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Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... What is a reflection?

Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Exploring reflections opens up opportunities for creative thinking and cross-curricular learning, as explained in this extract from the Cornerstones Curriculum.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - After dark

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Playing outdoors after dark can be exciting and challenging. Julie Mountain advises on making the most of outside spaces all day.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Sand & Water Play

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A shortage of sand and water for play can cause squabbles. Anne O'Connor advises on creative ways of providing this popular resource.

Enabling Environments: Forest schools - In full swing

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Building a swing in the woods was a model of child-led learning, says Caroline Watts, Forest School leader with St George's Primary School, Wrotham.

Enabling Environments: On song

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Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Singing belongs in every nursery, says Community Playthings' new resource, What Happens in the Baby Room? Supporting under-2s practitioners

EYFS Best Practice: Be Specific ... Expressive Arts and Design

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

The name change from Creative Development to Expressive Arts and Design gives practitioners the chance to rethink how they support creativity within early learning, says Di Chilvers, advisory consultant in early childhood.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Creativity

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Creating a space for two age groups to share can help staff get more from resources and ease transition for children. Anne O'Connor suggests ways to make the most of an area.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - fire starter

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Fire can be a useful focal point on forest trips, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader at Reflections Nursery and Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex

Enabling Environments: City Farms - Field days

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Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Children can learn far more from stroking a cow than looking at one in a book. Vesela Gladicheva describes what's on offer at urban farms.

Enabling Environments: Making spaces... Mathematics

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Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Calculating and number play must be interactive if it is to trigger ideas and stimulate thinking. Anne O'Connor suggests ways of making the best use of mathematical resources.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - snack time

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Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

On their latest trip to the forest, the children took charge of their snacks, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex.

Enabling Environments: Dens - What a build-up!

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Whole families had fun working together at Oakwood House Nursery's first den-making festival in Huddersfield.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Rain continued to be a source of fascination, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex

Enabling Environments: Play and the revised EYFS

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Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

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

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A menagerie of pets is bringing joy and learning benefits to the children of St Edward's C of E School in Rochdale, says head teacher Lynne Coxell.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - puddles and snails

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

On this week's visit to the woodland, nettles and orchids, a snail shell and a puddle all caught the children's attention, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Out of the wood

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| Nursery World

Sue Ball, of Setting Sail Day Nursery, Harrogate, describes the development of her Forest School and the benefits for the children.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Block play

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Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Children pass through different developmental stages in their style of block play. Anne O'Connor offers advice on making the most of this activity for two-year-olds.

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

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Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

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.

Enabling Environments: Mud - A right mess

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Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

The play and learning opportunities that one mud hole can provide are extensive. Julie Mountain describes the creativity and experimentation encouraged by playing dirty.