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Learning & Development: Literacy - In focus

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

Enabling Environments: Literacy - Love it!

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries and schools are building a love of reading with Lovemybooks, says co-founder Sue McGonigle

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

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Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

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

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… cooking

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Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

There are many developmental benefits of cooking. Penny Tassoni provides some tips for settings

Enabling Environments: Literacy - Go live!

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Monday, January 9, 2017

| Nursery World

Discover Children’s Story Centre is immersing visitors in stories. Annette Rawstrone reports

Learning & Development: Literacy - Just imagine

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, now more than 20 years old, is still encouraging children and families to read. By Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: Reading - Pride and joy?

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| Nursery World

In an extract from his speech last month at the first BookTrust Annual Lecture, Michael Morpurgo presents the case for encouraging children and young people to develop a love for reading

EYFS Activities: Communication and language… Story of the week

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Monday, July 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Frequent repetition of stories can help to develop a child’s vocabulary, explains Rebecca Wilson

Learning & Development: Literacy - Write on!

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Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

The Ministry of Stories project has a positive impact on children’s creativity through writing, explains Professor Dominic Wyse

Early Years in School: Literacy - Flexible friends?

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Tablets and iPads can help to support the development of willing and able readers. Dr Natalia Kucirkova offers some tips and strategies

Nursery World Show 2016

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Friday, September 4, 2015

| Nursery World

Learning & Development: Storytelling - Inside stories

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Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Story Square harnesses the power of storytelling to give children a voice through play - and enable others to learn about them. Class teacher Jay Ramsey shares his setting's experience

Learning & Development: Literacy - Play on words

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Monday, June 29, 2015

| Nursery World

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

Learning & Development: Physical Development - All fine by us!

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Can daily sessions of focused physical activities help children develop the gross and fine motor skills they need to become confident writers? Helen Chilton reports on her school's progress.

Children share reading tips for summer

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Pre-school and primary children are invited to spend their summer holidays lost in books and share their favourites as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.

Positive Relationships: Home learning - Get to grips

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

While certain activities are useful for the development of handwriting, others can hinder it - and practitioners can help by explaining the differences to parents.

Apps - a force for good in children's learning?

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| Nursery World

The role of digital technology in children’s early years is the focus of a one-day conference at the University of Oxford next month.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... children's storymaking

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Monday, February 10, 2014

| Nursery World

By allowing children to take a leading role in the telling of stories, we can support them to think logically and make sense of the world. Nancy Stewart explains.

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds: Part 12 - Natural links

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| Nursery World

How can practitioners work within the Prime areas while also introducing children to the Specific areas of development? Penny Tassoni considers how the different aspects link together

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - Cafe society

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Norfolk's Story Cafe programme is proving a hugely effective way of engaging parents in their children's learning. Programme developers Julie Westrop and Mandy Lowe and teacher Nicky Hudson offer some insight into how they are making it a success.

Learning & Development: CL&L - Joined-up thinking

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Making authentic links between reading and talking has been helping early years practitioners and teachers to develop children's communication, language and literacy. Di Chilvers explains.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Let's meet

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

A project from Bookstart is offering children's centre staff a way to work more closely with disadvantaged families. Ruth Thomson explains.

Learning & Development: Writing - To the letter

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Literacy is linked to a specific body of knowledge and skills, so practitioners should focus on helping children to acquire these essentials, says Vicky Hutchin.