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Maths: Harness the executive function to help children gain a deep understanding of maths

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Executive functions play an important role in early maths, says Rosemary O’Connor, from a University of Oxford team who have developed a programme to embed these crucial mental skills into fun maths activities

Communication & Language: How to support children's learning at home

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

In part 2 of her enabling environments series, Dr Tanya Richardson of the University of Northampton investigates how to promote speech and language at home

Outdoors: How to resource a 'wild' space

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Julie Mountain visits past Nursery World award winners to discover how to resource and lead a high quality ‘wild’ space outdoors

Physical Development: Wheely good?

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Whether or not to use bikes at early years settings is the subject of some debate, finds Caroline Vollans

Essential Resources: C&L – starting to talk

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

How can the learning environment and the resources in it promote effective communication? Nicole Weinstein goes back to basics

Outdoors: the plants in my street - willow

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Plants are local to everyone and fertile ground for activity ideas. This year, outdoors specialist Julie Mountain will be pointing out some commonly found flora and what you can do with it

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers – friendly fire

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Penny Holland's pioneering work on gun play, a controversial and emotive subject, is worth revisiting in these times, Nicole Weinstein discovers as part of her resources series

Your outdoor calendar: October

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

The days are getting shorter and you can literally smell the seasons changing – but autumn is a wonderful time to be outdoors and active! By Julie Mountain

Outdoors: Key 10 – Your best resource

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

How can leaders ensure that staff are supporting the setting’s outdoors provision to the best of their ability, asks Professor Jan White

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Mind games

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Susan Isaacs’ belief in giving children space and independence to lead their own learning has lots of resonance today. Nicole Weinstein suggests some appropriate resources

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers – Self-sufficient

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Monday, August 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Timeless practical activities that foster children’s independence are a core part of Maria Montessori’s philosophy, Nicole Weinstein discovers

Education For Sustainability - Midas touch

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

In Western Australia, an organisation that makes waste materials available for reuse is helping early years settings resource for schema play. By pedagogical leader Kylie Ridder, with educator Fernanda Santiago.

Good Practice - Just a moment

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

How one setting introduced ‘In The Moment Planning’ to ensure that child-led play and activities are not interrupted and children feel valued and listened to. By Dawn Rigby

'Don't throw away all your resources and hope your class will be inspired by fir cones and sticks'

Opinion

Monday, April 11, 2022

| Nursery World

It is not okay to say that we are going with a Reggio Emilia approach and therefore we are only going with natural materials, says one early years teacher