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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.

Guide to EYE: Part 2 - Designed to fit

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  • Monday, June 30, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Play and understanding child development at 5-7 are areas that have been seized on by the awarding bodies in designing the new Early Years Educator qualifications. Gabriella Jozwiak reports.

Crowdfunding for Childcare - Working the crowd

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  • Monday, June 16, 2014
  • | Nursery World
With bank lending falling since the financial crisis and cuts to local authority budgets taking hold, early years providers are beginning to turn to crowdfunding as a way of raising cash. Katy Morton reports.

Working Mum - A sinking feeling

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  • Monday, June 16, 2014
  • | Nursery World
How practitioners deal with an incident such as biting can make a big difference to the outcome for child and parent, says Working Mum

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.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... UW: People & Communities

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  • Monday, June 16, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Has the slimmed-down Understanding the World impacted on teaching and learning? And what can we do to ensure we inspire children's interests and consolidate their knowledge? Lena Engel writes the first of a two-part series looking at UW and the aspect People and Communities

A Unique Child: Nutrition - Bitter sweet

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  • Monday, June 2, 2014
  • | Nursery World
There is no getting around the fact that children tend to dislike certain vegetables, so the best way to ensure they eat them as part of a healthy diet is to get creative. June Graham offers some tips.

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