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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

Maths programme boosts young children's development by three months

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

| Nursery World

Children who took part in an early numeracy programme focussing on professional development were three months ahead of their peers in both maths and language, according to new research.

Childminders and early years settings offered DfE-funded training to boost language and numeracy

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

| Nursery World

More than 700 early years settings and childminders in England will be able to take part in new training projects funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).

EYFS Best Practice: Observation – supporting wider learning

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series on observation to support wellbeing, Dr Sue Allingham focuses on developing the Specific Areas of Learning

EYFS best practice: All about … maps

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Young children display geographical awareness from an early age, and a new report on early years mapping is rich with links to curriculum and ideas for activities, finds Meredith Jones Russell

Nursery World Awards 2022 - Professional Book of the Year

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Sunday, September 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Playful Mathematics for Children 3 to 7, by Helen J Williams, SAGE Publishing

EYFS Activities - Early Years on a Shoestring: Name your number!

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

In both the indoors and outdoors environments, loose parts are an ideal resource for involving children in maths activities, explains Shardi Vaziri

Guided play as effective as adult-led instruction for children's learning and development

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A new study finds that learning through guided play can be as effective as adult-led instruction and, in some cases, it can have a greater impact on children’s numeracy.

Find expert guidance on the revised EYFS

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery World's invaluable Practice Guide on the Revised EYFS collects together our recent series of articles on each of the Areas of Learning.

Book extract - Falling into line

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

In extracts taken from her new book, Di Chilvers considers how children’s mathematical development unfolds through play and exploration from birth

Revised EYFS - In focus… mathematics

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| Nursery World

How can early years practitioners continue to support the mathematical learning of all children within the framework of the revised EYFS? Di Chilvers explains

EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: M is for…meaningful maths

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| Nursery World

How the Rachel Keeling Nursery School team turns everyday activities into fun and meaningful mathematical experiences for children

Early language learning linked to academic ability in primary school

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Children who spend more time discussing letters and sounds with their parents are better at reading and mathematics when they start school, a new report by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) reveals.