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Essential Resources: Home Corner - Home comforts

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

A permanent home corner with a mix of familiar resources and carefully added extras can provide the comfort that some children need during the pandemic, Nicole Weinstein explains

Nursery Equipment: Understanding the World - Walk the talk

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Exploring places and people, and learning the vocabulary to talk about them, enables children to gain an understanding of the world, explains Nicole Weinstein

Prime and Specific: Make links

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Monday, April 30, 2018

The split between Prime and Specific areas is valid, provided practitioners understand how they inter-relate, says Jan Dubiel

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences… cooking

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Monday, January 23, 2017

There are many developmental benefits of cooking. Penny Tassoni provides some tips for settings

Learning & Development: Block Play - Grand designs

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Requiring only simple materials, block play nevertheless gives children the power to bring imaginary worlds to life. Michael Follett suggests handing over creative control.

Learning & Development: Traditional Tales - Where's granny?

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Monday, June 2, 2014

One nursery has immersed children in traditional fairy tales by doing much more than simply reading the stories to them, reports Meredith Jones Russell.

Enabling Environments: Under-threes - Follow the thread

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Design & technology

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Using simple tools with simple rules will reward children with a wealth of learning and skills development, says early years consultant Linda Pound.

Learning & Development: Activities - Home from home

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Chldren's eagerness to help out with the domestic chores provides the perfect link between home and nursery, as Kim Ritson explains.

Learning & Development: Music, Part 4 - Let them move!

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Endless opportunities for children's expression, development and learning across all curriculum areas are provided by music and movement activities suggested by Margareta Burrell

Learning & Development: Baking - Aprons on!

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rewards across all areas of learning will be the result when you get young children together in a baking activity, says Judit Horvath.

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The upcoming review of the Early Years Foundation Stage needs to look carefully at worldwide studies of effective pre-school approaches, says Oli de Botton of the CfBT Education Trust.

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Only meaningful dialogue between the Government and the early years sector will avoid ideological swings in policy and achieve a balanced approach to reform of the EYFS, say Margaret Edgington, Richard House and Kim Simpson of the Open EYE Campaign.

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

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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)