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Enabling Environments: Outdoors - All decked out

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Staff at Little Acorns Nursery in Urmston, Manchester, have transformed the outdoor provision for their under-twos. Nursery manager Paula Wilkinson explains how.

Enabling Environments: All about ... Sensory rooms

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

It doesn't require a large budget, just plenty of imagination and some careful forethought about how it's going to be used, to kit out your setting with a sensory room, as Annette Rawstrone explains.

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… pets

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Keeping a pet or having an animal visit them is beneficial for children. Penny Tassoni offers some advice to settings

EYFS Activities: Five things to do on… a rainy day

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

With the right clothing, rainy days are an opportunity. By Julie Mountain

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... rubbish

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Introducing some waste-inspired activities can help children learn about reusing, recycling and disposal. Marianne Sargent suggests a range of approaches.

Enabling Environments: Enhanced Provision - Nature Watch

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Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

Being in the city doesn’t mean children can’t learn about the natural world. Marianne Sargent looks at one nursery connecting urban with earth

EYFS Activities: Building ‘Water Donkey’

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Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

An educational adventure along the Grand Union Canal in London saw children design, build and launch a narrow boat. By Rosie Potter

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… dragons

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

How a dragon’s visit amazed and inspired Reception children in Manchester. By Annette Rawstrone

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ..bones

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

The component parts of the human skeleton are a good starting point for educating children about staying healthy, says Marianne Sargent

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… fish

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Monday, July 10, 2017

| Nursery World

A visit to a local garden centre with a fish pond led to children setting up their own fish tank back at the setting, Nicole Weinstein explains

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… cooking

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Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

There are many developmental benefits of cooking. Penny Tassoni provides some tips for settings

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors, Part 1 - Best in show

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

| Nursery World

A visitor showed children the way to get more involved in a local community event, and their response revealed much to nursery staff about their thinking, says teacher Tessa Fenoughty.

EYFS Activities - Let’s explore… computational thinking

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Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

Children can be introduced to the basics of coding at a very young age, says Marianne Sargent

Enabling Environments: Sensory Gardens

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Stimulate the senses, stretch children's skills and extend provision for special needs by developing a sensory garden, as one nursery shows Viv Hampshire how they did it.

Enabling environments: Let's explore ... Ourselves yesterday

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| Nursery World

Go back in time for children to get a sense of themselves and to explore concepts with activities across the early years curriculum suggested by Sheila Ebbutt.

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… visiting museums

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Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Going to a museum will help children take an interest in things, and encouraging them to be collectors themselves will boost decision-making and confidence, writes Penny Tassoni