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Learning and Development: Creativity - Little Big Bang

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

In a bid to improve creative opportunities for the under-fives and their families in Somerset, four artists were placed in nine children's centres. Louise Monks reports on the project's progress.

Areas of Learning and Development: Specific area: Expressive Arts and Design

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Jan Dubiel explains the changes to Expressive Arts and Design in the revised framework

Learning & Development: Music - With a bang!

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Infant school children are communicating, negotiating, planning and performing in sophisticated ways with their own junkyard orchestra, as Michael Jones reports.

Art in the Early Years: Part 7: Textiles

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Explore the surprisingly wide variety of woven materials and their artistic possibilities, with the Suffolk Early Years and Childcare Service (Suffolk County Council)

Art in the Early Years: Part 6 -Collage

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Opening up the creative potential of collage to young children requires knowledge of the basic skills involved and ready access to a wide variety of natural and made materials.

Learning & Development: Castles - Dungeons and dragons

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

A cheap roll of cardboard was a brilliant investment, says Sally Squires, nursery co-ordinator at James Peacock Nursery School in Ruddington, Nottingham.

Art in the Early Years: Part 4: Painting

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Painting offers young children a world of opportunities for experimentation and expression, so early years settings should equip them with ample materials and varied techniques.

Enabling Environments: Under-threes - Follow the thread

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Education is not just something delivered to children by adults, but a process that arises from the experiences and the environment of their daily lives, say Tullia Musatti and Susanna Mayer.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Crocodiles

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

See how children's interests and a surprise piece of inspiration led to a nursery-wide project that prompted yet more projects, with Angela Chick.

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

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

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.

Art in the Early Years: Part 1 - Introduction

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The basis for good early years practice in helping children develop their creativity is adults who know how to encourage them and model activity but not control the creative process.