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Mark making part 2: Link projects to your curriculum

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

In the second and final part of her series, Claire Martin, Reception teacher at the British International School of Boston, looks at mark-making projects with curriculum links

Essential Resources: Maximise opportunities for literacy

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

How can settings resource their areas to support children’s early literacy skills, asks Nicole Weinstein, with some suggestions for products to purchase

Mark making part 1: Scribble masterpieces

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Claire Martin, Reception teacher at the British International School of Boston, US, suggests ideas and resources for magnificent mark-making

Why phonics is more than just learning to read (and write)

Opinion

Thursday, June 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Pearson’s Primary Literacy Advisor explains why the use of phonics are vital for early literacy learning.

We've explored… gardening

Features

Friday, June 2, 2023

| Nursery World

After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired to design a plot of their own. By Annette Rawstrone

Pyjamarama returns to make sure no child misses out on their bedtime story

News

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust is back with its fun, annual dress-up campaign to encourage children of all ages to read for enjoyment.

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

News

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

Features

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

Essential Resources: C&L 2 – playful talk

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Which resources can help young children explore language, and what are the basic principles that should be borne in mind when using them? By Nicole Weinstein

Covid recovery programme found to benefit children's language skills

News

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

A Government funded Covid recovery programme to provide additional support for four and five-year-olds with their language skills, has been found to benefit pupils years later.

BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust Cymru is encouraging families, schools and early years spaces across Wales to join in with Big Welsh Rhyme Time, a weeklong celebration of sharing bilingual rhymes, poems and songs

Interactive reading found to boost early language development by seven months

News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Encouraging children to engage with pictures, texts and ask questions during story time can boost their early language development by up to seven months, according to new research.

CPD: Using the Early Years Library to support children's learning and development

Features

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Find out how this free resource was developed by the Early Intervention Foundation and the PEDAL Centre – and how it can be used effectively in the setting. By Meredith Jones Russell

Profile - Rhyme writer Julia Donaldson

Features

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| Nursery World

The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson was Children's Laureate between 2011 and 2013 and was given a CBE in 2018 for services to literature. Interview by Annette Rawstrone

Essential Resources: Equip to reflect the pedagogy of Vivian Gussin Paley

Features

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Storytelling is still centre stage in many nurseries around the world, thanks to the inspirational teachings of childcare pioneer Vivian Gussin Paley. By Nicole Weinstein

Check out these new picture books

Review

Friday, October 7, 2022

| Nursery World

Deadpan humour, fantasy, themes of friendship and discovering the joy of dance all feature in the latest batch of children's picture books which come highly recommended by Karen Hart.

EYFS Activities: An A to Z of enhancements - B is for books

Features

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Amy Jackson continues her tour of the alphabet of enhancements to continuous provision, looking at inventive ways to use books to deepen learning

Dip into our pick of new picture books

Features

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

| Nursery World

Karen Hart road tests some new titles to find out why they will appeal to both children and adults alike.

Call for more focus on children's speech and language in Schools Bill

News

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Campaigners are calling for spoken language to be given importance to reading and writing in the Schools Bill.

'Our work to get children reading has never been more urgent'

Opinion

Friday, June 24, 2022

| Nursery World

Annie Crombie of BookTrust on how a pilot scheme is reconnecting young children and families with their local libraries post-Covid

Children's books – new for Spring

Features

Friday, February 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Karen Hart road tests some new titles with a variety of different aged children and discovers how there is magic in their pages.

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

News

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.

Curriculum - In focus… ready to write

Features

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Children should be physically ready before they are expected to write, having experienced developmentally appropriate PD activities, explains Reception teacher Claire Martin

Best Practice - War of words

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

The publication earlier this year of the Government’s new Reading Framework was met with a mixed reaction. Caroline Vollans considers the responses

EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: S is for stories

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| Nursery World

Giving children the chance to share books and tell their own stories develops confidence, imagination and communication skills. By the Rachel Keeling Nursery School team

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