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Personal skills blossom in the outdoors

    News
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Pre-school children who spend lots of time out of doors experience greater independence and self-reliance and are more creative than those who do not, according to a review of an environmental programme in the north-east that works with local Sure Start projects. GreenStart is a pilot scheme which focuses on the role of the natural environment in promoting early learning and play, improving language skills and encouraging interaction between parents and children.

Road safety is in the headlights

    News
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Road safety is in the headlights as nurseries and playgroups take part in Beep Beep! Days until 12 September. The initiative, created by road safety charity Brake and sponsored by Green Flag Motoring Assistance, aims to teach children simple rules such as 'always hold hands with an adult when close to roads'. Brake's chief executive Mary Williams said, 'Nurseries and playgroups can play a crucial role in educating toddlers about rules that will help keep them safe by roads throughout their childhood.' Participating schools or nurseries can go on a sponsored toddle on safe pavements near their premises or encourage children to bring a 'ride-on' toy and take part in road safety lessons in the playground. For a free guide to holding a Beep Beep! Day call Brake on 01484 559909 or see www.greenflag.com.

Inside out

    News
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Outdoor environments enable children to learn creatively on a larger and more active scale than is possible indoors The Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (DfES/QCA 2000, p23) states that effective teaching depends on 'planning the indoor and outdoor environment carefully to provide a positive context for learning and teaching'. Despite this clear guidance, some practitioners still see outdoor activities simply as promoting physical development. They provide for climbing, riding tricycles and using small apparatus, such as balls and beanbags, but little else. However, by considering our own experiences as young children we see that although outdoor play did promote physical development, it also did a great deal more.

Early Years Pioneers: Susan Isaacs

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Practitioners can learn a great deal from the work of early years educator and lecturer Susan Isaacs, as Professor Tricia David explains

Permanent provision and adult support

    News
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Personal, social and emotional development * Equipment that encourages collaborative play, such as wheeled toys that several children can ride, large construction materials, and large sheets of paper that several children can paint or draw on.

Look and learn

    News
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Develop your understanding of children's learning by considering the following scenario Scenario

Assessment: Reducing children to numbers

    News
  • Monday, November 13, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Measures of children’s progress – especially one-off assessments such as the baseline in Reception – are flawed, meaning neither policy-makers nor children benefit, say Alice Bradbury and Guy Roberts-Holmes

Our recommended choice

    News
  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The Foundation Stage Teacher in Action: Teaching 3, 4 and 5 year olds By Margaret Edgington

All the best

    News
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Liz Fox takes a look at some of the new products and services that will be on show at the exhibition Equipment

Introducing books: Page by page

    News
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy

Mini Topic: Paper plates

    Features
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Paper plates are cheap and readily available, providing opportunities to develop a range of physical and creative skills. Denise Bailey suggests uses for a versatile resource

The Big Picture - Hats off

    News
  • Monday, December 12, 2016
    • | Nursery World
The acclaimed stage adaptation of Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat will return to London this festive season.

First resort

    News
  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Now that you have your ticket to ride for working abroad, what will it be like when you get there? Dan Levy finds out about the salaries, support mechanisms, accommodation and job satisfaction that you may encounter If you've decided to head for sunnier climes and ply your childcare skills to the seasonal trade what pay and conditions can you expect to find?

Facts and figuers

    News
  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Our guide to travel operators who employ childcarers will help you plan your trip to a holiday resort. Dan Levy has the details Canvas Holidays

Stephen Burke

    News
  • Wednesday, January 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Stephen Burke, director of the Daycare Trust, has announced that he will be leaving the childcare charity at the end of March to take up the post of chief executive of Counsel and Care, working for better care and housing services for older people. Mr Burke, who became director of the Daycare Trust in 2000, has led the charity in promoting children's centres in every community and securing substantial investment.

Children have a soft spot for new dolls

    News
  • Wednesday, January 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
A childcare partnership is stocking its local nurseries with special dolls to help young children develop their social skills. The soft-bodied Empathy Dolls have already proved so successful that the EYDCP in Leeds, West Yorkshire, has bought one doll for each of its 40 maintained nursery settings across the city.

Field Lane Children's Centre in Brighouse

    News
  • Wednesday, January 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Chancellor Gordon Brown levelled with children from Field Lane Children's Centre in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, at its official opening last week. The three- and four-year-olds presented the Chancellor with an abacus, sang him a song and told him about their Christmas presents. Mark Nicholas, programme director for Sure Start Elland, said, 'These state-of-the-art facilities provide a huge opportunity for Sure Start and our health and education colleagues to give local children a really good start in life.' Photo Steve Race/Guzelian

Watchdog explains its investigations

    News
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2004
    • | Nursery World
This week Ofsted publishes its annual early years report. Protection through Regulation focuses on what action Ofsted takes when childcarers fail to provide the standard of care that children deserve.

Editor’s view - On the road

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 12, 2016
    • | Nursery World
The Department for Education has drawn up a road map for 30 hours delivery, which it is sharing at sector events.

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