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Learning & Development: Blockplay - Stacking up

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  • Tuesday, September 7, 2010
  • | Nursery World
A deeper understanding of children's blockplay and significant improvements in practice in different types of settings were discovered in a unique research project by early years consultants Daniel Spry, Pauline Latchford and Annabel Hollis.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Why?

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  • Monday, November 28, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Practitioners admit it is the question that often tries their patience, but it helps to think about a particular child's reasons for asking it, says Jennie Lindon.

Nursery Equipment: Gender - Feeling blue?

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  • Tuesday, May 3, 2011
  • | Nursery World
... Or in the pink? Colour-coding and crass gender signalling persist even in these times of presumed equality. Anne O'Connor helps practitioners to negotiate the minefield of bias.

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

In my view - Tiny brains under stress

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  • Tuesday, May 25, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Penelope Leach writes: My latest book, The Essential First Year, aims to empower parents to make decisions about their babies based on information rather than on hearsay, tradition or fashion. Within it, the topic that has attracted more attention than any other is 'controlled crying'.

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