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All about… clay

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings introducing clay-making skills? Annette Rawstrone finds out

Find expert guidance on the revised EYFS

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery World's invaluable Practice Guide on the Revised EYFS collects together our recent series of articles on each of the Areas of Learning.

Essential Resources: Music - Pitch perfect

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Offering musical instruments for children to explore and handle freely along with targeted, adult-led music sessions helps promote listening and communication skills, Nicole Weinstein discovers

Nursery Equipment: Expressive Art and Design - The art of expression

Features

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Well-thought-out art activities in which practitioners also take part can significantly improve children’s language and communication skills. Meredith Jones-Russell reports

Around the Nursery, Part 3 - In on the act

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Monday, November 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Advice for settings on how to plan and resource role play for all age groups. By Penny Tassoni

Enabling Environments: Collections - Worlds of their own

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Fantasy play is easy to cater for. Nicole Weinstein provides some practice tips for practitioners and ideas for resourcing

Enabling Environments: Collections - To the beat

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Dance is an important part of the ‘Expressive arts and design’ area of the curriculum, so all settings should give it a go, reports Nicole Weinstein, who also pinpoints some useful resources

Enabling Environments: Collections - Touch wood!

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein explores the benefits of working with wood, provides some tips on safety, cites the key resources needed and details where to go for more help

Nursery Equipment: Art Studios - On form

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Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery art and craft studios provide a dedicated space for both children and practitioners to be creative, writes Annette Rawstrone, who finds out how four settings are making the most of theirs

Enabling Environments: Printing - Stamping ground

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Printing is an immediately engaging activity for young children because it is both visual and tactile. Nicole Weinstein offers some tips

Enabling Environments: Collections - Top drawer!

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Most children like to draw. Nicole Weinsteinfinds out how practitioners can best support young children’s early development of drawing – and looks at some of the best resources on offer

Early years musical framework and resources launch

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Friday, October 9, 2015

| Nursery World

A new national programme aims to support children’s musical development in the early years.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Broad strokes

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Allowing children to explore media and materials enables important learning, but how can practitioners support children's creativity and understanding? Nicole Weinstein explains.

Nursery Equipment: Creativity - Space and time

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

| Nursery World

In Scotland, creativity is now at the heart of early years education. Annette Rawstrone assesses its capacity to foster a love of learning.

Enabling Environments: Collections - On the beat

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

To tap into music's potential for cross-curricular learning, settings need a core collection of instruments that cater for all ages, says Nicole Weinstein.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Creativity

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Creating a space for two age groups to share can help staff get more from resources and ease transition for children. Anne O'Connor suggests ways to make the most of an area.

New resource to link up early years settings with local artists

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Earlyarts, the national network for people working creatively with children and families, has launched a new interactive map to help settings find early years artists in their area.

Nursery Equipment: Engagement - Endless possibilities

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Creative play and learning come more naturally when the resources are 'open-ended', lending themselves to a variety of uses and constantly holding attention, says Mary Evans.

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: 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: Music - In tune

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Music for babies and toddlers, by Anna Corballis Fry

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Eggs

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Life begins with an egg - and their potential for learning opportunities and fun activities is endless, as Helen Bromley demonstrates.

Nursery Equipment: Dens - My space

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

| Nursery World

Whether they are fashioned from hedgerows or built for purpose from tents and playhouses, dens should be personal retreats for children and places that inspire their imagination and learning, says Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested - Making music

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

| Nursery World

Musical instruments can help children develop the sound recognition skills essential for reading, spelling and writing. Early years settings call the tune as they try out a few for Nicole Weinstein.

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All about… clay

Find expert guidance on the revised EYFS

Essential Resources: Music - Pitch perfect

Nursery Equipment: Expressive Art and Design - The art of expression

Around the Nursery, Part 3 - In on the act

Enabling Environments: Collections - Worlds of their own

Enabling Environments: Collections - To the beat

Enabling Environments: Collections - Touch wood!

Nursery Equipment: Art Studios - On form

Enabling Environments: Printing - Stamping ground

Enabling Environments: Collections - Top drawer!

Early years musical framework and resources launch

Enabling Environments: Collections - Broad strokes

Nursery Equipment: Creativity - Space and time

Enabling Environments: Collections - On the beat

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces...Creativity

New resource to link up early years settings with local artists

Nursery Equipment: Engagement - Endless possibilities

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

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

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

Learning & Development: Music - In tune

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Eggs

Nursery Equipment: Dens - My space

Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested - Making music

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