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EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Woodwork

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - spring is here

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Children enjoyed the first signs of spring on their latest trip to the woods, explains Martin Pace, director, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex.

Areas of Learning and Development: Specific area: Expressive Arts and Design

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Jan Dubiel explains the changes to Expressive Arts and Design in the revised framework

Areas of Learning and Development: Specific area: Understanding the World

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Ann Langston explains the changes to Understanding the World in the revised framework

Areas of Learning and Development: Specific area: Mathematics

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Judith Stevens explains the changes to Mathematics in the revised EYFS framework

Areas of Learning and Development: Prime area: Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Ann Langston explains the changes to Personal, Social and Emotional Development in the revised framework

Learning & Development: Sense of Time - Beneath the waves

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A Liverpool infant school is finding new ways to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, says Ann Langston.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Get the bug!

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

There's no end to the learning as well as the fun that can be found in creating a habitat for minibeasts, says Julie Mountain, a consultant working for Learning Through Landscapes.

Learning & Development: Music - With a bang!

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Infant school children are communicating, negotiating, planning and performing in sophisticated ways with their own junkyard orchestra, as Michael Jones reports.

Learning & Development: Museums - Past performance

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The EYFS served as a guide for developing museum visits for under-fives visits. Ruth Gillan tells how.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Come rain or shine

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Rain, sun and fog are elements children can have fun exploring with suggestions in part two of our weather feature by Nicole Weinstein.

Learning & development: The knight and his lady

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The interests of children at one nursery came to life when a special visitor called. Nursery practitioner Lindsey Noble tells the tale.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Come out to play

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Boys were encouraged to discover new ways to play, learn and practise independence outdoors in a project described by Julie Mountain.

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 2 - Active duty

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The defining elements of active learning, the second characteristic of effective learning and teaching identified in the Early Years Foundation Stage review, are set out by Jan Dubiel, national development manager of training and resource centre Early Excellence.

Learning and Development: Creativity - Shelter from the storm

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

An art project by a London children's centre aims to send reassurance to children in Japan. Lead artist Rosie Potter explains how it evolved.

Learning & Development: Creative Play - Making a museum

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Working in partnership with museum staff to create a Communication Museum has helped children become more confident and competent communicators, as reception class teacher Tessa Fenoughty explains.

Learning & Development:: Back to basics

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Ideas on how to use bicarbonate of soda and other basic cleaning products in sensory play are now available at www.dri-pak.co.uk/kidsfun.html.

Enabling Environments: Collections - It's a breeze

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Nothing beats being outdoors to experience weather but many resources can support learning about it, says Nicole Weinstein in the first of a two-part focus.

Enabling Environments: Physical Development - It's all go

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Children's favourite activities are encouraged by Christina Saville, Maryanne Neil, Linsey Fulton and Jacqueline Davis.

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 1 - In the process

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In the first of a new series, Jan Dubiel considers the meaning of the characteristics of effective teaching and learning, highlighted in the Early Years Foundation Stage review

Enabling Environments: Woodland activities

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:51:00 GMT

Nicole Weinstein finds ideas for woodlands visits