Search

Search Results

Found 178 results for .

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 3: Broaden the mind

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

When children are exposed to a wide range of thought-provoking experiences and encouraged to make their own decisions, they will take responsibility for their learning. Marion Dowling shows how.

Learning & Development: Nature's way

Features

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Playing with sounds promotes young children's acquisition of language, says Steve Grocott

Learning & Development: Reading - Spread the word

Features

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read to their children is just one aim of the National Year of Reading. Ruth Thomson talks to one nursery chain getting in on the act themselves.

Learning & development: ICT - Digital ages

Features

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.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 2: Deep in thought

Features

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners need to identify and observe young children thinking to give them opportunities to move on further, says early years consultant Marion Dowling.

Learning & Development: Nursery rhymes - Horsey, horsey

Features

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

| Nursery World

Learning & Development: Exploring winter

Features

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

| Nursery World

Children warmed to winter indoors by constructing an interactive display of words, images and seasonal props.

Learning & Development: Our bright idea - Sound waves

Features

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

| Nursery World

The children and staff at Cockfield Primary School nursery class are enjoying the benefits of a half-day visit from a professional musician from The Sage at Gateshead. The aim was to develop the children's love of singing and playing instruments, and introduce musical activities into the setting's regular themes.

Learning and development: Our bright idea: A natural retreat

Features

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

| Nursery World

Give children a sense of privacy and quiet to help them enjoy the time they spend in your setting's book area.

Learning & Development: Cooking

Features

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

| Nursery World

Mincemeat

Learning & Development: Our bright idea - All about me

Features

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

| Nursery World

Help children make a display of themselves with an artistic activity by Christine Henry and Valerie Walker.

Learning & Development: Our bright idea - Dora's adventure

Features

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

| Nursery World

Communication was the key to searching for treasure in an activity devised by Emma Austin and Sue Milburn.

Little treasures - treasure baskets

Features

Wednesday, January 12, 2000

| Nursery World

As soon as babies are born they explore the world around them using all of their senses. Children are often surrounded by plastic and other man-made materials; by introducing natural materials you can encourage their interest in the natural world and awareness of their surroundings and the outside world.