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Mark making part 1: Scribble masterpieces

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

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).

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

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

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.

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

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 Best Practice - All about… mark making

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| Nursery World

Why is mark making an important form of early writing and how can practitioners support and resource for it in their settings? Penny Tassoni investigates

Find expert guidance on the revised EYFS

News

Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery World's invaluable Practice Guide on the Revised EYFS collects together our recent series of articles on each of the Areas of Learning.

Coronavirus: ‘Concerning’ impact on language development and PSED among four-to five-year-olds

News

Thursday, April 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Reception class children are struggling with language and communication and personal, social and emotional development, concerned teachers have told researchers looking into the impact of Covid-19 disruption on primary school starters.

Nursery Equipment: Literacy – Word play

Features

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

How do children of different ages respond to literature and what is the best way to support them, asks Charlotte Goddard

Early Intervention: Opportunity Areas: Oldham - At home

Features

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

In Oldham, a literacy programme that has helped families improve their home learning environment should stand them in good stead over lockdown. By Charlotte Goddard

Picturebooks part 5 - Hands on!

Features

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Introducing babies and toddlers to books will set them on the way to being confident readers later on. Andy McCormack offers some advice and explores examples of age-appropriate titles

'You don’t always have to read a story, you can make one up'

Opinion

Thursday, March 5, 2020

| Nursery World

To mark World Book Day, here are some tips to share with parents on home-learning from Dr Elizabeth Kilbey, child psychologist, and a presenter of Channel 4’s The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6-year-olds.

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus at the Vet

Features

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this book, he is at the vet’s surgery, where the busy waiting room is full of different animals – dogs, kittens, mice and a cockatoo called Cassie.

Phonics training company to run literacy centre

News

Thursday, June 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has come under fire for awarding the contract to run a centre that will train Reception teachers to teach children to read to a leading commercial phonics provider.

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

News

Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi has expanded a range of measures to help tackle the language and literacy gap among five-year-olds in the most disadvantaged areas by training practitioners.

Creating A Library - Shelf life

Features

Monday, May 13, 2019

| Nursery World

How – and why – one setting created a library for two-year-olds and their parents. By Amina Khan, early childhood educator at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre in Liverpool