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The Big Picture: World of art

Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

Children from across the UK took part in the launch event of arts project It's Our World in London on UN World Environment Day on 5 June.

Learning & Development: Superhero Play - Superkids - the movie!

Features

Monday, April 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Superhero play has inspired the creation of a film at one London school. Meredith Jones Russell hears about the creative process.

Learning & Development: Expressive Arts and Design - Top marks

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

An inspiring male role model, in the form of artist Fabric Lenny, has been encouraging creative mark-making alongside improved communication and collaboration. Helen Chilton explains.

Learning & Development: Finger Rhymes - Thumbs up!

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

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

EYFS Best Practice: Be Specific ... Expressive Arts and Design

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

The name change from Creative Development to Expressive Arts and Design gives practitioners the chance to rethink how they support creativity within early learning, says Di Chilvers, advisory consultant in early childhood.

Learning and Development: Creativity - Little Big Bang

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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

Features

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.