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A comprehensive guide to setting up enabling environments that meet the Early Years Foundation Stage's (EYFS) requirement for "continuous provision".

Enabling environments: Around the nursery - Brush strokes

Subscriber content Enabling environments: Around the nursery - Brush strokes

Think about what children can learn from using paint through the way...

 
Running a post office is fun

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Make believe

Resources for productive role play, and the best practice for organising and...

 
Create extra texture by mixing additional ingredients with your hands

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the Nursery - Malleable Materials

What to keep at the ready in your setting's malleable materials area...

 
Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - home corner

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - home corner

Stock the essential resources and plan to inspire learning with our series...

 
Enabling Environments: Around the Nursery - ICT - Key stages

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the Nursery - ICT - Key stages

With so much to gain from the effective use of ICT, it...

 
Enabling Environments: Around the Nursery - Music and sound - Beat it!

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the Nursery - Music and sound - Beat it!

There are endless ways to incorporate music into your provision, says Jane...

 
The outdoor area allows children to work on a larger and messier scale

Subscriber content Enabling environments: Around the Nursery - Water Area - Splash out

Make the most of water play by offering the best experiences and...

 
Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Technology Workshop - Assembly lines

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Technology Workshop - Assembly lines

The technology workshop can be amply stocked with simple and readily available...

 
Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Construction Area - Starting blocks

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Construction Area - Starting blocks

Build up your setting's construction area carefully, with attention to the movement...

 
Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Sand Area - Dig and delve

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Sand Area - Dig and delve

Wet and dry sand can provide a useful basis for further learning...

 

Subscriber content Enabling environments: Around the nursery - Day to day

What is 'continuous provision', why is it so important and how does...

 
 
 
 

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EYFS review - all the details

EYFS review - all the details

Get all the latest plus background on the Government's reform of the Early Years Foundation Stage

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