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Revised EYFS – In focus… Expressive arts and design

Thursday, September 2, 2021

| Nursery World

How should practitioners approach the revised learning area of EAD within the new EYFS, and how does it compare to the previous version? Penny Tassoni reports

Home Learning - A parent’s guide to... drawing and painting

Features

Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

What are the benefits of children creating visual works? And how can you encourage them to do so? Penny Tassoni offers advice

Our bright idea - Sensory hangings

Features

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

| Nursery World

A nursery resource that combines learning, creativity, decoration and physical enjoyment is described by Sharon Stapleton.

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

News

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

The upcoming review of the Early Years Foundation Stage needs to look carefully at worldwide studies of effective pre-school approaches, says Oli de Botton of the CfBT Education Trust.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Broad strokes

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Allowing children to explore media and materials enables important learning, but how can practitioners support children's creativity and understanding? Nicole Weinstein explains.

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.

EYFS Activities - Birth to two…counting rhymes

Features

Monday, November 14, 2016

| Nursery World

How to introduce this fun activity. By Penny Tassoni

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… music

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Bringing music to a setting or the home can only be good for children, explains Penny Tassoni

Art in the Early Years: Part 1 - Introduction

Features

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The basis for good early years practice in helping children develop their creativity is adults who know how to encourage them and model activity but not control the creative process.

Learning & Development: Boxes - It's not a box!

Features

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

When is a box not a box? When it's a bus, a train, a boat or a bed. Michael Jones describes one innovative nursery project using both child-initiated and adult-led activities.

Learning & Development Music: Part 8 - Express delivery

Features

Monday, April 16, 2018

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series, Linda Pound explores the role of music in Expressive Arts and Design

Opera sessions let babies call the tune

News

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies as young as six months can call the tune in an interactive opera devised by the Scottish Opera company.

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

News

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Only meaningful dialogue between the Government and the early years sector will avoid ideological swings in policy and achieve a balanced approach to reform of the EYFS, say Margaret Edgington, Richard House and Kim Simpson of the Open EYE Campaign.

Learning & Development: Independent learning - All by myself

Features

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

Provision to enable and challenge the youngest children to direct their own learning is carefully thought out at a centre visited by Nicole Weinstein.

Culturebaby: taking art to the under-twos

News

Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Culturebaby is a new programme rolling out in Manchester which aims to help practitioners and families find new ways to engage very young children with art and culture.

Picture book author Lauren Child is new children’s laureate

News

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The author and illustrator of the award-winning Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean books has been named as the 10th Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pirates!

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of the curriculum with a topic on these popular characters, outlined by Helen Bromley.

Learning & Development: Reading - Spread the word

Features

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read to their children is just one aim of the National Year of Reading. Ruth Thomson talks to one nursery chain getting in on the act themselves.

An A to Z of enhancements M is for Mud

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

Give children new opportunities to develop descriptive language and find new purposes for the malleable mud that they enjoy exploring and playing with so much, says Amy Jackson