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EYFS Best Practice in Schools - Tense times

Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

The approach to teaching literacy and maths in Reception is a key concern of teachers and EYFS leaders, explains Jan Dubiel, one of the authors of the recently published Hundred Review

Learning & Development: Literacy - On their marks

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Monday, May 29, 2017

| Nursery World

How one nursery school has boosted boys’ writing. By Elizabeth Leer

Learning & Development: Literacy - In focus

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

How a ‘Focus Stories’ approach and skilful adult ‘scaffolding’, rather than instruction, can boost young children’s engagement with books. By Lucy Rodriguez Leon and Tamsin Harvey

Learning & Development: Literacy - Just imagine

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, now more than 20 years old, is still encouraging children and families to read. By Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: Literacy - Write on!

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Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

The Ministry of Stories project has a positive impact on children’s creativity through writing, explains Professor Dominic Wyse

Early Years in School: Literacy - Flexible friends?

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Tablets and iPads can help to support the development of willing and able readers. Dr Natalia Kucirkova offers some tips and strategies

Learning & Development: Storytelling - Inside stories

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Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Story Square harnesses the power of storytelling to give children a voice through play - and enable others to learn about them. Class teacher Jay Ramsey shares his setting's experience

Learning & Development: Literacy - Play on words

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Monday, June 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Our approach to reading can make a real difference to how under-threes engage, says Charlotte Goddard

Learning & Development: Physical Development - All fine by us!

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Can daily sessions of focused physical activities help children develop the gross and fine motor skills they need to become confident writers? Helen Chilton reports on her school's progress.

Positive Relationships: Home learning - Get to grips

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

While certain activities are useful for the development of handwriting, others can hinder it - and practitioners can help by explaining the differences to parents.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... children's storymaking

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Monday, February 10, 2014

| Nursery World

By allowing children to take a leading role in the telling of stories, we can support them to think logically and make sense of the world. Nancy Stewart explains.

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds: Part 12 - Natural links

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| Nursery World

How can practitioners work within the Prime areas while also introducing children to the Specific areas of development? Penny Tassoni considers how the different aspects link together

Learning & Development: CL&L - Joined-up thinking

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Making authentic links between reading and talking has been helping early years practitioners and teachers to develop children's communication, language and literacy. Di Chilvers explains.

Learning & Development: Writing - To the letter

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Literacy is linked to a specific body of knowledge and skills, so practitioners should focus on helping children to acquire these essentials, says Vicky Hutchin.

Learning & Development EAL: Dual purpose

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains

EYFS Best practice: Be Specific ... Literacy

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| Nursery World

Controversy over when reading and writing should be taught could persist under the revised framework.Jan Dubiel, national development manager for Early Excellence, reviews the essential principles.