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A unique child: Music therapy - Scaling up

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

A study has measured the effects of music therapy on children's emotional well-being, reports Karen Faux.

Learning & Development: Independent learning - All by myself

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

Provision to enable and challenge the youngest children to direct their own learning is carefully thought out at a centre visited by Nicole Weinstein.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pirates!

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of the curriculum with a topic on these popular characters, outlined by Helen Bromley.

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

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

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.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 2: Deep in thought

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners need to identify and observe young children thinking to give them opportunities to move on further, says early years consultant Marion Dowling.

Enabling Environments: Tried and Tested - New scientists

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years settings put resources designed to encourage scientific research and exploration to the test with young children and tell Sue Hubberstey about their conclusions.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... the Reggio Approach

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Find out about the principles behind the renowned early years centres in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and see how they have inspired practice at settings in the UK with early years consultants Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton (www.alcassociates.co.uk)

EYFS Activities: An A to Z of learning - I is for… interest-led

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

The team at Rachel Keeling Nursery School explain how they truly value children’s interests and support these by using them as the basis for engaging projects

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... planning around core experiences

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years settings can develop their own practice and expertise in harmony with the Early Years Foundation Stage principles. Julian Grenier explains how.

Learning & Development: Principles and Practice - From the start

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

| Nursery World

The principles that should underpin putting the Early Years Foundation Stage into practice are set out by Julie Fisher in this excerpt from the revised edition of Starting from the Child.

Enabling environments: Tried and tested - Puppets, Hand in glove

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Puppets come in all shapes and sizes and are indispensable in most settings. Early years professionals put their hands up and give their verdicts on the following selection to Sue Hubberstey.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pattern

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundamental to children's understanding of mathematics, says Judith Stevens.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 4: Big ideas

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years settings need to offer provision that will help sustain young children's thinking by using their own initiative, says Marion Dowling.

Learning & Development Heuristic Play: Outdoor treasures

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

It's not just babies who gain from heuristic play - and better still if it takes place outdoors, as Sara Davies found in her research.

Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Babies and books

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

| Nursery World

Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows why. Photographs courtesy of Siren Films.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 3: Broaden the mind

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

When children are exposed to a wide range of thought-provoking experiences and encouraged to make their own decisions, they will take responsibility for their learning. Marion Dowling shows how.

Enabling Environments: All about ... Sensory rooms

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

It doesn't require a large budget, just plenty of imagination and some careful forethought about how it's going to be used, to kit out your setting with a sensory room, as Annette Rawstrone explains.