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EYFS Activities - Let’s explore… mermaids

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Mermaids (and mermen) provide play and learning inspiration for children, writes Marianne Sargent

Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Opening up the creative potential of collage to young children requires knowledge of the basic skills involved and ready access to a wide variety of natural and made materials.

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Explore the surprisingly wide variety of woven materials and their artistic possibilities, with the Suffolk Early Years and Childcare Service (Suffolk County Council)

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… making paper

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| Nursery World

One setting has been recycling its waste paper in-house – giving children the opportunity to problem-solve while teaching them about caring for the environment. By Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… Minnie Pwerle’s work

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| Nursery World

How the work of Aboriginal artist Minnie Pwerle sparked the children’s interest in shape, colour and pattern, among other things, at one setting. By Caroline Vollans

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.

Learning & Development: Problem solving

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Can you build or make a boat with a sail that is big enough for two children?

EYFS Activities: Let's go to… Towner Eastbourne

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

At Towner, children engaged with the collection and the local countryside through a session on seeds. By Katy Beinart, Lydia Huntand Mollie Howells

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

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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

Essential Resources: Equip for Expressive Arts and Design

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Environments resourced with a wide variety of materials, both found and bought, will encourage children to express themselves artistically, explains Nicole Weinstein

Learning & Development: Creativity - Raw talent

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's inspired artworks were snapped up at a show held in their pre-school. Katy Morton reports.

Learning & Development: Music - My little ukulele

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Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

One nursery in north London has started providing ukulele sessions for children once a week. Liz Roberts reports on how babies and children alike are engaging with the instrument

Learning & Development: Chinese New Year - On a plate

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A Nativity play led on naturally to puppet making and a puppet show for Chinese New Year. Tessa Fenoughty describes how.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Aliens Love Underpants!

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

| Nursery World

Children's perennial fascination with knickers and monsters can be explored fruitfully using this quirky, beautifully illustrated book, says Judith Stevens.

EYFS Activities: We've Explored...Transient Art

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

How one setting provides the opportunity for children to make transient art, and what they get out of it. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Enabling Environments: Creativity - Open secret

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

A nursery in Wiltshire used a local garden in an old churchyard, and a visual artist, to put together a Making Memories project. Annette Rawstrone explains

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.

From Bach to Baby

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Sunday, January 7, 2018

| Nursery World

Orchestral musicians are to visit settings in a new venture called Bach to School, from classical concert series Bach to Baby.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

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

Positive Relationships: Home learning - A parent's guide to ... music

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Why is listening to - and making - music important for children? Penny Tassoni explains, and suggests some activity ideas

Enabling Environments: Under-threes - Follow the thread

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

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.

Learning & Development: Castles - Dungeons and dragons

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

A cheap roll of cardboard was a brilliant investment, says Sally Squires, nursery co-ordinator at James Peacock Nursery School in Ruddington, Nottingham.

Learning and Development: Creativity - Little Big Bang

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Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

In a bid to improve creative opportunities for the under-fives and their families in Somerset, four artists were placed in nine children's centres. Louise Monks reports on the project's progress.