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What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings introducing clay-making skills? Annette Rawstrone finds out

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

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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

Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… Belmont Farm Nursery School

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Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein visits a London day nursery on the site of a working farm and looks at the resources and learning that takes place in its Forest School

Essential Resources: Equip for Understanding the World

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein examines the benefits of getting out into nature and the local community and how to support this with resources back in the setting.

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

Essential Resources: Equip to support children's sense of self

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Every child needs a secure and positive sense of their identity. Nicole Weinstein finds out how to sensitively resource your setting so that every child can celebrate their uniqueness

An A to Z of enhancements: J is for Junk

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Enhancements that incorporate junk modelling can have numerous benefits and unexpected outcomes, says Amy Jackson

Essential Resources: Supporting social and emotional development (part 1)

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

How can the environment provide security at the same time as building relationships? Nicole Weinstein goes back to basics on resourcing with an eye on PSED.

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

Check out these new picture books

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Friday, October 7, 2022

| Nursery World

Deadpan humour, fantasy, themes of friendship and discovering the joy of dance all feature in the latest batch of children's picture books which come highly recommended by Karen Hart.

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

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.

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Natural curiosity

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

In a new series celebrating the pioneers and influencers of early years education, Nicole Weinstein looks at what resources best fit their pedagogies, starting with Robert Owen

Essential Resources: Rotation Scheme - Spin off

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Ideas and resources for supporting children’s interest in rotation. By Nicole Weinstein

Essential Resources: Containing Scheme - Going all in

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Why the ‘containing scheme’ is an important part of play and learning in the early years, and how settings can appropriately resource for it. By Nicole Weinstein

Essential Resources: Physical development – Good sports

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

With children’s health at the top of the agenda, Nicole Weinstein looks at everyday and bought resources, and activities, for gross motor development

Essential Resources: Block Play - Big build up

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Knowledge of the seven stages of block play gives practitioners a framework to understand children’s learning in this area, finds Nicole Weinstein – with ideas for products to buy

Essential Resources: Music - Pitch perfect

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Offering musical instruments for children to explore and handle freely along with targeted, adult-led music sessions helps promote listening and communication skills, Nicole Weinstein discovers

Essential Resources: Home Corner - Home comforts

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

A permanent home corner with a mix of familiar resources and carefully added extras can provide the comfort that some children need during the pandemic, Nicole Weinstein explains