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A Unique Child: The Developing Brain, part 2 - Piaget revisited

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

Recent research backs up Piaget's theory of how the infant brain develops, as Annette Karmiloff-Smith explains.

A Unique Child: Sexualisation - Body image

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

| Nursery World

A Government report warns about the sexualisation of children and lays the blame on media and retailers. Melanie Defries investigates.

Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Babies and books

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

| Nursery World

Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows why. Photographs courtesy of Siren Films.

Emotional Development - Time to Reflect

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Monday, October 15, 2018

| Nursery World

Reflect is an innovative approach to supporting children’s emotional development and resilience through working with pre-school practitioners. Zoe Stephens and Gill Holt explain the method and its outcomes

A Unique Child: Health - Early movers

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Help is at hand for those seeking to organise physically active play environments.

A Unique Child: Child development - Sleepy time

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Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners have a vital role to play in developing healthy sleeping habits for the babies and young children in their care. Jackie Hardie explains her nursery’s approach

Unique child Regulatory disturbances - Bringing calm

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Distressed babies may be unable to regulate their own reactions. Their condition is explored by child psychotherapist Robin Balbernie.

A Unique Child: the Developing Brain, part 5 - Speech patterns

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

The ways infants learn to make speech and understand languge give fascinating insights into brain function, says Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Health & Well-Being: Obesity - Time for bed

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

With a recent study linking obesity to insufficient sleep, Meredith Jones Russell asks how practitioners and parents can ensure that children get enough rest day and night

A Unique Child: Music - In the mood

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Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

‘Mood music’ offers a playful and contained way to begin to give shape and expression to what may be difficult emotional experiences for young children. Community musician and trainer Bill Roberts presents songs and ways of using instruments to support emotional development

Child Behaviour: Understand young children's individual learning styles

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

‘Conation’ is the will or urge to do something. Helen Garnett explores the importance of understanding children's different styles of motivation for learning and development

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Physical play

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Simple physical play with a child's carer can stimulate a function that is linked fundamentally to language and sensory development, says Anne O'Connor.

Sensory Processing, Part 3 - In space

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Proprioception – our sense of our body in relation to the world – how it develops and what happens when problems arise. By Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson

A Unique Child: The Developing Brain: Part 4 - Numbers game

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies exhibit number-sensitivity almost from birth, but true numeracy develops a little later. Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith explains how.

STARTING POINTS: PART 6 - Leo, 30 months

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Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Meeting the emotional and learning needs of the unique child

A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - TV times

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The debate over how much screen exposure is advisable for young children should take account of scientific research and common sense, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Health & Well-Being: Promoting well-being - toxic stress

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Toxic stress in childhood occurs when children face severe, prolonged or repeated adverse events without the support of a caregiver to help them develop a normal stress response.

A Unique Child: Child Development - Well and good

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Research suggests that propensities to be moral, generous and helpful are 'online' surprisingly early in life, as Graham Music explains in an extract from his new book.

A Unique Child: Unlocking care

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

| Nursery World

Pilot projects are helping children with disabilities access quality care, finds Annette Rawstrone.

STARTING POINTS: PART 7 - Poppy, 36 months old

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Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Meeting the emotional and learning needs of the unique child

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Identity crisis?

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Moving from country to country can be glamorous and exciting, but life is not always easy for the children involved. Ruth Beattie finds out how early years professionals can help smooth the way