Search

Search Results

Found 385 results for .

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… rain

Features

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Children at one setting have been finding out about the water cycle, including rain. By Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: Budgies - Feathered friends

Features

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

| Nursery World

Two unexpected pets prompted a surprising amount of learning, says Elizabeth Hunnaball, manager of Skills Kindergarten in Great Tey, Essex.

Learning & Development: Reading - Pride and joy?

Features

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

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Cream of the crop

Features

Monday, April 2, 2018

| Nursery World

More and more farms are helping to educate young children, as Ruth Beattie found out when she talked to some prize-winners

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... time

Features

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

| Nursery World

Reinforce children's dawning sense of time with ideas to organise their day and reflect on their lives, with activities and resources suggested by Diana Lawton.

EYFS Best Practice: All about… converged play

Features

Monday, October 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Digital technologies can enhance ‘offline’ activities if the right balance is struck, explain Professor Elizabeth Wood, Aderonke Folorunsho and Liz Chesworth of the University of Sheffield’s School of Education

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wrapping

Features

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Hit the trail

Features

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

In an extract from his book of story-based adventures, Adam Dove explains how woodland fairies and a big-footed troll can provide an exciting and engaging starting point for outdoor learning

We've explored… tadpoles

Features

Monday, June 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A visit to a pond inspired the children at one setting in West Yorkshire to learn about tadpoles and frogs and recreate their environment in their play. By Annette Rawstrone

We've explored… ponies

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

All children, including those with SEND, enjoyed ponies visiting their setting. By Annette Rawstrone

We’ve explored… crocodiles

Features

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Nursery World

One chid’s trip to a river sparked a setting-wide interest in crocodiles, expressed through art and scientific investigations, finds Annette Rawstrone

Enabling Environments: Collections - By design

Features

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Design and technology sparks imagination and helps children begin to make sense of the world in which we live, says Nicole Weinstein.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Feet first

Features

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Follow young children on the trail of new sensory experiences and inspiring ideas to take back to nursery, with Katy Morton.

We’ve explored… farming

Features

Monday, July 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Children’s interest in local farming led to a visit to their setting by one of the dads in his tractor, reports Annette Rawstrone

Learning and Development: Activities - Our bright idea - Save our seas

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| Nursery World

Nursery children heeded the SOS message about rubbish and recycling. Ruth Thomson reports.

Positive Relationships: Budding scientists

Features

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are naturally curious - a fact practitioners and parents can use to encourage early scientific learning, says Penny Tassoni.

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… our bodies

Features

Monday, July 22, 2019

| Nursery World

How one setting helped children explore their senses and the ways the human body works. By Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: Bird Watching - Wing it!

Features

Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Following children's interests sparked a project to build an eco-friendly bird hide at a setting in Liverpool. Marianne Sargent explains.

Early Years Science: Air

Features

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

| Nursery World

Our science series by Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton considers how air can be moved by natural or manmade forces, and ways for young children to investigate this

Enabling Environments: Composting - Wasting time

Features

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Children learned from a TV gardener about a vital stage in plant life and an environmentally useful practice when growing their own food. Annette Rawstrone hears all about it.