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Play therapy - Teaching parents how to play

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  • Monday, August 25, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Filial therapy - child-centred play led by a parent at home - is soon to get its own 'hub' at one UK university, making it easier to access specialist trainers. By Hannah Crown

Working Mum: Club rules

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  • Monday, August 11, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Lack of suitable out-of-school provision presents difficulties for parents forced to juggle responsibilities, says Working Mum.

Family Health: Dear Parent

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  • Monday, July 14, 2014
  • | Nursery World
In a letter to all parents of young children, Dr Raj Thakkar offers some guidance on both common and more serious medical conditions, what symptoms to look out for, and how to treat them

Home learning - Handwriting

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  • Monday, June 30, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Handwriting is the ability to make a range of marks that form letters. Children need a range of skills to do this, including hand-eye co-ordination and pencil grip. They also need to develop some specific movements that form the basis for individual letter shapes. These include vertical lines as well as bouncing and circular motions.

Take twos - parents benefit too

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  • Monday, June 16, 2014
  • | Nursery World
The programme of free childcare for two-year-olds doesn't just benefit children but gives parents a new lease of life too, says James Hempsall.

Home Learning: Practitioners - Listen up

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  • Monday, May 5, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Auditory discrimination is an important factor for children when they are learning to read, and it is a skill that parents and children can work on together at home. Penny Tassoni explains.

Home Learning Practitioners: How to count

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  • Monday, April 7, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Giving parents step-by-step information about how the concept of number is developed can encourage them to support their children to count at home. Penny Tassoni explains.

Positive Relationships: Real progress

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  • Monday, March 24, 2014
  • | Nursery World
What next for literacy project Making it REAL? Joyce Connor, from the National Children's Bureau's Early Childhood Unit, looks at how the training has been enhanced for two-year-olds.

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