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Learning through Music & Making - an Earlyarts PDD at St Edmund’s Nursery School & Children’s Centre

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March 10, 2012 from 10am to 1pm
Using creative approaches to support children’s learning and developmentFor early years foundation stage teachers and practitioners, artists, heads of centres, cultural managers, local authority advisors, early years professionals, arts or cultural organisations.The aims of this Earlyarts Professional Development Day are to help early years professionals understand how working creatively with young children promotes the dispositions and…See More
Event posted by Sarah Howells Feb 13
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Bigger & Brighter at Cheam Resource Centre

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March 8, 2012 all day
An Earlyarts Professional Development Day- Developing creativity through photography and ‘Big’ art work. For artists, early years practitioners, heads of centres, cultural managers, local authority advisers,  early years professionals, arts or cultural organisations. The aims of the day are to develop practitioner’s skills and confidence in promoting children’s creativity through the use  of…See More
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Bigger & Better at Cheam Resource Centre

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March 8, 2012 all day
An Earlyarts Professional Development Day- Developing creativity through photography and ‘Big’ art work. For artists, early years practitioners, heads of centres, cultural managers, local authority advisers,  early years professionals, arts or cultural organisations. The aims of the day are to develop practitioner’s skills and confidence in promoting children’s creativity through the use  of…See More
Event posted by Sarah Howells Jan 30
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Vacancies at Earlyarts

Three exciting new roles for motivated, creative and enterprising professionals to enhance our central team including a Business Development Manager, Marketing Research Assistant and Junior Web Developer. If you want to work as part of an amazing freelance team, make a big difference in the lives of young children, and share our values for social enterprise please find out more here .Closing date 27 January 2012.…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Jan 6
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Earlyarts Announces Additional Board Members

 Earlyarts, the largest national network for people working creatively with children and families in the arts, cultural and early years sectors has welcomed three new members to their Advisory Board."We are delighted by the breadth of…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Dec 9, 2011
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Share your creative play ideas with Earlyarts!

Share the most exciting and inspiring creative activities you use to support children's play and learning and receive 20% off your next order of Earlyarts Creative Play Postcard Sets, PLUS the best ideas could win 35 sets to give away.We'll publish your ideas on our website along with all the others we receive.Designed by Earlyarts members and parents, Earlyarts Creative Play Postcard…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Nov 10, 2011
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Growing Stories at Curve

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December 5, 2011 all day
Growing Stories is an Earlyarts Professional Development Day. The aim of the day is to experience a range of stimulus for language development for boys in early years. Understanding how visual and kinaesthetic stimuli can be of particular support to boys in developing vocabulary and self-confidence in story making, and sharing ideas to look at a range of practice in Leicester aimed at supporting the creative learning of boys in early years.The day will feature a presentation from Paul Gobey –…See More
Event posted by Sarah Howells Oct 17, 2011
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Early Years Artists - join us on the Earlyarts Map

Earlyarts, the national network supporting professionals to nurture the amazing creative potential of all young children is putting Early Years Artists on the Map.All the Artists shown on our map subscribe to Earlyarts principles and…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Oct 12, 2011
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Early Years Foundation Stage Consultation - Earlyarts response

 Earlyarts submitted their response to the revised Early Years Foundation Stage and we thought you might like to have a look.Whilst we welcome the increased focus on some areas of learning, we are particularly concerned about the messages suggesting the primary purpose of the EYFS in supporting a child’s first years in life is to help prepare them for…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Oct 6, 2011
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Let's Dance at Seacombe Theatre

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November 24, 2011 all day
This Earlyarts Professional Development Day will explore using movement and dance to support children's creativity and imagination and build confidence in providing dance and movement opportunities for childrenThe Day will include:Pass it on – showcase from Sarah Dekker, Creative Projects Co-ordinator from Siobhan Davies Danceand two practical workshops:Pass it on – lead by Marie Forbes from Siobhan…See More
Event posted by Sarah Howells Oct 6, 2011
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Discover the Early Years - Bankfield Museum, Halifax 19/11/11 at Bankfield Museum

November 19, 2011 all day
This Earlyarts Professional Development Day will explore using artefacts, songs, rhythm and rhyme from museums and libraries as stimulus for storytelling and imaginative journeysThe aims of the day are:To explore museum collections and library resources to promote creative learning in the early yearsTo develop your toolkit of strategies to build stories and stimulate young children’s…See More
Event posted by Sarah Howells Sep 21, 2011
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TWILIGHT SESSION: Exploring Words and Feelings through Creativity at Harris Museum & Art Gallery

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October 10, 2011 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm
This twilight Networking Session is for early years’ teachers and practitioners, heads of children’s centres, cultural managers, arts and cultural organisations, local authority advisors, early years’ professionals, early years’ lecturers.It includes a showcase performance of  M6 Theatre Company's One Little Word - an opportunity to see this thought-provoking and creative piece of theatre devised for 3-6 year olds. With…See More
Event posted by Sarah Howells Sep 14, 2011
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Events posted by Sarah Howells Aug 10, 2011
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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.  "The…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Jul 11, 2011
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The Power of Global Collaboration

 Earlyarts is delighted to be launching our second Pocket Guide, International Creative Practice in Early Years Settings which highlights some of the tremendous opportunities happening for very young children and their families through creative partnerships on a global scale. It demonstrates the power of global…See More
Blog post by Sarah Howells Jun 24, 2011
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Events posted by Sarah Howells Jun 24, 2011

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I am the PR & Partnerships Co-ordinator for Earlyarts www.earlyarts.co.uk a not-for-profit professional development network for professionals who support creative learning for young children and their families. We offer both free and paid for services, including our Professional Development Days which help creative and early years professionals to share practice, learn skills, build ideas, find inspiration, and make connections. We have a huge bank of online resources, and we welcome contributions from anyone working creatively with children under 5 so that we can continue to help connect aspirational practice across the country. www.earlyarts.co.uk.

Our exciting Put Yourself on the Map campaign lets all our members (Earlyarts Free, Bronze, Silver, Gold) upload their own profile to our map of creative practice and promote their creative work with early years to the network. Find out more at www.earlyarts.co.uk.

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Vacancies at Earlyarts

Three exciting new roles for motivated, creative and enterprising professionals to enhance our central team including a Business Development Manager, Marketing Research Assistant and Junior Web Developer. If you want to work as part of an amazing freelance team, make a big difference in the lives of young children, and share our values for social enterprise please find out more …

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Posted on January 6, 2012 at 3:28pm

Sarah Howells

Earlyarts Announces Additional Board Members

 

Earlyarts, the largest national network for people working creatively with children and families in the arts, cultural and early years sectors has welcomed three new members to their Advisory…

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Posted on December 9, 2011 at 12:45pm

Sarah Howells

Share your creative play ideas with Earlyarts!

Share the most exciting and inspiring creative activities you use to support children's play and learning and receive 20% off your next order of Earlyarts Creative Play Postcard Sets, PLUS the best ideas could win 35 sets to give away.

We'll publish your ideas on our website along with all the others we receive.

Designed by Earlyarts members and parents,…

Continue

Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:30pm

Sarah Howells

Early Years Artists - join us on the Earlyarts Map

Earlyarts, the national network supporting professionals to nurture the amazing creative potential of all young children is putting Early Years Artists on the Map.

All the Artists shown on our map subscribe to Earlyarts principles and…

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Posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:15am

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On encouraging young audiences (or their parents) to take risks

http://www.itstheforest.comWhy should parents bring their children to see something like my company's dance piece 'The Forest'?When it’s half term and I scan the pages of the ‘what’s on for children’ sections of magazines I want to know that the experiences I choose for my children will be, to be honest, worth the effort, that they will enjoy it, that they will be enriched in some way, in any way, by what they’ve seen.I want to take them…See More
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Naomi Cortes replied to Naomi Cortes's discussion 'Engaging younger audiences'
The age ranges I am thinking of is between 3 and 7 years.I find there is so much variation between the ages and abilities, I am interested in what factors decide how big or small we can go with our work.
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David Harradine replied to Naomi Cortes's discussion 'Engaging younger audiences'
Hi Naomi - what do you mean when you say "younger audiences"?  I think the actual age range for a project has a significant influence on these decisions around scale...
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Engaging younger audiences

 Hello to all,As I continue to write I find there are two opposing ideas for creating theatre which engages younger audiences. The first, is to create small intimate pieces of work and the other is to create large epic pieces. Do creatives have a preference or a belief that one is more engaging than the other? See More
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Engaging younger audiences

 Hello to all,As I continue to write I find there are two opposing ideas for creating theatre which engages younger audiences. The first, is to create small intimate pieces of work and the other is to create large epic pieces. Do creatives have a preference or a belief that one is more engaging than the other? See More
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