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Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Opening up the creative potential of collage to young children requires knowledge of the basic skills involved and ready access to a wide variety of natural and made materials.

Art in the Early Years: Part 5: Printmaking

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

| Nursery World

Young children will love to make their mark with print activities using a wide range of materials and techniques that those of any ability can master.

Learning & Development: Castles - Dungeons and dragons

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

A cheap roll of cardboard was a brilliant investment, says Sally Squires, nursery co-ordinator at James Peacock Nursery School in Ruddington, Nottingham.

Art in the Early Years: Part 4: Painting

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Painting offers young children a world of opportunities for experimentation and expression, so early years settings should equip them with ample materials and varied techniques.

Art in the Early Years: Part 3: Drawing

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Children have an early and natural urge to draw, but practitioners need to offer them ample resources and encourage them to think about and discuss their efforts afterwards.

Art in the Early Years: Part 2 - The creative learning environment

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The essential provision for a creative art environment takes account of the space and materials made available and the display of children's finished works.

Learning & Development: Boxes - It's not a box!

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

When is a box not a box? When it's a bus, a train, a boat or a bed. Michael Jones describes one innovative nursery project using both child-initiated and adult-led activities.

Learning & Development: Chinese New Year - On a plate

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A Nativity play led on naturally to puppet making and a puppet show for Chinese New Year. Tessa Fenoughty describes how.

Learning & Development: Activities - Home from home

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Chldren's eagerness to help out with the domestic chores provides the perfect link between home and nursery, as Kim Ritson explains.

Learning & Development: Stories - Back to front

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Do the activities first and tell the story later - Michael Jones describes an approach that engages children who may be harder to involve.

Learning & development: a new approach to your Nativity play

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Characterisation and improvisation played a large part in this year's Christmas production, as children took the lead in developing their own version of the Nativity, says Tessa Fenoughty

Learning & Development: Music, Part 4 - Let them move!

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Endless opportunities for children's expression, development and learning across all curriculum areas are provided by music and movement activities suggested by Margareta Burrell

Learning & Development: Music - In concert

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Children aged five and under were the select audience for a series of concerts and workshops, with training for practitioners, as described by Stuart Bruce and Matt Carwardine-Palmer of Orchestras Live.

Learning and Development: Flight - Up, up and away!

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

A dual lesson in science and creativity arose from one children's centre's project in making and flying a balloon, as Annette Rawstrone hears.

Learning & Development: Imaginative Play - Our world, our story

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Children enjoy acting out and putting themselves in a story even better than hearing one. Michael Jones describes an exciting role-play project.

Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Rewards across all areas of learning will be the result when you get young children together in a baking activity, says Judit Horvath.

Learning & Development: Music - Part 3 - In tune

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Encourage the youngest children to lead the way in musical activities with suggestions from Jessica Pitt.

Learning & Development: Small-world play - It's fantastic!

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Play with small, fantasy figurines is an ideal way to address language impoverishment and help to meet the aims of the 'Every Child a Talker' project, says Michael Jones.

Learning and Development: Supporting role

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

A traditional story from Diwali became an opportunity for role play, narrative and creative expression that was eagerly grasped by a whole class, as teacher Tessa Fenoughty explains.

Learning & Development: Music: Part 2 - Shake, rattle and roll

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Suggestions on choosing and using the most productive musical resources for babies and young children are offered by Emma Hutchinson.

Learning & Development: ECAT - Stage struck

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| Nursery World

A partnership between Every Child A Talker and a community theatre company has helped parents and practitioners get more in tune with children's language development, says Sian McDermott, early years consultant teacher for Enfield Council.