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A whole-school outing to the Tower of London by Alice Model Nursery School was repeated this year because of its impact on the children and their families. By Fran Paffard

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… assembling kits

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Monday, November 13, 2017

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Children enjoy helping adults assemble furniture and equipment, and such construction projects have many benefits, writes Penny Tassoni

EYFS Activities: Five things to do with… ICT outdoors

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Monday, January 22, 2018

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Tablets and other ICT devices can enhance certain outdoor activities for children. Julie Mountain discovers how best to use them

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

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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.

Enabling Environments: Community - Going public

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Monday, October 5, 2015

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A project involving British and international nurseries is focusing on getting young children to engage with their local communities. Marianne Sargent finds out how it is taking shape.

Nursery Equipment: ICT - Supporting role

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

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With technology playing an increasingly important part in all our lives, it is essential that the early years sector finds appropriate ways to incorporate ICT into settings. Nicole Weinstein finds inspiration at one nursery school using a variety of gadgets to both support and enhance learning.

Enabling Environments: Wild Food - Little weeds!

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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Never mind if the plant is a weed, it's wild, free, cookable and edible, as children and their families found out with Viv Hampshire.

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors, Part 3 - What do you do?

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Don't assume that young children automatically know how to frame questions, says Tessa Fenoughty.

Enabling Environments: Visits and Visitors - Introduction - Planning a visit

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Visits are invaluable to young children's learning. Heading out on a trip can provide meaningful contexts for learning, broaden children's experience and feed their insatiable desire to explore.

Enabling Environments: Gardening - Home grown

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Monday, November 3, 2014

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A group of children in West London has gone from small beginnings at nursery to transforming front gardens on their road into fertile food-growing sites. Artist-in-residence Rosie Potter explains.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... our senses

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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Everyday life can be a continuous topic when children are encouraged to experience nature's elements up close. Diana Lawton shows how.

Enabling environments: Tried and tested - Puppets, Hand in glove

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Puppets come in all shapes and sizes and are indispensable in most settings. Early years professionals put their hands up and give their verdicts on the following selection to Sue Hubberstey.

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences... nature

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Monday, September 18, 2017

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What are the best ways to encourage children’s inherent interest in nature? Penny Tassoni offers some tips for autumn and beyond

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundamental to children's understanding of mathematics, says Judith Stevens.

EYFS Activities: Let's go to… the National Maritime Museum

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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In a new series on early years programmes at cultural spaces across the country, atelierista and EYT Abigail Horn and her cohort explore a lighthouse

Enabling Environments: Under-threes - Follow the thread

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Education is not just something delivered to children by adults, but a process that arises from the experiences and the environment of their daily lives, say Tullia Musatti and Susanna Mayer.