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Learning & Development: Bread-making - Flour power

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A visit from staff at the local Kingsmill bakery helped children at Busy Bears and Busy Bees Children's Day Nurseries in Durham to explore the process of bread-making, as Laura Wayman explains.

To the point: Just playing by the rule

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Recently, someone I respect a good deal said how much she had appreciated the rule that 80 per cent of the assessments for the EYFS Profile had to be child-initiated learning, and only 20 per cent adult-initiated.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... heuristic play

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Having looked at 'treasure-basket play', Penny Tassoni looks at how this type of play can be developed with toddlers into something known as 'heuristic play'.

Art in the Early Years - Part 8: 3D (Three Dimensional)

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A wide range of common EYFS experiences, from block play to clay to recycled materials, can offer children the chance to explore working creatively in three dimensions.

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A communication project has opened practitioners' and parents' eyes to the power of fun and a playful attitude to children's learning, writes Ruth Thomson.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Step into the story

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Viv Hampshire explains how she organised a story walk to bring the popular picture book We're Going on a Bear Hunt to life.

Learning & Development: our bright idea - Cameron and Sharky

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

| Nursery World

A boy's love of a whale, called Sharky, led to interesting explorations of sea creatures, says Steven Pitt

Enabling Environments: Display - Love it!

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A display helped children at Yarm School nursery to explore the meaning of love, as Victoria Harrison explains.

Early Years Professionals improve practice for pre-school children

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings that employ an Early Years Professional make 'significant improvements' in the quality of learning for children from two-and-a-half to five, a four-year study has concluded.

Learning and development: Art in the early years - felt-making

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

| Nursery World

A fun and fascinating way to extend young children's exploration of textiles is through felt-making. It needn't incur much cost and there's lots of online advice if you fancy having a go.

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Explore the surprisingly wide variety of woven materials and their artistic possibilities, with the Suffolk Early Years and Childcare Service (Suffolk County Council)

EYFS consultation: an expert's view on the revised framework

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| Nursery World

The consultation document recommends some positive changes, but there is much that disappoints, says early years consultant Ann Langston in her guide to the consultation document on the statutory framework for the revised EYFS

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Single minded

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Involving parents in their children's learning is the single most important factor in improving outcomes for children in less advantaged families. Kate Hayward, assistant director of Pen Green Research Base, Corby, explains how to make a difference

Enabling Environments: Forest Schools: Part 5 - On fire

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Light the sparks of learning and independence in Forest School activities using fire. Sarah Blackwell explains how to do it safely, and Forest Schools Birmingham and Midlands describe their experiences in an online-only case study

Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... treasure baskets

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni explains why treasure basket play is a fantastic experience for young children and how you can do it at home

Learning and Development: Prediction - Train of thought

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

The concept and practice of predicting teaches children about cause and effect. Early years consultant David Quinn looks at the science. Photographs at Oakey Dokeys pre-school, Essex, by Teri Pengilley.

Learning and Development: International Baccalaureate - Without walls

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Friday, July 1, 2011

| Nursery World

There is much debate about the role of the International Baccalaureate in secondary education, but how does it work at nursery level? Ruth Thomson visited a London school with an inquiry-based, child-led approach

Learning & Development: Photography - Picture this!

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Children viewed the world from some interesting angles when taking part in a photography project in a local theatre garden. Annette Rawstrone went for a look.

Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Opening up the creative potential of collage to young children requires knowledge of the basic skills involved and ready access to a wide variety of natural and made materials.

Enabling Environments: Sustainability - By the shore

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| Nursery World

School and nursery children took the principles of Forest School to the water, with an added environmental message, in ecological sustainability activities beside the seaside.

Enabling Environments: Sustainability - Far afield

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| Nursery World

A Devon sustainability project has inspired children at Newton Poppleford Primary School to become stewards of their environment

EYFS Best practice: All about ... calculating

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| Nursery World

See what an endless number of activities and experiences you can offer young children to develop their understanding of concepts of calculating with these ideas from Stella Louis. Photographs At Little green man nursery, London, by Justin Thomas

Learning & Development: Communication - Part 6 - Beyond words

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Initiatives by Government and other agencies are encouraging communication, says Helen Moylett, in the final part of her Communication series.

Enabling Environments: Forest Schools: Part 4 - Down to the woods

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Observation, assessment and planning are the foundation of any forest school programme, as Sarah Blackwell outlines an example of one.

Search Results

Learning & Development: Bread-making - Flour power

To the point: Just playing by the rule

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... heuristic play

Art in the Early Years - Part 8: 3D (Three Dimensional)

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Step into the story

Learning & Development: our bright idea - Cameron and Sharky

Enabling Environments: Display - Love it!

Early Years Professionals improve practice for pre-school children

Learning and development: Art in the early years - felt-making

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

EYFS consultation: an expert's view on the revised framework

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Single minded

Enabling Environments: Forest Schools: Part 5 - On fire

Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... treasure baskets

Learning and Development: Prediction - Train of thought

Learning and Development: International Baccalaureate - Without walls

Learning & Development: Photography - Picture this!

Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

Enabling Environments: Sustainability - By the shore

Enabling Environments: Sustainability - Far afield

EYFS Best practice: All about ... calculating

Learning & Development: Communication - Part 6 - Beyond words

Enabling Environments: Forest Schools: Part 4 - Down to the woods

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