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Picturebooks part 5 - Hands on!

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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Introducing babies and toddlers to books will set them on the way to being confident readers later on. Andy McCormack offers some advice and explores examples of age-appropriate titles

Picturebooks part 4 - A world view

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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How sharing stories about the environment feeds into the Understanding the World strand of the EYFS. By Andy McCormack

Around the Nursery, Part 7 - Out of this world?

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What is small-world play, how does it benefit children, and what can settings do to make sure it is provisioned in ways that ensure quality and diversity? By Penny Tassoni

Inclusion - Capital ideas

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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How one setting is approaching cultural capital to expand children’s experiences and learning opportunities and improve their language skills. By Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… a wasps’ nest

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What the children at one setting learned about wasps and their nests. Annette Rawstrone reports

Building Your Curriculum: Communication & Language - Starting points

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What are the barriers that some children face in becoming good communicators, and how can early years settings support them? Dr Julian Grenier reports

EYFS Activities: An A to Z of learning - A is for…animals

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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From creating an encyclopaedia to welcoming creatures into the setting, the Rachel Keeling Nursery School team share some of their children’s experiences

Sharing Rhymes: ‘Molly, my sister, and I’

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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Sharing Rhymes – Molly, my sister, and I

EYFS Activities: Birth to three… Duvet Dancing

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What is this experience for babies and toddlers all about, asks Anne O’Connor

EYFS Activities - 5 ways to explore… your neighbourhood

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Monday, March 16, 2020

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Some ideas for getting the most out of your setting’s local area. By Julie Mountain

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… rockets

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Monday, March 16, 2020

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Early years practitioners from Pen Green Children’s Centre in Corby, Northamptonshire, report on recent rocket play at their setting

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Kings of the Castle

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Monday, March 16, 2020

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As part of her series exploring books for babies and children, Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing Kings of the Castle, by Victoria Turnbull (Templar Publishing 2016).

Loose Parts Play - Think out of the box

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Monday, March 2, 2020

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How can loose-parts theory inform the way we provide resources and play and learning opportunities for the children in our settings, asks Ben Kingston-Hughes

Picturebooks 3 - Rhyme time

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Monday, March 2, 2020

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Poetry has great developmental importance for children, and rhyming picturebooks are a great way to introduce it, finds Andy McCormack

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus at the Vet

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Monday, February 17, 2020

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Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this book, he is at the vet’s surgery, where the busy waiting room is full of different animals – dogs, kittens, mice and a cockatoo called Cassie.

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… our neighbourhood

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Monday, February 17, 2020

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An exhibition in south London is showing off children’s photographs of their explorations of the world outside their nursery, explains resident artist Rosie Potter

Around the Nursery, Part 6 - A rich palette?

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Monday, February 17, 2020

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Painting, collage and junk modelling have many benefits for children beyond self-expression and creativity, finds Penny Tassoni

Partnerships in early years music: Working together

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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Two large-scale partnership projects in London and Birmingham have recently shown what an ambitious agenda for excellence in early years music education can look like. Project leader Nicola Burke takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the work