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    Inclusion in the Early Years Foundation Stage

    by Jonathan Glazzard on

    The principle of inclusive education has dominated educational policy for nearly two decades and under the previous Labour administration inclusion was a key policy imperative. It was embedded within the Every Child Matters agenda (HMSO, 2003) and is…
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    Inclusive picture books for children with additional needs: close but …

    by Stephen Kilgour on

    Our SEND Advisor and Outreach Teacher, Stephen Kilgour, was invited to take part in a panel to select books for children with additional needs for the wonderful BookTrust. The experience prompted him to think further about how publishers could make…
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    Interactive Story Making

    by Lesley Hendy on

    Continuing on from her article on imaginative roleplay, Lesley Hendy makes stories with her children!
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    Invincible or Invisible Dads

    by Martine Horvath on

    Promoting positive partnerships with parents, with fathers particularly in mind.
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    It's Good to get Global! Global citizenship in the Early Years

    by Kate Lea and Oxfam Development Education on

    A well-referenced article, with resources and activity suggestions for introducing young children to the wider world of global citizenship.
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    Knock, knock can you come out to play?

    by John Blaney on

    Closeted in the home or watched by helicopter parents children lack much of the freedom they had 40 years ago. British children’s play has been transformed in the last 100 years. In the 1960's few children did not spend all their free time outdoors, …
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    Learning about Shape and Space

    by Helen Edwards on

    The perceived need to demonstrate children's development in the Early Years can put pressure on practitioners to move to formal methods of education too quickly. This article explains how learning can be achieved and recorded instead through practica…
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    Looking back: How do we give young children a sense of the past?

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    As adults, we tend to think about time in terms of chronology. Time is linear and ordered. The past stretches into the distance in one direction, the future into the other, and the present sits in the middle. We understand that the past can be recent…
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    Love, Laughter and Learning, the brushes behind Paint Pots

    by FSF Rebecca and David Wright on

    Recently I was invited to spend time with Mr and Mrs Paintpots (aka David and Anna Wright) at some of their settings in Southampton. Their energy and passion for early years is infectious and their dedication to their staff team and the children an…
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    Meetings!

    by Dee Hayday on

    Dee casts a world weary and jaundiced eye at the phenomenon of staff meetings!
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    Men in childcare, an ongoing debate

    by David Wright on

    For those of us interested in such matters, the received wisdom is that the number of men actually working with young children as part of the Early Years workforce in England represents around 2% of the total. This figure, despite much hand-wringin…
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    Men in Early Childhood Education: Why we are where we are- perhaps?

    by Richard Harty on

    Richard Harty outlines the current issues concerning men in the early years workforce and describes the outcome of the first "Men in Early Childhood" summit in New Zealand.
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    Motivational Planning

    by Sue Ridgway on

    A description of how one setting moved away from topic planning towards a more child-centred approach.
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    Motivational Planning- a retrospective discussion

    by Sue Ridgway on

    Sue Ridgway takes us back to 2006, when her setting decided to discard a topic-based approach in favour of developing children's skills through following their interests. In this new article, she describes the impact this change has had on her provis…
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    Music, Personal, Social and Emotional Development......and You!

    by Alison Harmer on

    Alison Harmer explores musical experiences in the early years in relation to Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
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    Nancy Stewart's keynote speech for TEC 2 - 'Steering the Changes: Who'…

    by Ben Case on

    We were delighted to welcome Nancy Stewart, early years teacher, consultant and trainer, to give one of the Keynote talks at TEC 2.  Read Ben's summary of her talk and watch it from the link provided. 
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    Nature Deficit Disorder

    by Helen Irving on

    Have you heard of the phrase ‘Nature deficit disorder’? Just recently there have been lots of reports, book releases, news articles, and interviews on TV and radio about the need to reconnect children to nature. Many of our children’s lives are well …
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    Ofsted Inspection Reports for Childminders (Part 1)

    by Helen Edwards on

    What have recent OFSTED reports focused upon? In a two-part article we summarize over fifty childminders' reports from April and May 2010. How does your setting measure up?
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    Ofsted Inspection Reports for Childminders (Part 2)

    by Helen Edwards on

    A selection of Ofsted inspectors' judgements on the quality and standards of childminders' early years provision and outcomes for children.
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    Parrot Head

    by Dee Hayday on

    Dealing with injuries and accidents in the early years, in Dee's usual respectful manner...
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    Partnership with Parents, Part 2.

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    This is the second of two articles looking at building partnerships with parents. Here we discuss how settings can open up to parents and families to achieve true partnership.
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    Partnerships with Parents, Part 1

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    Working in partnership with parents is now considered to be one of the key areas of good early years practice, illustrated by the focussing of four Standards in the EYPS on this subject. In the first of two articles we look at why partnership with pa…
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    Planning!

    by Dee Hayday on

    Another humorous article from the darker corners of Dee Hayday's experiences. The usual health warnings apply!
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    Play and Exploration

    by Martine Horvath on

    The importance of play and of practitioners who are "playful"
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    Positive Behaviour Management

    by Helen Edwards on

    What do we mean by "good behaviour"? We are often quite clear about the behaviour that we don't want to see in our settings! Can we be proactive about this and plan consistent positive behaviour strategies where all children feel happy and secure and…
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