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Talking Tents are a winner

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Encouraging a love of language, stories and reading among pre-school children and their families has won a Norwich nursery a National Literacy Trust award.

To the Point - Today's nursery rhymes

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Last time I wrote that I cannot sing for toffee, I was politely rebuked by one or two people who quite rightly say that everyone should feel confident about taking part in musical activities.

Children to get in touch with artists

News

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

A group of artists are to work with young children from early years settings and schools across North Lincolnshire to create works of art that appeal to them.

Enabling Environments: Public Art - Wall to wall

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

A Hampshire pre-school has transformed a dismal underpass with children's artwork, writes Ruth Thomson.

Learning & Development: Activities - Home from home

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Chldren's eagerness to help out with the domestic chores provides the perfect link between home and nursery, as Kim Ritson explains.

Booktrust book schemes for babies and children to lose Government funding

News

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

| Nursery World

The Booktrust charity, which provides free books to every baby and all five- and 11-year-olds, has had its annual budget of 13m cut by the Government.

Early years programmes 'failing to improve literacy and numeracy'

News

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years initiatives, such as Sure Start and the free entitlement for three-and four-year-olds, have not improved children's literacy and numeracy by the time they start school, according to new research.

Learning & Development: ICT - Byte back

Features

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

We should take the precautionary principle in exposing young children to ICT before we know the long-term effects, argues Dr Richard House.

Learning & Development: Stories - Back to front

Features

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Do the activities first and tell the story later - Michael Jones describes an approach that engages children who may be harder to involve.

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Revised guidance and a multimedia resource for Scottish practitioners working with parents from pregnancy, and with babies and children under three, is being unveiled on Wednesday.

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries, playgroups and primary schools are being invited to register and get involved in the annual Chatterbox Challenge by I CAN, running early in 2011.

Learning & development: a new approach to your Nativity play

Features

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Characterisation and improvisation played a large part in this year's Christmas production, as children took the lead in developing their own version of the Nativity, says Tessa Fenoughty

Learning & Development: Music, Part 4 - Let them move!

Features

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Endless opportunities for children's expression, development and learning across all curriculum areas are provided by music and movement activities suggested by Margareta Burrell

Learning & Development: Music - In concert

Features

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Children aged five and under were the select audience for a series of concerts and workshops, with training for practitioners, as described by Stuart Bruce and Matt Carwardine-Palmer of Orchestras Live.

Learning & Development: Down on the farm

Features

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery farming project yielded a surprising amount of learning and enjoyment for children and their families. Laura Marcus reports.

Outdoor space advice on offer to London settings

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Learning through Landscapes is offering up to 20 London early years settings the opportunity to improve their outdoor space on a budget with a new award scheme.

Gove unveils Education White Paper

News

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

| Nursery World

Reforms for all schools in England have been revealed by education secretary Michael Gove in his schools White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching'.

Funny books awards

News

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates, (pictured), is the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 for books for children from birth to six.

Concert pianist calls the tune at nurseries

News

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

A concert pianist is to tour nurseries across the country next year to teach children about playing the piano.

Montessori can lead way to education re-think, says neurologist

News

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Montessori teaching shows the way forward for educators in the 21st century and 'School 2.0', according to a leading neuropsychologist.

Enabling Environments: Forest Schools, Part 1: Location, location

Features

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

In the first of a new series on running a Forest School programme, Sarah Blackwell identifies priorities in locating and using the land.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - Mr Bees Family Centre, King's Lynn

News

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Four-year-old Niamh Kirby-Jones from the pre-school at Mr Bees Family Centre in King's Lynn, Norfolk, braves holding a tarantula on a visit from DK Reptiles.

Learning and Development: Flight - Up, up and away!

Features

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

A dual lesson in science and creativity arose from one children's centre's project in making and flying a balloon, as Annette Rawstrone hears.

Tell the National Literacy Trust about literacy and language development in your setting for a chance to win 150 of M & S vouchers!

News

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Trust is inviting early years and nursery professionals working to support literacy to complete a ten-minute online survey.

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

News

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results are to be published by school for the first time, under proposals in the Department for Education's five-year business plan.

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Talking Tents are a winner

To the Point - Today's nursery rhymes

Children to get in touch with artists

Enabling Environments: Public Art - Wall to wall

Learning & Development: Activities - Home from home

Booktrust book schemes for babies and children to lose Government funding

Early years programmes 'failing to improve literacy and numeracy'

Learning & Development: ICT - Byte back

Learning & Development: Stories - Back to front

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

Learning & development: a new approach to your Nativity play

Learning & Development: Music, Part 4 - Let them move!

Learning & Development: Music - In concert

Learning & Development: Down on the farm

Outdoor space advice on offer to London settings

Gove unveils Education White Paper

Funny books awards

Concert pianist calls the tune at nurseries

Montessori can lead way to education re-think, says neurologist

Enabling Environments: Forest Schools, Part 1: Location, location

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - Mr Bees Family Centre, King's Lynn

Learning and Development: Flight - Up, up and away!

Tell the National Literacy Trust about literacy and language development in your setting for a chance to win 150 of M & S vouchers!

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

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