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Enabling environments: Tried and tested - Puppets, Hand in glove

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Puppets come in all shapes and sizes and are indispensable in most settings. Early years professionals put their hands up and give their verdicts on the following selection to Sue Hubberstey.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Little creatures

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

In the first part of a new series on Understanding the World, Nicole Weinstein looks at how to get up close with insects and other small animals from bees to worms in the nursery environment

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundamental to children's understanding of mathematics, says Judith Stevens.

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Listen up

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

‘Intelligent’ open-ended materials are the driving force behind Loris Malaguzzi’s ‘pedagogy of listening’, Nicole Weinstein discovers

Nursery Equipment: Mud Kitchens - Time to upgrade

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Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The use of mud kitchens in nurseries’ outdoor spaces has spread significantly since the concept was popularised a few years ago, but children will only get the most out of them if they are regularly reviewed. Nicole Weinstein finds advice for settings, whether they are updating or starting from scratch

Make your outdoors an exciting place to be

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Find out about essential resources and practical advice on planning and supporting children’s outdoor experiences with Gail Ryder-Richardson.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 4: Big ideas

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years settings need to offer provision that will help sustain young children's thinking by using their own initiative, says Marion Dowling.

EYFS Activities - 5 ways to… mess about with mud

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Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

From mark-making to STEM, mud kitchens are a rich resource. By Julie Mountain

Picturebooks, part 6 - Mirrors and windows

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

We are all beautifully different – so it is important for children to see themselves and others portrayed positively on the pages of picturebooks. By Andy McCormack

EYFS Activities - Education for Sustainability: Working together

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

For the final UN Sustainable Development Goal, Dr Diane Boyd considers how early years settings can encourage children to think and work in partnership

Enabling environments birth to Threes - speaking and listening

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

What a noise! Sound out the possibilities for developing listening and speaking skills with these ideas from Alice Sharp.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Out of the woods

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Developing a challenging outdoor environment that is as exciting as a forest doesn’t need to cost the earth, explains Jeanette Hill

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… loose parts

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

How each room at one setting has embraced loose-parts play and the use of open-ended resources. By Annette Rawstrone

Hot topics in our August issue, out now!

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

| Nursery World

The latest issue of Nursery World is packed with incisive, informative and insightful content on subjects vital to the early years sector’s future, including race, the revised EYFS, regression and rebuilding staff teams.

Enabling environments birth to Threes: Role up!

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Let the children take on a new identity with fun dressing-up activities from Alice Sharp.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... treasure baskets

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni explains why treasure basket play is a fantastic experience for young children and how you can do it at home

Learning & Development Heuristic Play: Outdoor treasures

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

It's not just babies who gain from heuristic play - and better still if it takes place outdoors, as Sara Davies found in her research.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Minibeasts

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

| Nursery World

Go on the trail of creatures that hold a natural fascination for children with activities leading through all areas of your early years provision, suggested by Judith Stevens.

An A to Z of enhancements - A is for authentic objects

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

What are ‘enhancements’ and when should they be used in the early years? In the first part of a new series, Amy Jackson starts with a real tea set

Childminder shares her work online in blog

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

A childminder's weblog has gained her a place on the shortlist for a national award.

Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Make believe

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

| Nursery World

Resources for productive role play, and the best practice for organising and offering them, are outlined by Jane Drake in our series on continuous provision in an early years setting.

Learning & development: ICT - Digital ages

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

One nursery takes a far-sighted approach to incorporating ICT into its daily life and learning, as well as its staff assessments. Ruth Thomson reports.

Enabling Environments: Resources - National Poetry Day

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

New resources for National Poetry Day give children a reason to rhyme, says Ruth Thomson.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Role on!

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A ‘mini city’ is informing children about career choices and enhancing role play at one Sheffield school. Nicole Weinstein reports

Learning & Development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Fun with jelly

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

| Nursery World

Jelly is an ideal medium for babies and young children to explore because it can be presented in various ways according to the amount of water used.

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Enabling environments: Tried and tested - Puppets, Hand in glove

Enabling Environments: Collections - Little creatures

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Listen up

Nursery Equipment: Mud Kitchens - Time to upgrade

Make your outdoors an exciting place to be

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 4: Big ideas

EYFS Activities - 5 ways to… mess about with mud

Picturebooks, part 6 - Mirrors and windows

EYFS Activities - Education for Sustainability: Working together

Enabling environments birth to Threes - speaking and listening

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Out of the woods

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… loose parts

Hot topics in our August issue, out now!

Enabling environments birth to Threes: Role up!

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... treasure baskets

Learning & Development Heuristic Play: Outdoor treasures

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Minibeasts

An A to Z of enhancements - A is for authentic objects

Childminder shares her work online in blog

Enabling Environments: Around the nursery - Make believe

Learning & development: ICT - Digital ages

Enabling Environments: Resources - National Poetry Day

Enabling Environments: Collections - Role on!

Learning & Development: Messy Play for Under-Threes - Fun with jelly

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