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Learning & Development: Stories - Back to front

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: 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: 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 & Development: Writing - Follow their lead

Features

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners were amazed at the success of boys' writing projects that started from their observations. Julie Cigman reports.

Learning & Development: Bilingualism - Talk, talk

Features

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

An inclusive approach to children learning and speaking more than one language is explored by Tina Bruce, Carolyn Meggitt and Julian Grenier.

A Unique Child: Quiet Children - Time to chat

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Confidence may follow from practitioners giving special attention to the children in a setting who rarely speak up for themselves. Michael Jones explains one approach.

Nursery's film goes to TV

News

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Children and nursery teachers from the foundation unit of a Nottingham primary school who won a competition to find the most innovative use for video in the classroom have got themselves a slot in a new series shown on Teachers' TV.

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.

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.

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

News

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.

Learning & Development: Language - Sign posting

Features

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Can signing help hearing children to develop language quickly? Michael Jones reports on an innovative project in Luton, helping children's oral storytelling by teaching them British Sign Language.

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: Reading - Willing and able?

Features

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

'The earlier the better' when applied to young children learning to read is an orthodoxy that needs to be challenged, says Dr Sebastian Suggate.

Learning & Development: Attention - Listen with Lucy

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

An alternative form of circle time is teaching young children to listen and concentrate. Sharon Garforth explains the programme and training.

Learning & Development: ICT - Lights, sound, action

Features

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

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

Learning & Development: Language - Time to talk

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Poor communication skills in young children are the subject of a new strategy for an education team working in partnership with a primary care trust, says Adele Hawkes.

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

Features

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)