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Enabling environments: Let's explore ... Cats and dogs

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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Help young children explore their love for - or fear of - the most popular family pets with activities in every area of the early years setting, suggested by Judith Stevens.

EYFS Activities: Five ways to use… your Christmas tree

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Monday, December 10, 2018

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Enjoy the festive season… then, in the spirit of thriftiness, here are five things you could do outdoors to use up every last bit of your tree. By Julie Mountain

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… rain

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Monday, July 24, 2017

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Children at one setting have been finding out about the water cycle, including rain. By Annette Rawstrone

Learning & Development: Cold Climates - Ice breakers

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Monday, February 23, 2015

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Children at a primary school in rural Derbyshire have been making the most of the weather to explore the properties of snow and ice. Marianne Sargent paid them a visit.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Bears

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Role play and imaginative play, early literacy development and other activities can be facilitated with a favourite toy, says Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... time

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Reinforce children's dawning sense of time with ideas to organise their day and reflect on their lives, with activities and resources suggested by Diana Lawton.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Reflections

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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From seeing the sky in puddles to finding the symmetry in faces, there are lots of ways to mirror all areas of the curriculum, say Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Hands and feet

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Friday, February 8, 2013

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Play involving hands and feet can help develop observation and thinking skills beyond simple recognition of size, shape and pattern. Marianne Sargent suggests some ideas.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Hit the trail

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Monday, October 19, 2015

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In an extract from his book of story-based adventures, Adam Dove explains how woodland fairies and a big-footed troll can provide an exciting and engaging starting point for outdoor learning

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Feet first

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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Follow young children on the trail of new sensory experiences and inspiring ideas to take back to nursery, with Katy Morton.

We’ve explored… farming

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Monday, July 23, 2018

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Children’s interest in local farming led to a visit to their setting by one of the dads in his tractor, reports Annette Rawstrone

EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… our bodies

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Monday, July 22, 2019

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How one setting helped children explore their senses and the ways the human body works. By Annette Rawstrone

Enabling Environments: Collections - All in hand

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Monday, May 4, 2015

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How can settings support the development of small hand movements? Nicole Weinstein advises.

Enabling Environments: Mud Kitchens - Magic mixes

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Monday, June 15, 2015

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In the run-up to International Mud Day on 29 June, Jan White and Menna Godfrey make the case for creating a mud kitchen in your setting and offer advice on how to best approach the task.

EYFS Activities: Let's explore... the zoo

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Monday, June 27, 2016

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Plan your zoo visit to ensure the children get the most out of it, says Marianne Sargent

Art in the Early Years: Part 2 - The creative learning environment

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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The essential provision for a creative art environment takes account of the space and materials made available and the display of children's finished works.

Enabling Environments: Birds - Hatching out

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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See how easy it is to learn about birds, as children at Peter Pan Pre-school Nursery in Woking, Surrey, did when they put a camera in a box on their grounds and observed a pair of nesting blue tits. Nursery owner Sue Lewis describes the learning experiences.