Penny Tassoni

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Childminder activities: Enjoying blustery days

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Childminder activities: Exploring the wonders of light

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Darken a room or create a dark den when using torches
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Childminding activities: Shine a light

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Finger puppets have the advantage of taking up little space
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Childminding activities: Using puppets to work with mixed ages

New ideas for childminding activities
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Childminding Activities: Working with Mixed Ages Real things

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Penny Tassoni
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Penny Tassoni: 'Deregulation has a voice and is finding favour...'

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As well as an opportunity to express themselves, painting can be relaxing for children
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Expressive Arts and Design - Brush strokes

Practice
Exploring 3D objects feeds into many areas of the early years curriculum
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Expressive Arts and Design: 3D Structures: Shaping up

Practice
Listening to and making music helps children to express their emotions and self-regulate
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Music in The Early Years - Strike a chord

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Early mark making is the beginning of children’s journey to becoming confident writers when they are older
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EYFS Best Practice - All about… mark making

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EAD also links in with other areas, such as Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Revised EYFS – In focus… Expressive arts and design

Practice
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Sharing Rhymes - Five Baby Owls

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Sharing Rhymes - We can Jump, Jump, Jump

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Sharing Rhymes - I Have Ten Little Fingers

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Party planning is an excellent example of social collaboration
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Social Collaboration – Party time?

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Sharing Rhymes – I had a Little Turtle

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