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EYFS Activities: Five ways to… mark-make outside

Features

Monday, September 16, 2019

| Nursery World

How to combine mark-making activity with the outdoors environment. By Julie Mountain

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Elmer

Features

Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

By David McKee (Andersen Press, 1989)

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Male reading volunteers in schools and parenting programmes that focus on fathers are among the recommendations of a major report into how to tackle the gap between boys and girls in reading.

BookTrust names free books for under-fives in 2018

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

| Nursery World

Ed Vere's Max the Brave and David Melling's 123 Splosh will be sent out to 1.2m young children and their families this year.

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Head teachers have threatened to put an end to the phonics reading check for all six-year-olds, if it is seen to be politically motivated and used as a weapon to attack teachers.

A unique child: Music therapy - Scaling up

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

A study has measured the effects of music therapy on children's emotional well-being, reports Karen Faux.

Positive relationships: All about ... Childhood friendships

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Children go through recognisable developmental stages in their ability to make friends, which nursery life can foster, writes Philip Erwin

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The London Mayor and singer Peter Andre have launched a new literacy project to support three-to-five-year-olds in the capital.

Positive relationships: Key people - part 3 - Good relations

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Strategies to engage the third partner in the key person approach - the parent - as a child enters and settles in to nursery are explained in our continuing series on key caring by Anne O'Connor

Nursery Equipment: Literacy – Word play

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

How do children of different ages respond to literature and what is the best way to support them, asks Charlotte Goddard

Best Practice - War of words

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

The publication earlier this year of the Government’s new Reading Framework was met with a mixed reaction. Caroline Vollans considers the responses

Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 5 - Children communicating - Talk it over

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

| Nursery World

In the fifth of our National Strategies features on the Early Years Foundation Stage, Sue Ellis, newly-appointed national director, Early Years, and Claire Wirth, early years senior regional adviser, reflect on the importance of supporting children in their communication.

A Parent's Guide to ... Literacy

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

As a parent, literacy is probably the area that you are most determined for your child to succeed in. It is important, both in school and in life, and being able to read and write confidently and fluently are vital skills that we all need.

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

The upcoming review of the Early Years Foundation Stage needs to look carefully at worldwide studies of effective pre-school approaches, says Oli de Botton of the CfBT Education Trust.

New resources show how tablets can aid literacy

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

As learning how to swipe a screen becomes as much a part of a young child’s development as turning the page of a book, what role does digital technology play in helping children learn to read?

EYFS Best Practice in Schools - No pressure!

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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

Learning & development communication: Talk to the animals

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

| Nursery World

Museums are finding new ways to get young children and their families communicating while learning. Amanda Heath explains.

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive, says Communication Champion Jean Gross, who spoke to Melanie Defries.

Learning & Development: Communication: Part 1 - Time to talk

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

A new series on communication skills and good early years practice is launched by Helen Moylett.

Learning & Development: Childhood - Listen up!

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

The feelings of children about their early years learning experiences have been captured in new research by Jacqui Cousins.

New measurement tracking early literacy progress to launch

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| Nursery World

A campaign group concerned with early language is to create a new national measurement of children’s reading.

Daddy Pig promotes family reading for BookTrust

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

Peppa Pig’s Daddy Pig has been unveiled as Ambassador for BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity.

Phonics training company to run literacy centre

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has come under fire for awarding the contract to run a centre that will train Reception teachers to teach children to read to a leading commercial phonics provider.