Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Soft touch
An understanding of sustainability is at the heart of today’s Steiner Waldorf schools, as Nicole...
Understanding the World
Outdoors: key 7 - Cause and effect
As part of a series on 12 keys to unlocking learning outdoors, Professor Jan White considers what...
Your outdoor calendar: July
While babies should be kept out of direct sunlight, older children can slip on a hat, spray on...
Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Natural curiosity
In a new series celebrating the pioneers and influencers of early years education, Nicole Weinstein...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… a bus
A double-decker bus visited one primary school in London as part of the setting’s investigations of...
Your outdoor calendar: May
Spring has sprung! The natural world is overflowing with joy, so make the most of the bounty on your...
Your outdoor calendar: April 2022
Wet, wild and windy April is a brilliant month to spend quality time outdoors, experiencing...
Essential Resources: Schemes, Connecting - Follow a thread
In the last in this series on schemes, Nicole Weinstein looks at resources for the connecting scheme
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… dissecting fish
An interest in marine life led to the children at one setting dissecting cod and sea bream to learn...
EYFS Activities – We’ve explored… our hair
Reading a book inspired one setting in London to explore differences in types of hair and styles,...
EYFS activities – Education for sustainability: Branching out
For Sustainable Development Goal 15, Dr Diane Boyd examines how early years settings can introduce...
Your outdoor calendar – March 2022
The ascent into springtime is gathering pace and there’s so much going on outdoors, so try not to...
Essential Resources: Schemes, Positioning - Right on
Some resourcing ideas for supporting children’s interest in the positioning scheme. By Nicole...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… Jupiter
The children at one setting focused their interest in planets on Jupiter, which led to scientific...
Your outdoor calendar: February 2022
Brrrrr! February is the coldest month of the year in the UK, so make sure everyone – children and...
EYFS activities - Education for Sustainability: All at sea
How can early years settings introduce the topic of protecting the world’s marine habitats to their...
EYFS Activities - An A to Z of Learning: V & W are for Visits, Values & Watermelons
What do visiting local shops, promoting the setting’s values and exploring a really big watermelon...
Essential Resources: Rotation Scheme - Spin off
Ideas and resources for supporting children’s interest in rotation. By Nicole Weinstein
Your outdoor calendar: January 2022
This year’s outdoor calendar will focus on physicality and physical development outdoors with Julie...
EYFS activities - Education for Sustainability: Hot topic
The environmental crisis is a problem that is going to affect many generations to come. Dr Diane...
Essential Resources: Containing Scheme - Going all in
Why the ‘containing scheme’ is an important part of play and learning in the early years, and how...
EYFS Activities - Education for Sustainability: Nothing wasted
How can early years settings get children involved in reducing waste? Dr Diane Boyd considers the...
EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: U is for understanding the world around them
For children, understanding the world around them is about the people, communities, places and...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… a building site
The demolition of their former nursery and construction of a new one drew children’s interest to the...
Your outdoor calendar: December
Midwinter is a special time of year. Julie Mountain suggests how you can make the most of its...
Essential Resources: Trajectory Scheme - On the move
In the first in a new series about schemas, Nicole Weinstein looks at the key resources for...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… fairies
The children at one setting expanded their interest in fairies into collaboratively building and...
Curriculum - In focus… Technology
What can settings do to provide technology as a resource that enhances children’s play and learning...
Young V&A will ‘celebrate play’
The V&A Museum of Childhood has been renamed the Young V&A, as work begins on its £13m...
Revised EYFS - In focus… A sense of place
How can we help children understand the world around them – both their immediate surroundings and...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… bees
The grandson of a local beekeeper sparked other children’s interest in the pollinators by sharing...
Find expert guidance on the revised EYFS
Nursery World's invaluable Practice Guide on the Revised EYFS collects together our recent series of...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… wunderkabinett
How one setting’s introduction of a traditional cabinet of curiosities has supported children’s...
EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: R is for…relationships and resilience
Strong and healthy relationships are prioritised and the development of resilience is well-supported...
Your outdoor calendar: September
Summer may be over, but September often heralds sunny, warm days, so be sure to offer children...
EYFS Activities - Education for Sustainability: Great minds
Continuing her series on introducing the themes of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to...
EYFS Activities - Education for Sustainability: Nice work!
Sustainable economics and employment might be a weighty subject, but young children can still be...
Revised EYFS - In focus… Understanding the World
What do we mean by UTW in the context of the early years, and what do practitioners need to know...
Your outdoor calendar: August
As the UK continues to ‘open up’ after so many restrictions on children’s outdoor activities, Julie...
EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: Q is for…questioning
Asking questions about the natural world during lively learning activities helps to spark children’s...
Essential Resources: Block Play - Big build up
Knowledge of the seven stages of block play gives practitioners a framework to understand children’s...
EYFS Activities - Education for Sustainability: Powering ahead
Continuing her series on introducing the Sustainable Development Goals, Dr Diane Boyd explores the...
Your outdoor calendar: July
Activities and tasks to help get your children outside this month. By Julie Mountain
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… tree surgeons
Essential tree-felling in one setting’s garden drew the children’s interest to the people doing the...
EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: P is for…people, police, politics and plans
From family members to the police and shopkeepers, the local community is part of nursery life, as...
Your outdoor calendar: June
Activities and tasks to help get your children outside this month. By Julie Mountain
EYFS Activities - We've explored… the moon
Two girls' conversation about the moon led to their whole nursery investigating Earth's natural...
Essential Resources: Home Corner - Home comforts
A permanent home corner with a mix of familiar resources and carefully added extras can provide the...
EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: N is for…nature
Spending time outside in their setting’s garden allows children and staff alike to use nature as an...
EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… litter picking
The children at one setting in London have learned all about rubbish, recycling and protecting the...
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