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Learning & Development EAL: Dual purpose

Friday, October 12, 2012

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A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains

EYFS best practice: Be Specific ... Understanding the World

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Friday, October 12, 2012

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The focus of this area of learning is now on understanding people and communities, the natural and built environment, and everyday objects with functions created by technology.

Learning & Development: ICT - On the map

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Friday, September 28, 2012

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Exploration of the world in the early years can be supported with an interactive map of your local area. Marianne Sargent offers some guidance on making one.

EYFS Best practice: Be Specific ... Literacy

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Friday, September 14, 2012

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Controversy over when reading and writing should be taught could persist under the revised framework.Jan Dubiel, national development manager for Early Excellence, reviews the essential principles.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Communication and Language

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Friday, August 31, 2012

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To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther

Learning & Development: Literacy - Dear Zoo

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Friday, August 17, 2012

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Viv Hampshire recreates the setting of picture book Dear Zoo in a local park so a group of children can learn about animals and their habitats.

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

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Friday, August 17, 2012

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Ability to communicate and use language is recognised as the foundation for children's development across other learning areas. By Nancy Stewart

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

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Friday, August 3, 2012

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In promoting PSED, Norland Nursery chose to focus on the elements in isolation as well as how they weave together. Clare Crowther explains.

Enabling Environments: Play and the revised EYFS

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Friday, July 20, 2012

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Community Playthings' new resource 'Play and the Revised EYFS' has advice on how to create enabling environments

Learning and Development: Creativity - Little Big Bang

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Friday, July 20, 2012

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In a bid to improve creative opportunities for the under-fives and their families in Somerset, four artists were placed in nine children's centres. Louise Monks reports on the project's progress.

Learning & Development: Play - Get hooked

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Friday, July 6, 2012

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In this extract from the guide Playing to Learn, author Di Chilvers points out that, in order to teach children, we need to tune into their existing world of play.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time ... Physical Development

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Friday, June 22, 2012

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The inclusion of physical development as a Prime area of the revised EYFS will have a powerful impact on a child's emotional well-being and later learning, says Anne O'Connor.

Learning and Development: Revised EYFS - Positive moves

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Friday, June 8, 2012

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Engaging with the revised EYFS: the Pen Green team explain why this is a curriculum framework that they can work with.

EYFS Best Practice: Birth to Three Matters - Back to basics

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Friday, June 8, 2012

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Ann Langston, who contributed to the development of Birth to Three Matters, explains its format, history and importance and tells us why it should be dusted down and put back on the shelf as recommended reading for practitioners as they get ready to implement the revised EYFS.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Woodwork

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Friday, May 11, 2012

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Woodworking in early years settings fosters creativity and problem solving, says professional sculptor and public artist Pete Moorhouse.

EYFS: Development Matters -Take the stage

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Friday, April 27, 2012

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Designed to be used in everyday practice, the revised developmental grids give guidance on planning and 'how' children learn, says Helen Moylett, principal consultant, Early Learning Consultancy