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EYFS Best Practice: All about… literacy

Features

Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Effective literacy teaching involves much more than synthetic phonics, explains Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: Violent Play - Rough stuff

Features

Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Violent play is often disturbing, but if managed properly it can be a useful outlet for some children. By Charlotte Goddard

EYFS Best Practice in Schools - Being bold

Features

Monday, January 22, 2018

| Nursery World

As concerns grow about the over-formalisation of Reception learning, Charlotte Goddard hears how some academies are protecting early years

Learning & Development: Music: Part 5 - Take note

Features

Monday, January 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Music plays an important role in helping children to read, write and enjoy literature, says Linda Pound

Learning & Development: Creativity - Let’s think

Features

Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

How a creative thinking and learning project in Newham benefited both the children and practitioners who took part. By Anni McTavish

EYFS Best Practice: All about… spatial reasoning

Features

Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Spatial reasoning skills are critical to early learning, particularly in mathematics, and need to be supported by engaging children’s entire bodies. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why

Fantastic masterclasses on children's learning and gender at the Nursery World Show 2018

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

| Nursery World

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, presenter of the BBC's The Sky at Night, is leading How children learn: inspiring, supporting, teaching.

Learning & Development: Music: Part 4 - Give voice

Features

Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Communication, language and music are intrinsically linked, and it is important to understand this in the early years, writes Linda Pound

EYFS Best Practice - All about… embodied learning

Features

Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners need to see learning – particularly in mathematics – not as abstract and ‘disembodied’ but as inherently concrete and ‘embodied’. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking: Part 4 - Mirror, mirror

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Activities that use computational thinking, such as giving a robot very simple instructions, teach problem-solving and encourages children to take a creative approach to technology. By Marc Faulder

EYFS Best Practice in Schools: Foundation Stage Units - All in one

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Foundation Stage Units are in the spotlight amid Government plans to greater align EYFS and Key Stage 1 goals. Anne O’Connor outlines how they work and examines their benefits and challenges

Learning & Development: Music: Part 3 - In the mood

Features

Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

How experimenting with music aids children’s personal, social and emotional development and promotes self-regulation. Linda Pound explains, and offers practical advice for practitioners

EYFS Best Practice: All about… action research

Features

Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Action research might sound like the last thing that time-pressed practitioners will want to do, but it is a really useful tool to demonstrate the improving quality of your practice, finds Dr Kay Mathieson

Learning & Development: Literacy - As hard as ABC

Features

Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

A defunct alphabet that was used in schools in the 1960s and 70s provides important lessons for current approaches to the literacy teaching of young children, discovers Caroline Vollans

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking: Part 3 - It’s logical

Features

Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Computational thinking can take place in the kitchen, when sequencing stories, in experimenting with floating and sinking objects, and even when playing with toy cars, explains Marc Faulder

Learning & Development: Music: Part 2 - Move it!

Features

Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

Physical development and music go hand in hand, and the key to success is variety, explains Linda Pound in the second part of this series

EYFS Best Practice - All about… memory

Features

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

How does the ability to form and retrieve memories develop in children, why is it important to early learning, and how can adults help to stimulate it? Anne O’Connor reports

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking, part 2 - In sequence

Features

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

Pattern-spotting and decomposition are two of the six fundamental skills required for computational thinking. Marc Faulder examines how they best fit with what is already practised in the early years

New order for ELGs and Profile

News

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

Plans to reform the EYFS Profile and goals are proving controversial. Annette Rawstrone reports

Learning & Development: Music: Part 1 - Tuned in

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Music is important in its own right in promoting young children’s cognitive development, well-being and enjoyment, says Linda Pound in the first of a series about how music can support early learning

Learning & Development: Digital Technology - Live and learn

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

In an Australian case study, tablet technology has enabled children’s playful explorations as part of ‘multimodal learning’. Nicola Yelland and Caja Gilbert examine the implications

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking - Think again

Features

Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Computational skills need to be reflected in curricula and practice, writes Marc Faulder in the first part of a new series on teaching computational thinking in the early years

Learning & Development: Music - Natural rhythm

Features

Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

How one setting is supporting children’s innate musicality and communication development with the help of a visiting musician. By Caroline Vollans

Learning & Development: Movement Play - Kick start

Features

Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

In an extract from her new book, Tania Swift explores the importance of physical development to learning and how to encourage it

Learning & Development: Intergenerational Practice - Spring chickens

Features

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

A project linking a nursery to a care home is improving well-being for young and old alike, discovers Meredith Jones-Russell

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EYFS Best Practice: All about… literacy

Learning & Development: Violent Play - Rough stuff

EYFS Best Practice in Schools - Being bold

Learning & Development: Music: Part 5 - Take note

Learning & Development: Creativity - Let’s think

EYFS Best Practice: All about… spatial reasoning

Fantastic masterclasses on children's learning and gender at the Nursery World Show 2018

Learning & Development: Music: Part 4 - Give voice

EYFS Best Practice - All about… embodied learning

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking: Part 4 - Mirror, mirror

EYFS Best Practice in Schools: Foundation Stage Units - All in one

Learning & Development: Music: Part 3 - In the mood

EYFS Best Practice: All about… action research

Learning & Development: Literacy - As hard as ABC

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking: Part 3 - It’s logical

Learning & Development: Music: Part 2 - Move it!

EYFS Best Practice - All about… memory

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking, part 2 - In sequence

New order for ELGs and Profile

Learning & Development: Music: Part 1 - Tuned in

Learning & Development: Digital Technology - Live and learn

Learning & Development: Computational Thinking - Think again

Learning & Development: Music - Natural rhythm

Learning & Development: Movement Play - Kick start

Learning & Development: Intergenerational Practice - Spring chickens

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