The Early Years Curriculum

Loose parts help children to navigate their movements.
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Outdoors: STEM – helping children to develop spatial reasoning

Activities
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Transport activities – vans and lorries

Activities
Children developed a fascination for mushrooms.
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Observations: A growing project that expanded children's minds

Practice
Object choice depends on the child's manipulative abilities PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Pikler approach to physical development: ‘Less is more’

Practice
David Hobdey: 'The strategy is being achieved through a raft of initiatives across targeted schools, childcare settings, and other locations.'
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David Hobdey: Closing the gap with Learning for Life

Communication and Language
A culture of consent can be developed from the baby room onwards PHOTO Little Peanuts Day Nursery
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All about… consent

Positive Relationships
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EYE SUPPLEMENT Research: Building oral skill

Research
At Ore Church Mice Pre-School in Hastings, practitioners observe what motivates children’s physical engagements
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Physical Development, part 6: Taking a holistic approach to effective assessment

Physical Development
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The Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL), part 3: Active learning

Practice
There are lots of learning benefits to children voting for their preferences.
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An A to Z of enhancements: V is for Voting

Practice
Water play – making predictions.
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Outdoors: Stem – floating and sinking

Practice
Block play inspires children to try new things.
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We’ve explored… block play

Practice
Include buses as a play resource.
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EYFS Activities: Transport Buses

Practice
At Ore Church Mice Preschool, children use sticks to tap out rhythms and use items such as cable reels for rolling to each other
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Physical Development, part 5: How to develop a sense of timing

Practice
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An A to Z of enhancements: U is for Under the Sea

Activities
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Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… the Gower School Nursery

Practice

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