ABSTRACT
In between the wonderful child-led learning there will of course be times and opportunities planned in to teach children particular skills based around their development. For instance linking back to our knowledge of the children the teachers might decide they need some opportunity to practice higher-level joining skills in the making area and so they set up an opportunity for this to happen or how about learning how to colour mix with powder paints. For instance instead of taking nursery into the computing suite once a week, where the majority of the time was taken up with logging each of the 30 children onto the computer and practising mouse skills. Inspirations nursery uses the child's voice and the questions that arise in their learning as a starting point. Recently at inspirations nurseries in Horsforth the children were inspired by the moon and embarked on an adventure of space related creativity and discoveries that began with a home made rocket.
