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Play, Learn, Create, Discover - Earlyarts Creative Play Postcards - only 80p a set!

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Designed by Earlyarts members and parents, the pack of four cards* can be distributed to parents and carers to help with creative play through playing, learning, creating and discovering.

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Play and the Hundred Languages of Children

An article in the current issue of the American Journal of Play features an interview with Lella Gandini, Italian author and teacher, and a leading advocate for the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education.

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Active Storytelling Techniques: Childminder’s Workshop, Birmingham 23rd February

Explore together different activities and techniques for creating stories with children in the Early Years at Burbury Park Childminders Resource Centre, Birmingham.

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Nursery World Show 2011

Book Seminars and Win £1,200 of Community Playthings Prizes at the NurseryWorld Show 2012, 17-18 February, Business Design Centre, London.

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Why is BECERA an innovative conference?

Coming to its second year, British Early Childhood Education Research Association- BECERA - is particularly interested in practitioner research and exploring paradigms and methodologies which impact directly on services. BECERA is interested in how knowledge is constructed, capturing the voices of all, including children and parents and will explore this in their next conference on 15th & 16th February 2012 in Birmingham.

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Down to the sea again...

Earlyarts Pathfinder Partner Clare Halstead in Sussex has explored the burgeoning Beach School movement in an article for Montessori Magazine.

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Call for Abstracts: Worlds Together

Worlds Together: an international conference exploring the value of the arts in young people's lives from Shakespeare to the digital realm. September 6 – 8, 2012

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Yummm!

Tell Tale Hearts is serving a great new dish… A dance theatre show exploring children’s relationship to food and eating rituals involving contemporary dance, live music and puppetry.

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Survey - for North West Arts Organisations

All About Audiences and Curious Minds are carrying out a research project to build a picture of arts and cultural provision available to schools, children and young people across the North West region.

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Free Early Years Creativity Toolkit

A new e-book for early years practitioners and artists that showcases work from the Hastings and St Leonards Early Years Change School Project in East Sussex and the Open Sesame Early Years project in West Sussex.

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Put Yourself on the Earlyarts Map

Our online networking tool raises the profile of creative early years practice across the world.

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Teaching Artists Found Critical to the Future of Education

NORC at the University of Chicago has released a landmark report on a three-year study of teaching artists (TAs)-artists who make teaching a part of their professional practice. 

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Scaffolding Young Children's Learning

Earlyarts Director, Ruth Churchill Dower, has contributed an article on Scaffolding Young Children's Learning to Practice Journal Issue 3.

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National Plan for Music Education

The Government has launched its first national plan for music education.

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Government Response to EYFS draft framework

Between July and September 2011 the Government consulted on a revised draft Early years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. The Government’s response to the consultation has now been published.

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London Early Years Foundation

View a video introduction to the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF).

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Access to Arts and Culture Throughout Childhood and Youth

A conference to be held on 19th April 2012 The Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen.

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International Conference on Cultural Policy Research

The next conference will take place in Barcelona from 9 to 12 June 2012. Paper abstracts can be submitted until 31 December 2011.

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Consultation on the European Commission's proposal for a Creative Europe programme

The department for Culture, Media and Sport recently launched a consultation on the EC proposal for a Creative Europe programme.

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Keep Arts in the National Curriculum

Experts recommend that the arts and culture are made central to the National Curriculum up to age 16.

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Discover Children's Story Centre

Based in Stratford, Discover Children's Story Centre contains colourful indoor and outdoor spaces where children and their carers can create stories through play.

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Earlyarts Announces Additional Board Members

We're welcoming three new members to our Advisory Board.

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Futurelab and NFER announce merger

Futurelab Education has merged with the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). 

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News from McMillan Nursery School - Hull

The latest Twilight Training Sessions plus details of a new publication from the award winning McMillan Nursery School in Hull.

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Early Years Creative Cookbook

‘The Early Years Creative Cookbook’ CapeUK’s latest resource in partnership with Earlyarts and Calderdale Council’s Early Years Team, will inspire early years settings, professionals and practitioners across the country to engage in similar creative approaches.

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Starcatchers - the story so far

Earlyarts Pathfinder Partner Starcatchers, the innovative project which works in partnership with artists, arts venues child-care settings and families to develop exciting, inspiring performing arts experiences for children aged 0-4 in Scotland, has released a documentary and research report reflecting on past achievements and findings and a glimpse into the future of their ground breaking project.

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Supporting Families in the Foundation Stage

The Government has set out its vision for the services that should be on offer for parents, children and families in the foundation years. Supporting Families in the Foundation Years describes the system needed to make the Government's vision a reality and explains the role of commissioners, leaders and practitioners across the range of services for families in these years.

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Survey of foundation years professionals

The Early Years and Childcare Strategic Partnership, led by 4Children, has published the results of a survey designed to capture a picture of capacity, sustainability, quality and knowledge of the early years and childcare sector.

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Small Size Workshops Feb/Mar 2012

International Workshops for artists, teachers, educators and operators in Bologna, Italy.

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Early Language Development Programme (ELDP)

ICAN is leading a partnership to deliver the new Early Language Development Programme, which is funded by Department for Education. The Early Language Development Programme (ELDP) aims to boost the language skills of all children aged 0-5, particularly those at risk of language delay.

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Artists in Creative Education: Unlocking Children’s Creativity

The core purpose of Artists in Creative Education is to create a transnational guide for artists to work in primary schools, with a particular emphasis upon developing the skills and understanding necessary to work creatively in schools in disadvantaged areas.

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A Little Birdsong-Two

A Little Birdsong-Two is the second enchanting book from the Birdsong range.

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ImagineNation - The Case for Cultural Learning

The Cultural Learning Alliance has (CLA) has published key findings demonstrating the impact of cultural learning on the lives of children and young people.

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Enjoying Music in Early Years Conference

28th February 2012, 9.30am - 3pm, Pavilions, Harrogate. A day exploring how music can support the development of Early Years Foundation Stage outcomes, with a keynote presentation by Professor Cathy Nutbrown.

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Early Years Artists on the Map

We are putting Early Years Artists on the Map.

All the Artists shown on our map subscribe to Earlyarts principles and purpose and are actively involved in early years with a collaborative and enquiry based approach to their work. They are all committed to a recognised Code of Ethics and Good Practice within their field.

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Early Years Foundation Stage Consultation

Earlyarts has submitted their response to the revised Early Years Foundation Stage and we thought you might like to have a look.

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Reggio Emilia Study Week 2012

15th - 20th April 2012, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Encounter and be inspired by the world-renowned educational approach of the preschools and infant toddler centres of Reggio Emilia

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Visioni Di Futuro, Visioni Di Teatro... International Early Years Theatre Festival 2012

Teatro Testoni Ragazzi, Bologna. 25 February - 4 March 2012. The festival dedicated to early childhood.

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Bradford Outdoor Learning Network

A new creative learning network for practitioners and education settings in the Bradford area, with a particular focus on the excitment of outdoor learning!

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Relight Your Fire with Earlyarts Leadership Coaching

Earlyarts, has launched the Earlyarts Leadership Coaching Programme, part of our successful Put Yourself on the Map campaign. 

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Earlyarts Update from Australia

Friend of Earlyarts Rachel Riggs from Imaginary Leaps – DNA puppetry and visual theatre company writes to us from Australia ...

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