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Activities inspired by popular children's storybooks, from Nursery World's Let's Explore series

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Flowers

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Flower gardens let children explore the world of flora and fauna all...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Rotation

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Let the ideas go round and round the nursery with activities and...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... the rain

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... the rain

Let wet weather be a cause for celebration and learning with outdoor...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... frogs

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Let children takes a leap of imagination with a project on a...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Magic

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Let fairy tales, fantasy play and conjuring all cast a spell on...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Colour

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The possibilities are endless for activities using colour - Sheila Ebbutt offers...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundamental to children's...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Reflections

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Reflections

From seeing the sky in puddles to finding the symmetry in faces,...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... holes

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... holes

A versatile resource for early years activities often gets overlooked, because it...

 
Build on children's interest in minibeasts

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Minibeasts

Go on the trail of creatures that hold a natural fascination for...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... elephants

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... elephants

Here are some ideas to show how a nursery can build up...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Giants

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Giants

Think big for a project on giants and similar fantasy folk characters,...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Bears

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Bears

Role play and imaginative play, early literacy development and other activities can...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Castles

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Observation of children's interests as they play is at the heart of...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pirates!

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pirates!

Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... feet

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... feet

Put your best foot forward and measure it, paint it, tickle it...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Shape

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Shape

Try some innovative activities to consider shapes from all angles and dimensions,...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... time

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... time

Reinforce children's dawning sense of time with ideas to organise their day...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... dragons

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Put books at the heart of your activities based on a favourite...

 
Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Eggs

Subscriber content Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Eggs

Life begins with an egg - and their potential for learning opportunities...

 
 
 
 

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