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Attachment Theory and the Key Person Approach

by Juliet Mickelburgh on January 21, 2011

The Key Person Approach is now a fundamental part of developing secure relationships between staff and children in early years settings. Why is it so important and what is the theory behind it?

Assessment, Progression and Attainment in the EYFS

by Kate Cahill on December 15, 2010

Life on the Foundation Stage Forum takes on its own seasonal phases and autumn is no exception. As the new academic year commences there are always queries, particularly from school-based practitioners, on how to gather and interpret the progress dat…

Assessment for Learning in the EYFS

by Jonathan Glazzard and Jane Stokoe on March 3, 2011

Jonathan Glazzard, from the University of Huddersfield, provides a broad overview of the key principles of assessment for learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage. He outlines the purposes of assessment and describes key approaches for collecting…

Aspects of Art: Textiles

by Juliet Mickelburgh on April 25, 2013

Here is the fourth in our series on Art in the Early Years. This time the focus is on Textiles. Fabric is a big part of children’s lives. They wear it, they sleep under it and they sit on it. The familiarity of textiles is what makes them so much fun…

Aspects of Art: Sculpture

by Juliet Mickelburgh on September 4, 2013

Here is the final article in the Aspects of Art series, looking at how children can be creative in 3D through sculpture. Working in three dimensions gives children the opportunity to practise skills such as planning and problem solving, fixing and j…

Aspects of Art: Printing

by Juliet Mickelburgh on February 13, 2013

We continue our series on Art in the early years with a closer look at printing.

Aspects of Art: Painting

by Juliet Mickelburgh on November 8, 2012

Paint is such a versatile and energetic medium for children to explore. It can be thick or runny, pale or bright. It can be layered up with other things and it can be dabbed, spread, brushed, flicked or squelched. This article is the third in a serie…

Aspects of Art: Drawing

by Juliet Mickelburgh on September 13, 2012

This is the second in a series of articles about the different aspects of art in the early years. Here we look at ways to approach drawing with young children.

Aspects of Art

by Juliet Mickelburgh on June 8, 2012

Art is a rich and magical area of learning. It can open children’s eyes to the world around them and offer them new and exciting ways of seeing, thinking and doing. But this doesn’t just happen; presenting children with the opportunity to use clay, p…

Applying for a job in Early Years? Interview preparation

by Helen Edwards on January 24, 2011

Getting through interviews successfully is all about preparation. This article guides the interviewee through the process, recommending strategies for impressing your interviewer.

All About Clemmie: Part 2

by Juliet Mickelburgh on October 4, 2011

Continuing Juliet Mickelburgh's diary of her daughter Clemmie's learning and development from her first birthday to her second.

All About Clemmie: Part 1

by Juliet Mickelburgh on October 4, 2011

A mother's diary of her daughter Clemmie's development from birth to her first birthday. These snippets of Clemmie's learning and development were first published a few years ago as "Clemmie's Column". We republish them here as two articles for thos…

A Unique Child

by Martine Horvath on January 21, 2011

What does the EYFS mean by the term "a unique child", and how can we support each child's individual development?

A Reception Teacher's Blog (6)

by Iris Lark on May 20, 2014

Staking a claim to the role play area...

A Reception Teacher's Blog (5)

by Iris Lark on April 15, 2014

Iris tackles 'Show and Tell'....

A Reception Teacher's Blog (4)

by Iris Lark on January 7, 2014

I teach in the Reception class on Wednesdays. This Wednesday I am in the middle of the usual early morning chaos in my house (me, a husband, two teenagers and a 9 year old all attempting to leave at approximately the same time – need I say more?) wh…

A Reception Teacher's Blog (3)

by Iris Lark on December 12, 2013

Iris attempts to master the SMART board...

A Reception Teacher's Blog (2)

by Iris Lark on October 9, 2013

The Great Reception Bake Off. The day that I cover in Reception is cooking day. I embrace the learning of this valuable life skill at such a young age, and clearly the children do too as it is a very popular activity: oversubscribed in fact. It is…

A Reception Teacher's Blog

by Iris Lark on September 5, 2013

Our new friend Iris Lark describes her return to reception class teaching, after a break of 10 years. Here she tells us about 'The Register'.

A Childminder’s experience of an Ofsted Inspection

by Tania Leycester on January 10, 2020

We all know the feeling when the Ofsted call comes. Here, childminder Tania Lancaster describes her own experience of a recent Ofsted Inspection.

Using "The Dog Who Could Dig", by Jonathan Long and Korky Paul, as a …

by Juliet Mickelburgh on December 15, 2010

This is a great book for looking at things under the ground. The children's interests might take you down a number of different avenues - buried treasure, tunnels, animals that burrow or people who work underground. The story lends itself to lots of …

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