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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

All on board with whiteboards

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Whiteboards at one setting in northwest London have become a collaborative focal point for planning activities and documenting children’s thoughts and practitioners’ responses in a visible way, explain Chevone Newman and Di Chilvers

The plants in my street: Horse chestnut trees

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Nursery World

Best known for their conkers, Julie Mountain explains how to make the most of horse chestnuts

The plants in my street: Oak trees

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Oak can support more than 2,000 species, is great for climbing – and has acorns. By Julie Mountain

Make the outdoors a place of 'irresistible temptations'

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series on former Nursery World Award winners, Julie Mountain explores what other settings can learn from those she visited

Special Focus: How to approach refreshing your provision

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

As the start of the next academic year approaches, Karen Hart finds out how early years settings can appraise their provision and spaces for the arrival of new children

Outdoors: Natural adventures

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie Mountain visited some high-quality award-winners to find out

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

EYFS Best Practice: All about … beach schools

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Beach School sessions allow for the same ‘awe and wonder’ for children and exploration experience as in Forest School– but with added drama. By Annette Rawstrone

Outdoors: The plants in my street – grass

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Let grass grow, says Julie Mountain, and discover a world of sensory, STEM and environmental benefits

Communication and Language: Discover talking places

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

What are the elements of a good environment for developing speech and language skills? Dr Tanya Richardson at the University of Northampton has codified them

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 on a budget: Use the stairs

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Friday, June 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final instalment of this eight-part series, Dr Lala Manners considers how stairs can be used to support strength, balance, co-ordination and agility

Outdoors: Creating inclusive outdoor environments

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

How can outdoors be an enabling learning environment for all children? Julie Mountain reports on how award-winning early years settings provide routes to inclusion outside