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Learning & Development: Activities - Our bright idea - How does your garden grow?

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Raising plants indoors is a great way to anticipate what nature will be doing outdoors, as Kathy Swinburne at Busy Bears Children's Day Nursery, Co Durham, discovers.

Our bright idea: Listen in

Features

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Another dimension of storytelling is opened up with the use of a learning device described by Jean Evans.

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

News

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

Features

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A communication project has opened practitioners' and parents' eyes to the power of fun and a playful attitude to children's learning, writes Ruth Thomson.

Scotland's literacy action plan launched

News

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The first action plan to improve literacy from early years through to adulthood has been developed by the Scottish government.

Learning & Development: Literacy - In focus

Features

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: Literacy - Play on words

Features

Monday, June 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Our approach to reading can make a real difference to how under-threes engage, says Charlotte Goddard

Enabling Environments: Book Corner - Come on in!

Features

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Observe, then give your book corner a makeover, advises Michael Jones.

Early Years in School: Early Years Pupil Premium - Special effects

Features

Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

How are schools making the most of EYPP funding? Charlotte Goddard examines three case studies

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing free books for babies and children and announced a new scheme to be targeted through children's centres.

Parents' reading project aims to boost three-year-olds' language

News

Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A new study aims to find out whether 20 minutes a day of story activities can help parents boost their child’s language skills.

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

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: Books - Double act

Features

Monday, February 19, 2018

| Nursery World

We profile Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award winners John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury, with tributes from judges and peers

Learning & Development: Nursery rhymes - Horsey, horsey

Features

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

| Nursery World

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Peek a boo!

Features

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Two-way exchanges between babies and adults help build up language and brain development. Anne O'Connor considers how practitioners can create more opportunities for them.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - Access for all

Features

Monday, April 2, 2018

| Nursery World

A literacy campaign in Birmingham is reaching out to isolated families and improving the skills of parents so they can also help their children’s development, finds Meredith Jones Russell

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

News

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 700,000 Reception children will receive a free book this week, as a study finds reading helps children to open up about their feelings.

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

News

Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that all six-year-olds will take a phonics reading test next June.

Picturebooks 3 - Rhyme time

Features

Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Poetry has great developmental importance for children, and rhyming picturebooks are a great way to introduce it, finds Andy McCormack

Revised EYFS - In focus… Literacy

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

How can we ensure that Literacy supports a love of reading and writing which links to all learning areas, asks Phil Armstrong

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Autumn leaves

Features

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Now's the time to go out on a leaf hunt and discover how many areas for learning they can lead you to. Try starting with these ideas from Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.