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Enabling Environments: Collections - Come rain or shine

Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

Rain, sun and fog are elements children can have fun exploring with suggestions in part two of our weather feature by Nicole Weinstein.

The big picture: Calling the tune on the road for families

News

Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

Musicians from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra visited the PlayTalkRead bus for an interactive music session to encourage mothers and fathers to have more fun with their children and encourage a life-long appreciation of music.

Learning & development: The knight and his lady

Features

Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The interests of children at one nursery came to life when a special visitor called. Nursery practitioner Lindsey Noble tells the tale.

Learning & Development: Museums - Past performance

Features

Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The EYFS served as a guide for developing museum visits for under-fives visits. Ruth Gillan tells how.

Nutbrown review: interim report spells out key messages for qualifications reform

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Improving literacy and numeracy skills for early years practitioners and bringing in a new licensing system are key issues that Professor Cathy Nutbrown highlights in her interim report published today.

Pre-School Learning Alliance deal offers free training to thousands of early years staff

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The Alliance is offering free training to all its 14,000 member day nurseries, pre-schools and parent and toddler groups in a partnership with training provider EduCare.

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Learning and development: Then I'll begin...

Features

Monday, March 5, 2012

| Nursery World

Story time is one of the most important parts of the day. Books open up a world of excitement and enjoyment. But group story times can be a challenge.

Parents believe nursery has more influence on children's reading than they do, survey suggests

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Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Many parents consider early years settings to be more important than the home environment when it comes to children's communication and literacy skills, according to research published by the charity National Literacy Trust (NLT).

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 2 - Active duty

Features

Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The defining elements of active learning, the second characteristic of effective learning and teaching identified in the Early Years Foundation Stage review, are set out by Jan Dubiel, national development manager of training and resource centre Early Excellence.

Learning and Development: Creativity - Shelter from the storm

Features

Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

An art project by a London children's centre aims to send reassurance to children in Japan. Lead artist Rosie Potter explains how it evolved.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Come out to play

Features

Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Boys were encouraged to discover new ways to play, learn and practise independence outdoors in a project described by Julie Mountain.

Learning & Development: Put phonics in its place

Features

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

| Nursery World

Phonics is only one essential element in teaching children to read and write, says early years trainer and consultant Anna Lucas

Puzzle play supports children's early maths development

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| Nursery World

Playing with puzzles can help children develop better spatial awareness and may even improve their maths skills, according to a new study.

Countdown to the new EYFS

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

The countdown to the revised EYFS has begun, with the start of weekly updates on the Foundation Years website to help early years practitioners prepare for the new framework.

Learning & Development:: Back to basics

Features

Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Ideas on how to use bicarbonate of soda and other basic cleaning products in sensory play are now available at www.dri-pak.co.uk/kidsfun.html.

Enabling Environments: Collections - It's a breeze

Features

Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Nothing beats being outdoors to experience weather but many resources can support learning about it, says Nicole Weinstein in the first of a two-part focus.

Interview - Sue Palmer, literacy specialist

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Sue Palmer talks about Early Childhood Action, a new campaign group made up of academics and practitioners, who last week announced plans to draft an alternative to the EYFS.

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

The quality of the nursery that children attend still makes a difference to how well they do at school at the age of 14, EPPSE research shows.

Learning & Development: Creative Play - Making a museum

Features

Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Working in partnership with museum staff to create a Communication Museum has helped children become more confident and competent communicators, as reception class teacher Tessa Fenoughty explains.

Learning & Development:: Practitioner Role, Part 2 - In tune

Features

Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Without careful observation and responsive listening, adult interaction could become interference in children's play, says Julie Fisher, independent early years adviser and visiting professor of Early Childhood Education at Oxford Brookes University

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A new group made up of academics and practitioners will draft an alternative early years curriculum, amid concerns that the review of the EYFS does not go far enough in reforming the current early years framework.

Enabling Environments: Physical Development - It's all go

Features

Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's favourite activities are encouraged by Christina Saville, Maryanne Neil, Linsey Fulton and Jacqueline Davis.

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 1 - In the process

Features

Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In the first of a new series, Jan Dubiel considers the meaning of the characteristics of effective teaching and learning, highlighted in the Early Years Foundation Stage review

Enabling Environments: Woodland activities

Features

Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein finds ideas for woodlands visits

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Enabling Environments: Collections - Come rain or shine

The big picture: Calling the tune on the road for families

Learning & development: The knight and his lady

Learning & Development: Museums - Past performance

Nutbrown review: interim report spells out key messages for qualifications reform

Pre-School Learning Alliance deal offers free training to thousands of early years staff

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

Learning and development: Then I'll begin...

Parents believe nursery has more influence on children's reading than they do, survey suggests

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 2 - Active duty

Learning and Development: Creativity - Shelter from the storm

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Come out to play

Learning & Development: Put phonics in its place

Puzzle play supports children's early maths development

Countdown to the new EYFS

Learning & Development:: Back to basics

Enabling Environments: Collections - It's a breeze

Interview - Sue Palmer, literacy specialist

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

Learning & Development: Creative Play - Making a museum

Learning & Development:: Practitioner Role, Part 2 - In tune

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

Enabling Environments: Physical Development - It's all go

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 1 - In the process

Enabling Environments: Woodland activities

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