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Physical development on a budget: Use the stairs

Friday, June 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final instalment of this eight-part series, Dr Lala Manners considers how stairs can be used to support strength, balance, co-ordination and agility

Woodwork - We’ve nailed it!

Features

Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

Children at one school in London are encouraged to become confident users of real tools in a designated woodwork shed. Gabriella Jozwiak reports

Early Years in School: Physical Development - Move to learn

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Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Evidence of the vital mind/body connection in early development means we must take a less sedentary approach to learning, explains Anne O’Connor

Early Years in School: Two-Year-Olds - The 3Rs

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With more two-year-olds heading for a school-based setting, Julia Manning-Morton offers some starting points for effectively meeting this age group’s needs

Enabling Environments: Movement-Play - For mind and body

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

The freedom to explore certain types of movement is vital for both physical and mental development.Carol Archer and Professor Iram Siraj explain.

Enabling Environments: Tummy Time - Floor show

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

The benefits of 'tummy time' are well documented, but many babies spend too little time playing in this way. Andrea Vaughan explains how her setting has been working to increase parent awareness.

Enabling Environments: Collections - All in hand

Features

Monday, May 4, 2015

| Nursery World

How can settings support the development of small hand movements? Nicole Weinstein advises.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking skills - On the hop

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Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Hopping and skipping are challenging skills to master. Here, Dr Lala Manners looks at how they emerge and offers ideas for supporting their development.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking physical skills - Run for it!

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Walking and running are both challenging locomotor skills for children to master. But the right approach can maximise opportunities for learning, says Lala Manners.

Enabling Environments: Collections - A fine time

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

In the second of a two-part series on developing fine motor control, Nicole Weinstein looks at resources for children aged three to five years.

Enabling Environments: Hand-eye co-ordination - Take your pick

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Outdoor environments can offer good opportunities for children to build and develop hand-eye co-ordination, if the right interventions are made. Julie Mountain considers the best approaches.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Going strong

Features

Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Extending ways to build children's physical strength with a range of interesting resources and activities is easy - and vital, says Julie Mountain.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rapid response

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Providing opportunities for active outdoor play significantly increases children's agility and it need not be expensive, says Julie Mountain.

Enabling Environments: Climbing - Up the wall

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

The challenges of climbing boosts young children's well-being, learning and language as well as physical strength, as Ruth Thomson hears.

EYFS Best practice: All about ... Forest schools

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| Nursery World

Explore the forest school movement in England with a study of local projects and a trip to the country where the movement started, as practitioners reflect on what they have learned.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wet and dry

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Contrasts, and cause and effect, are just some of the concepts within the learning to be found in an investigation of 'wet' and 'dry' by Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.

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

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of the curriculum with a topic on these popular characters, outlined by Helen Bromley.

Enabling Environments: All about ... Creating a wildlife area

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

| Nursery World

The best way to get children to think about our disappearing wildlife is to have them take an active part in its resurrection - and it's really simple to do, says Mary Whiting.

Enabling Environments: All about ... Sensory rooms

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

It doesn't require a large budget, just plenty of imagination and some careful forethought about how it's going to be used, to kit out your setting with a sensory room, as Annette Rawstrone explains.

Enabling environments: Around the Nursery - Water Area - Splash out

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Make the most of water play by offering the best experiences and stocking the essential resources, as suggested by Jane Drake

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Physical development on a budget: Use the stairs

Woodwork - We’ve nailed it!

Early Years in School: Physical Development - Move to learn

Early Years in School: Two-Year-Olds - The 3Rs

Enabling Environments: Movement-Play - For mind and body

Enabling Environments: Tummy Time - Floor show

Enabling Environments: Collections - All in hand

Enabling Environments: Post-walking skills - On the hop

Enabling Environments: Post-walking physical skills - Run for it!

Enabling Environments: Collections - A fine time

Enabling Environments: Hand-eye co-ordination - Take your pick

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Going strong

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Rapid response

Enabling Environments: Climbing - Up the wall

EYFS Best practice: All about ... Forest schools

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wet and dry

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

Enabling Environments: All about ... Creating a wildlife area

Enabling Environments: All about ... Sensory rooms

Enabling environments: Around the Nursery - Water Area - Splash out

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