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Enabling Environments: Collections - To infinity!

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A well-informed practitioner can save the day when children engage in superhero play, reports Nicole Weinstein

Enabling Environments: Principles - First of all

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Monday, June 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Get the underlying essentials of high-quality provision right and they will be the foundation for developing a curriculum, says Dr Julian Grenier

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Get the bug!

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

There's no end to the learning as well as the fun that can be found in creating a habitat for minibeasts, says Julie Mountain, a consultant working for Learning Through Landscapes.

Enabling Environments: EYPP - Cash flow

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Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Collaborate to make the most of EYPP funding, explains Di Chilvers

Art in the Early Years: Part 1 - Introduction

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The basis for good early years practice in helping children develop their creativity is adults who know how to encourage them and model activity but not control the creative process.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore... Chocolate

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Easter offers a range of opportunities for teaching about chocolate, from cacao trees to the concept of fair trade, explains Marianne Sargent

Enabling Environments - Let loose!

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Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Sunbeams Day Nursery has embedded loose-parts play into provision across all its settings, transforming practice and inspiring children. Nicole Weinstein reports

Circle Time - How it squares

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

What is circle time, how does it support children's communication development, and why are some settings turning their backs on it, asks Caroline Vollans

Enabling Environments: Collections - Take shape

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Children should be provided with a large variety of shapes in a range of situations to stimulate learning. Nicole Weinstein suggests some ideas.

Enabling Environments: Collections - In a state

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Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein discovers how to explore changes in materials scientifically, as part of our series on Understanding the World

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Boats

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

| Nursery World

A very versatile vehicle can be the focus of activities across all areas of learning. Try some of these suggestions from Diana Lawton.

Nursery Equipment: Role Play - Getting real

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Role play is becoming more flexible, with settings embracing approaches that create more authentic experiences and respond to children's interests. Marianne Sargent explains.

Nursery Equipment: Provision - World of discoveries

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

In Northumberland, one setting has created an environment for children with special educational needs and disabilities. By Charlotte Goddard

Outdoors in Japan, Part 4 - Go to town!

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Monday, August 5, 2019

| Nursery World

When urban settings don’t have outside spaces, children in Japan maintain outdoor play and a connection with nature by regularly visiting local parks. By Julie Mountain

Ofsted: Cultural Capital - A capital idea?

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Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Reference to ‘cultural capital’ in the draft Education Inspection Framework has sparked a number of concerns in the early years sector, finds consultant and author Helen Moylett

EYFS Activities - Five things to do with… favourite stories

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Children’s favourite books can be used to encourage imaginative play outdoors, finds Julie Mountain

EYFS Best Practice: All about… action research

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Action research might sound like the last thing that time-pressed practitioners will want to do, but it is a really useful tool to demonstrate the improving quality of your practice, finds Dr Kay Mathieson

Enabling Environments: Collections - Our space

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Before spending a lot of money on an outside playhouse, settings must think carefully about how it fits their specific needs, says Nicole Weinstein.

EYFS Activities: Five ways to explore… an old playhouse

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Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

From a beach hut to an underwater tableau, Julie Mountain reveals how to transform a disused playhouse into something useful and rewarding

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

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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.