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A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - A sense of security

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

| Nursery World

Young children can cope with minor stresses and anxieties if they feel secure in their relationship with their carer, as Anne O'Connor explains.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Peek a boo!

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Two-way exchanges between babies and adults help build up language and brain development. Anne O'Connor considers how practitioners can create more opportunities for them.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Pretty in pink

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Friday, December 28, 2007

| Nursery World

Seeing a young boy do something considered feminine provokes some extended thinking about traditional gender roles and stereotypes. Anne O'Connor explores the issues in practice.

A Unique Child: A-Z of inclusive practice - R is for Racism

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| Nursery World

'Inclusion is a process of identifying, understanding and breaking down barriers to participation and belonging' - Early Childhood Forum, 2003

All about ... children's values

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Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The values nurtured in the early years shape how children approach the wider world later in life. But which values are beneficial and how do we balance different interests? By Marion Dowling

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Outdoors: On the ball

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| Nursery World

A simple running game brings both physical and emotional growth for a toddler, says Anne O'Connor.

A Unique Child: Co-ordination - Fingers and thumbs

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

| Nursery World

Disorders in physical co-ordination could be avoided by early years practitioners giving children simple exercises, as Mary Evans reports.

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills, says Anne O'Connor

A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - Boys and girls

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Gender differences in behaviour are widely accepted and extensively researched, but only now are studies revealing the biological influences in children, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Early Years in School: Two-Year-Olds - The 3Rs

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With more two-year-olds heading for a school-based setting, Julia Manning-Morton offers some starting points for effectively meeting this age group’s needs

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - At a crawl

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Crawling is an important physical stage in its own right which enables babies to break away from their carers for the first time, says Anne O'Connor.

A Unique Child: Shock effects: Post traumatic stress disorder

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| Nursery World

Children may remain emotionally affected long after an accident. Annette Rawstrone hears how.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Listening to children

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The value of seeking children's opinions and some ways practitioners can initiate it in an early years setting are described by Pat Gordon-Smith.

Sensory Processing, Part 1 - Making sense

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Sensory experiences are vital to healthy brain development, explain Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson in part one of a new series

A Unique Child - Stark truth

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Why do young children tend to like being naked so much? And are there particular times when stripping off should be discouraged? Caroline Vollans investigates

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Getting to know you

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Monday, February 10, 2014

| Nursery World

A project funded by the charity Scope has been assessing resilience in disabled children and adults. Researcher Katherine Runswick-Cole offers some insight into the process and conclusions.

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 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: 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.

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.

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: Outdoors - Practice in Pictures - In the mix

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The benefits for children of playing in a mixed age group are explored by Anne O'Connor, with advice for practitioners on reinforcing it

EYFS: Progress Check at two - Step two

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

The 'Know How' guide will see you through the progress check at two, says Susan Soar, development officer, National Children's Bureau.

A unique child stammering: Speaking up

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Children who stammer will have their say in new information DVDs for the school workforce and special needs professionals, as Ruth Thomson finds out.

All about...spirituality

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Wednesday, July 6, 2005

| Nursery World

What is 'spirituality' and how do early years practitioners promote it in young children? Marion Dowling offers suggestions

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A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - A sense of security

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Peek a boo!

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Pretty in pink

A Unique Child: A-Z of inclusive practice - R is for Racism

All about ... children's values

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Outdoors: On the ball

A Unique Child: Co-ordination - Fingers and thumbs

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - Boys and girls

Early Years in School: Two-Year-Olds - The 3Rs

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - At a crawl

A Unique Child: Shock effects: Post traumatic stress disorder

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Listening to children

Sensory Processing, Part 1 - Making sense

A Unique Child - Stark truth

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Getting to know you

A Unique Child: Sexualisation - Body image

Unique child Regulatory disturbances - Bringing calm

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Physical play

A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - TV times

A Unique Child: Child Development - Well and good

A Unique Child: Outdoors - Practice in Pictures - In the mix

EYFS: Progress Check at two - Step two

A unique child stammering: Speaking up

All about...spirituality

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