD, The Power of Physical Play: Development & effective learning, is a must-see for any practitioner interested in the importance of PD, says Professor Tina Bruce CBE.

Prime areas not in 'reception baseline' criteria criticised by many

News

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

More details of the new baseline assessment that children will be expected to take at the start of Reception have been set out.

Confusion over equality in the revised EYFS

Opinion

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Early Years Equality has been inundated by calls from settings concerned that their equalities responsibilities have been diluted in the recently revised EYFS.

Learning & Development: Traditional Tales - Where's granny?

Features

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

One nursery has immersed children in traditional fairy tales by doing much more than simply reading the stories to them, reports Meredith Jones Russell.

Primary experts set out their vision

News

Friday, May 16, 2014

| Nursery World

A new pamphlet on primary education seeking to provide an alternative approach to the new national curriculum for England has been published by a group of campaigners.

Learning & Development: Mathematics - Easy as 1,2,3

Features

Monday, May 5, 2014

| Nursery World

A project from the National Day Nurseries Association is empowering graduates to take the lead in settings to improve the maths skills and confidence of practitioners. Meredith Jones Russell reports.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... trains

Features

Monday, May 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Use this theme as a starting point for a large-scale project with many benefits, says Marianne Sargent.

Learning & Development: Superhero Play - Superkids - the movie!

Features

Monday, April 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Superhero play has inspired the creation of a film at one London school. Meredith Jones Russell hears about the creative process.

Home Learning Activities: Counting

Features

Monday, April 7, 2014

| Nursery World

Counting is important for learning mathematics.

Home Learning Practitioners: How to count

Features

Monday, April 7, 2014

| Nursery World

Giving parents step-by-step information about how the concept of number is developed can encourage them to support their children to count at home. Penny Tassoni explains.

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All about ... UW part 2: The World

Learning and Development: Baking - Flour power

Physical Development: Hang on

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Positive Relationships: Home learning - Get to grips

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... UW: People & Communities

England football star in bid to get more children reading

Under-fives bust a move in hip-hop classes

Learning & Development: Precious moments

Prime areas not in 'reception baseline' criteria criticised by many

Confusion over equality in the revised EYFS

Learning & Development: Traditional Tales - Where's granny?

Primary experts set out their vision

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