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Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Get the bug!

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.

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: Collections - Take shape

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Friday, July 26, 2013

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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: 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.

Ofsted: Cultural Capital - A capital idea?

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Monday, April 29, 2019

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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

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

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

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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.

Reading to Children - The magic of books

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Monday, May 28, 2018

| Nursery World

With fewer parents reading to their children, Penny Tassoni explains how practitioners can best share books

Enabling Environments: On the beach

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

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You don't need to be near water to give children an outdoor area that offers rich play and learning opportunities with sand, says Jan White.

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Puffin Peter

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Monday, July 23, 2018

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by Petr Horacek (Walker Books, 2011)

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… transport

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Monday, February 19, 2018

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Taking young children on public transport will be exciting for them as well as developmentally beneficial, explains Penny Tassoni

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… animation

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Monday, February 19, 2018

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How one setting’s children turned their own stories into animated films. By Annette Rawstrone

Your outdoor calendar: October

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

The days are getting shorter and you can literally smell the seasons changing – but autumn is a wonderful time to be outdoors and active! By Julie Mountain

Outdoors: Natural adventures

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie Mountain visited some high-quality award-winners to find out

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Crocodiles

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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See how children's interests and a surprise piece of inspiration led to a nursery-wide project that prompted yet more projects, with Angela Chick.

EYFS Activities - Birth to two… Jack in the Box

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Monday, October 17, 2016

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Introducing toddlers to pop-up toys. By Penny Tassoni

Enabling Environments: Well-Being - Cosy up!

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Monday, December 12, 2016

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The Danish concept of ‘hygge’ can promote well-being, find Alison Prowle and Angela Hodgkins

EYFS Activities - Birth to two… heuristic play

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Monday, December 12, 2016

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Everyday items brought into a play environment are attractive to toddlers and help their learning and development. By Penny Tassoni

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: Fizz, bang…

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Monday, April 30, 2018

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Increasing numbers of early years settings are recognising the importance of STEM subjects within an early years curriculum. Charlotte Goddard speaks to one, while Anni McTavish makes the case for art and design