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Learning & Development: Chinese New Year - On a plate

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A Nativity play led on naturally to puppet making and a puppet show for Chinese New Year. Tessa Fenoughty describes how.

Arts campaigners condemn school cuts

News

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

The abolition of a flagship programme designed to foster creativity in children has been condemned by teachers and ambassadors of the arts as threatening the education of the most vulnerable children.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Design & technology

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Using simple tools with simple rules will reward children with a wealth of learning and skills development, says early years consultant Linda Pound.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Learning & Development: Imaginative Play - Our world, our story

Features

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Children enjoy acting out and putting themselves in a story even better than hearing one. Michael Jones describes an exciting role-play project.

Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!

Features

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

Features

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!

Features

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

Features

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

Features

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

Features

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

Features

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.