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Make the outdoors a place of 'irresistible temptations'

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series on former Nursery World Award winners, Julie Mountain explores what other settings can learn from those she visited

Essential Resources: Maximise opportunities for literacy

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

How can settings resource their areas to support children’s early literacy skills, asks Nicole Weinstein, with some suggestions for products to purchase

Let's go to… The Museum of Liverpool

Features

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

| Nursery World

An interactive replica of the River Mersey is a way to explore Liverpool’s iconic waterfront with young children. By Chris Kerfoot, participation programme manager

‘Take a thoughtful and personalised approach to building your curriculum’

Opinion

Monday, August 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Tapestry’s Ben Case explains how attending the recent Nursery World curriculum conference helped him to reflect on the importance of being culturally inclusive and taking an evidence-based approach.

Outdoors: Natural adventures

Features

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

How do settings with the best outdoor spaces embed high-quality teaching and learning? Julie Mountain visited some high-quality award-winners to find out

The plants in my street: Time to go blackberry picking

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

August is the traditional blackberry month – so get a-foraging, says Julie Mountain

An A to Z of enhancements: L is for large-scale art

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Encouraging large-scale painting and drawing can open opportunities for children to work collaboratively, develop their motor skills, and create new artistic ideas. By Amy Jackson

Expressive Arts and Design: Get set to sew!

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Sewing promotes sustainable and anti-stereotypical practice and many areas of development, as well as being a useful skill. By Annette Rawstrone

Draft EYFS published, ahead of changes to two-year-old ratios in September

News

Thursday, July 13, 2023

| Nursery World

Changes to the EYFS, including staff-to-child ratios in nurseries and clarifying how many children childminders can care for, are now set out in an updated version of the framework, which will come into force on 4 September.

Nursery World EYFS curriculum conference – report

Features

Thursday, July 13, 2023

| Nursery World

Jan Dubiel spoke about how to 'future proof' early childhood education to prepare children for a rapidly changing world at Nursery World's curriculum conference.

Maths programme boosts young children's development by three months

News

Thursday, July 13, 2023

| Nursery World

Children who took part in an early numeracy programme focussing on professional development were three months ahead of their peers in both maths and language, according to new research.

Curriculum: Understanding what is 'crucial'

Features

Monday, July 3, 2023

| Nursery World

What are the key features of a good early years curriculum? By Verity Campbell-Barr, Katherine Evans, Jan Georgeson and Sasha Tregenza

EYFS Best Practice: All about … beach schools

Features

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Beach School sessions allow for the same ‘awe and wonder’ for children and exploration experience as in Forest School– but with added drama. By Annette Rawstrone

Outdoors: The plants in my street – grass

Features

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Let grass grow, says Julie Mountain, and discover a world of sensory, STEM and environmental benefits

Communication and Language: Discover talking places

Features

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

What are the elements of a good environment for developing speech and language skills? Dr Tanya Richardson at the University of Northampton has codified them