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Social Collaboration – Party time?
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- Monday, September 28, 2020
Despite social distancing, we can still give children the chance to work together – such as planning a party, writes Penny Tassoni
Sharing Rhymes - Tommy Thumb
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- Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Ideas for sharing Tommy Thumb, from Penny Tassoni
Sharing Rhymes: ‘Molly, my sister, and I’
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- Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Sharing Rhymes – Molly, my sister, and I
EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus at the Vet
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- Monday, February 17, 2020
Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this book, he is at the vet’s surgery, where the busy waiting room is full of different animals – dogs, kittens, mice and a cockatoo called Cassie.
EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Baby Day
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- Monday, January 21, 2019
Penny Tassoni has ideas for reading Baby Day with the youngest children
EYFS best practice: All about… Storytelling
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- Monday, January 7, 2019
Stories are especially important in the early years, explains Mary Medlicott, who offers advice on how to be an effective storyteller to groups of young children
EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Archie’s Holiday
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- Monday, May 28, 2018
Over the course of this monthly series on sharing books with children, Penny Tassoni will look at a range of fiction and non-fiction titles, from rhyming books for babies to picture books that adults and children can explore together.
Free Play-Doh activities for EYFS children
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- Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Play-Doh is offering free workshops to foster children's creative play linked to the EYFS.
EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… parties
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- Monday, January 22, 2018
Planning a party, to mark an event for example, is a fun activity as well as a learning experience for children, writes Penny Tassoni
EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… cooking
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- Monday, January 23, 2017
There are many developmental benefits of cooking. Penny Tassoni provides some tips for settings
EYFS Activities: Communication and language… Story of the week
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- Monday, July 25, 2016
Frequent repetition of stories can help to develop a child’s vocabulary, explains Rebecca Wilson
EYFS Activities: Birth to two… Finger rhymes
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- Monday, June 27, 2016
Babies and toddlers love finger rhymes, which also have developmental benefits, explains Penny Tassoni
Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Play with words
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- Monday, June 29, 2015
Sharing stories and rhymes with children right from the earliest
years will help them develop vital communication skills. Judith Stevens explores the opportunities and benefits across the age groups.
Learning & Development: Traditional Tales - Where's granny?
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- Monday, June 2, 2014
One nursery has immersed children in traditional fairy tales by
doing much more than simply reading the stories to them, reports
Meredith Jones Russell.
Two-year-olds: Communication - Time to talk
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- Friday, June 28, 2013
Practitioners should aim to give children the best possible chance for meaningful communication and language learning, advises Kay Mathieson.
Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!
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- Friday, March 22, 2013
Picking up rhymes supported by physical actions seems to be innate in children. But how adults mediate is important for later literacy development, says Opal Dunn