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Health and Well-Being: Promoting well-being

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  • Sunday, January 20, 2019
  • | Nursery World
The quality of adult-child interactions are critical to the well-being and brain development of a baby and young child. When an adult responds to a baby’s babbling, gestures or cries with sensitive eye-contact, words or a hug, this builds and strengthens the neural connections in a baby’s brain. Such interactions are referred to as ‘serve and return’.

Learning & Development: Sand Play - Under-threes

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  • Tuesday, June 9, 2009
  • | Nursery World
Influenced by the principles of heuristic play, staff at Stepping Stones Childcare Centre have developed sand areas that give the under-threes choice and unrestricted access. Manager Jill Tomlinson explains how.

A Unique Child: Nutrition - Chop and change

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  • Monday, December 2, 2013
  • | Nursery World
In the second article of a two-part series on weaning, Nicole Weinstein considers ideas for meeting the energy and nutrient needs of infants aged seven to 12 months, through a range of food.

Speech & Language: Part 7 - Follow me

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  • Monday, October 29, 2018
  • | Nursery World
What are the developmental expectations for attention and listening in two- to three-year-olds and when should concerns be raised? By Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni

Nursery Equipment: Two-Year-Olds - All sorted

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  • Monday, May 16, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Variety is key when it comes to resources for two-year-olds, as is catering for different levels of development and enabling them to express their increasing sociability, Karen Faux reports

Take Twos - guidance update

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  • Monday, October 20, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Updated guidance reminds us of the conditions attached to two-year-old funding, while the level of interest from schools is growing, says James Hempsall.

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