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Physical Development part 5: How to develop a sense of timing

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Rhythm and timing are far-reaching skills that support communication and teach being active safely, says Dr Lala Manners

Physical Development part 4: Have fun developing agility and hand-to-eye coordination

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Ball skills can help with hand-eye co-ordination and can be introduced in developmentally appropriate ways, says Dr Lala Manners

Pikler approach to free movement: Role of the 'care giving adult'

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

The role of the adult in the Pikler approach to supporting young children’s free movement is to pause before helping. By Julia Manning-Morton and Pikler UK’s Rachel Tapping

Physical Development p3: Building strength and stamina

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

How should children build strength and stamina in a developmentally appropriate way, asks Dr Lala Manners in part three of her series

Outdoors: Stem – experimenting with friction

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Forces are all around us – this month we’re going to explore the forces that relate to motion on wheels: pushing and pulling, and the effects of gravity and friction. By Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson

Physical Development: Strategies to develop co-ordination and balance

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

In the second part of a new series on integrating physical practice into early years practice, Dr Lala Manners looks at balance and co-ordination

Physical development: Strategies to deliver the best range of experiences for young children

Features

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Good physical development (PD) practice starts in the setting, says Dr Lala Manners in this first part of a new series exploring how staff can increase knowledge and balance in-house activities with those outsourced.

Almost 4 million children not physically active for at least an hour a day – survey

News

Thursday, December 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Fewer than half of children are meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part in an average of 60 minutes or more of sport and physical activity a day.

All about… small spaces

Features

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

What is it that makes enclosed spaces so appealing to many children, and how can early years settings support them in this? Annette Rawstrone reports

Nursery World's Physical Development in the Early Years conference – report

Features

Friday, November 10, 2023

| Nursery World

Delegates were dancing in the aisles at Nursery World’s Physical Development in the Early Years conference this week (7 November) as they learned how movement is fundamental to young children’s cognitive functioning and their forming of emotional connections.

Health & Wellbeing: Tuning in to what makes children happy

Features

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Following a report on the mental health, wellbeing and happiness of three- to five-year-olds that asked children about their emotions, Annette Rawstrone looks at the findings and asks what early years practitioners can learn from them

Make the outdoors a place of 'irresistible temptations'

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series on former Nursery World Award winners, Julie Mountain explores what other settings can learn from those she visited

The Pikler approach to free movement: Letting children lead their development

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

How can free movement be a foundation for young children’s holistic development? Julia Manning-Morton and the Pikler UK Association explain

Outdoors: Natural adventures

Features

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie Mountain visited some high-quality award-winners to find out

Essential Resources: Equip to support fine and gross motor skills

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Children need to fine-tune the small muscles in their hands, fingers and wrists to build up the strength for writing. Nicole Weinstein looks at resources for fine motor development

Mark making part 1: Scribble masterpieces

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Claire Martin, Reception teacher at the British International School of Boston, US, suggests ideas and resources for magnificent mark-making

An A to Z of enhancements: L is for large-scale art

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Encouraging large-scale painting and drawing can open opportunities for children to work collaboratively, develop their motor skills, and create new artistic ideas. By Amy Jackson

Expressive Arts and Design: Get set to sew!

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Sewing promotes sustainable and anti-stereotypical practice and many areas of development, as well as being a useful skill. By Annette Rawstrone

Make the most of the outdoors this summer

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Looking for ideas to excite children’s curiosity outdoors? Take a deep dive into this collection of 'Let's explore' projects which show just how far children can take their own learning once they embark on their own special journeys.

Join Nursery World for our one day-conference on Physical Development in the Early Years

News

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Explore the connections between physical movement and brain development from birth onwards, and learn why children need to be supported to move in a variety of ways depending on their age at our one-day conference on physical development.

Physical development on a budget: Use the stairs

Features

Friday, June 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final instalment of this eight-part series, Dr Lala Manners considers how stairs can be used to support strength, balance, co-ordination and agility

Outdoors: Creating inclusive outdoor environments

Features

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

How can outdoors be an enabling learning environment for all children? Julie Mountain reports on how award-winning early years settings provide routes to inclusion outside

Outdoor physical activities to ‘wire up’ the brain

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Sunday, May 28, 2023

| Nursery World

SPONSORED CONTENT Fun activities that encourage children to move freely and use their whole bodies to explore their environment provide the best opportunities to stimulate brain development, Nicole Weinstein discovers.

Children's activity levels have returned post-lockdown, but most do not meet physical activity guidelines – study

News

Friday, April 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Children’s physical activity levels are largely the same now as before the pandemic, but just under 60 per cent are not meeting Government activity targets, according to new research.