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Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Rewards across all areas of learning will be the result when you get young children together in a baking activity, says Judit Horvath.

Learning & Development: Music - Part 3 - In tune

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Encourage the youngest children to lead the way in musical activities with suggestions from Jessica Pitt.

Learning & Development: Small-world play - It's fantastic!

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Play with small, fantasy figurines is an ideal way to address language impoverishment and help to meet the aims of the 'Every Child a Talker' project, says Michael Jones.

Learning and Development: Supporting role

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

A traditional story from Diwali became an opportunity for role play, narrative and creative expression that was eagerly grasped by a whole class, as teacher Tessa Fenoughty explains.

Learning & Development: Music: Part 2 - Shake, rattle and roll

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Suggestions on choosing and using the most productive musical resources for babies and young children are offered by Emma Hutchinson.

A Unique Child - Practice in pictures: Symbolic Play

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

| Nursery World

Tuning in to children's imaginative play will encourage language development, says Anne O'Connor.

Learning & Development: ECAT - Stage struck

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| Nursery World

A partnership between Every Child A Talker and a community theatre company has helped parents and practitioners get more in tune with children's language development, says Sian McDermott, early years consultant teacher for Enfield Council.

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

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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.

Learning & Development: Music: Part 1 - Caught not taught

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years settings uncertain of how to introduce music into everyday practice need simply find a real, live musician, as Linda Bance explains.

Enabling Environments: Creativity - The Midas Touch

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| Nursery World

Italian flair comes to Merseyside in a pilot scheme that celebrates recycled materials, reports Laura Grindley.

Learning & Development: Drama - A dream performance

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

| Nursery World

Children from a group of six nurseries found a sense of ownership of their large-scale drama production when they turned their creative talents to Shakespeare, as Katy Morton hears

Learning & Development: Creativity - Raw talent

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's inspired artworks were snapped up at a show held in their pre-school. Katy Morton reports.

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

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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: ICT - Lights, sound, action

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

Making their own films helps young children to develop a wealth of skills, as Melanie Defries hears.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... the Reggio Approach

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Find out about the principles behind the renowned early years centres in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and see how they have inspired practice at settings in the UK with early years consultants Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton (www.alcassociates.co.uk)

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... dragons

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

| Nursery World

Put books at the heart of your activities based on a favourite mythical creature, along with art and small-world play, as Helen Bromley suggests.

Children submit artwork at the National Gallery

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

Budding artists from the reception classes at Kew Prep School in Surrey and Thorpe Greenways Infant School in Essex can see their interpretation of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting called 'The Umbrella' at the National Gallery in London.