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EYFS Best Practice in Schools - No pressure!

Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Rather than obsess over whether activities are free-flow, child-led and so on, teachers should consider if they constitute effective learning and empower the child as a learner, says Jan Dubiel

EYFS Best Practice - Learning from Froebel… Intrinsic motivation

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

In the final part of this series, Professor Tina Bruce and Jane Dyke explore Froebel’s ideas about encouraging self-discipline

EYFS Best Practice in Schools - Tense times

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

The approach to teaching literacy and maths in Reception is a key concern of teachers and EYFS leaders, explains Jan Dubiel, one of the authors of the recently published Hundred Review

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Speak up

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

How targeted intervention at one setting in Newark-on-Trent is bringing children struggling with speech, language and communication up to speed. Katy Morton reports

Learning & Development: Literacy - On their marks

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Monday, May 29, 2017

| Nursery World

How one nursery school has boosted boys’ writing. By Elizabeth Leer

Learning & Development: Play - Master minds

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Monday, May 29, 2017

| Nursery World

An artist’s residency at one setting led to loose-parts play, and to practitioners questioning their role and the meaning of early education. By Annette Rawstrone

EYFS best practice in schools - In evidence

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Assessment and progress data matter, but they must not detract from the real purpose of teaching, while teachers should be better trained to deliver the ethos of the EYFS, explains Dr Julian Grenier

EYFS best practice in schools - Here and now

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

What is true ‘free-flow play’, and when is children’s ‘involvement’ in their learning not actually worthwhile engagement? Dr Julian Grenier unpicks the theories in the context of best practice

EYFS best practice in schools - Your choices

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Evidence must underpin the approach we take to educating young children, says Dr Julian Grenier

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… photography

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

How one childminder turned the children at her setting into budding photographers. By Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Best Practice: Learning from Froebel… Nurture, family and community

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

The importance of family and genuine links to the community and beyond. By Professor Tina Bruce and Yellow Dot’s Jane Dyke

EYFS Best Practice: All about… teaching assistants

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

| Nursery World

New research shows that when used in the best way, teaching assistants can have a positive impact on children’s learning and their transition to school, as Marion Dowling explains

Home Learning: A parent’s guide to… physical play

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Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

How to encourage your children to partake in beneficial and enjoyable physical activities. By Penny Tassoni

Learning & Development: Early Education - A new beginning

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Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

In the fifth part of our series marking the tenth decades of Nursery World and Early Education, Aline-Wendy Dunlop reflects on the early years tradition, and its current state, in Scotland

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… picnic time

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Picnics help children explore new foods, develop skills and build relationships, finds Penny Tassoni

EYFS Best Practice - Learning from Froebel… the symbolic life of the child

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

How symbolism through play, music and stories encourages children’s creativity. By Professor Tina Bruce and Jane Dyke

Learning & Development: Literacy - In focus

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

How a ‘Focus Stories’ approach and skilful adult ‘scaffolding’, rather than instruction, can boost young children’s engagement with books. By Lucy Rodriguez Leon and Tamsin Harvey

Learning & Development: STEM - Future-proof

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

How nurseries are embracing science, technology, engineering and maths. By Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Best Practice: Learning from Froebel… Nature

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Professor Tina Bruce examines the place of ‘Nature in learning’, while Jane Dyke explains how this is being put into practice at Yellow Dot

Learning & Development: Maths - Weighing up progress

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

LEYF is improving boys’ maths learning at its settings. Rachele Parker and Lisa Swales explain how

EYFS Best Practice in Schools - Fighting their corner

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

How can Reception teachers protect the ethos of the EYFS, asks Annette Rawstronein the first of a twice-termly special focus on early years best practice in schools

EYFS Best Practice: All about…Pikler

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

How Emmi Pikler’s approach to care-giving for the under-threes can be incorporated into modern best practice at settings and at home. By Dorothy Marlen