The Early Years Curriculum

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Curriculum: Understanding what is 'crucial'

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At settings such as Dandelion, outside spaces are abundantly resourced and adults participate in children’s play when needed
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Outdoors: How to resource a 'wild' space

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Children at Archfield House Nursery and Pebbles Childcare on the beach
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EYFS Best Practice: All about … beach schools

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Another BEYA project has been the development of the ‘progression in play’ approach, which focuses on the importance of children’s play
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Research Nurseries: Practitioner collaboration at BEYA helps to move the sector forward

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An A to Z of enhancements: K is for Kindness

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Outdoors: The plants in my street – grass

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Children are free to choose which loose parts resources to use and what to do with them
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Let's go to… The Whitworth, Manchester

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There is a correlation between the quality of the early years environment and the quality of children’s speech and language
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Communication and Language: Discover talking places

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Childbase Partnership has reduced the carbon footprint of its 45 settings
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Sustainability: New climate education document aims to give children agency

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We've explored… tadpoles

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Child-centred observation involves understanding what a child can do.
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Are observations still important since the EYFS reforms?

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Why phonics is more than just learning to read (and write)

Literacy
Pushing up stairs using one knee is very physically demanding as all weight needs to be propelled upwards through one small body part.
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Physical development on a budget: Use the stairs

Physical Development
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We've explored… gardening

Child Development
The enabling environment plays a ‘valuable role’ in helping children develop a ‘sense of self’.
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Essential Resources: Equip to support children's sense of self

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An A to Z of enhancements: J is for Junk

An A to Z of enhancements

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