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Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Five areas in England will use the lottery money to pilot initiatives to improve children’s outcomes.

Survey seeks sector views on the twos scheme

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Sunday, June 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are invited to have their say on the disadvantaged two-year-old programme via TACTYC’s new online survey.

Charity calls for action to reduce attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| Nursery World

A new report calls for more focused interventions to close the attainment gap between children from high and low-income households.

Stress for boys in infancy could lead to snoring later

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Friday, March 7, 2014

| Nursery World

Baby boys who experience stressful situations may grow up to snore as adults, according to new research.

Children need time to be bored, ex-head says

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Friday, January 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Boredom can be more beneficial for children’s development than participation in clubs and extra-curricular activities, a leader of prep schools has said.

Children's development suffers when parents work shifts

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Pre-school children whose parents work outside normal hours are more likely to have cognitive and behavourial problems, finds new research.

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Research interviews began last week with families taking part in one of the largest ever Government-funded studies into early years education.

New movement aims to reconnect children with the outdoors

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| Nursery World

A group of organisations concerned with outdoor play and education have come together to help children get back in touch with nature.

Pupil Premium should be extended to the early years to improve social mobility

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report commissioned by the Deputy Prime Minister recommends making three- and four-year-olds eligible for the Pupil Premium.

Intolerant neighbours stop outdoor play

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Fears about traffic, stranger danger and friction with neighbours are among the factors preventing children playing outside, according to the Playday 2013 survey.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

Seeds of Empathy launches in England

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A teaching programme designed to encourage empathy in three- to- five-year-olds will be launched in Lewisham, in London in September.

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Malorie Blackman, who has won many awards for writing books for teenagers, is the new Children's Laureate.

Disco dancing for under 5s

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

Children under five can bop until they drop at a new baby disco event running until 15 September at the Southbank centre in central London.

School language programme boosts children's reading

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| Nursery World

An evaluation of a pilot project led by children's communication charity I CAN has found that a whole school approach to supporting children's speech can result in an average 50 per cent increase in progress in reading skills.

Music therapy can comfort premature babies

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Playing live music to a premature baby can slow their heartbeat and help the child breathe more easily, a study has found.

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or cognitive development, according to new research by University College London.

Government funds 5m early education study

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The first major early years research to begin since 1997 will look at the impact of free early education from the age of two on the development of thousands of children.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Lobby group calls for adverts targeted at young children to be banned

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A group of childhood campaigners are calling for an immediate end to all adverts aimed at young children so they can grow up free from the pressures of consumerism.

Children's art at the chalk face

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Every year the Whitechapel Gallery in London invites a contemporary artist to create new work for the Children's Art Commission.

Early years resources focus on healthy eating for toddlers

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Infant and Toddler forum is going back to basics with healthy eating resources in response to the rise in childhood obesity.

Six Nations inspires Rugbytots

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| Nursery World

As the Six Nations draws to a close this weekend, with the much-anticipated final clash between England and Wales, a new generation of young children are learning how to play the game at Rugbytots.

Interview - Dr Lynne McKenna and Dr Joan Goss

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Dr Lynne McKenna, principal lecturer and Dr Joan Goss, senior lecturer at Northumbria University.

Repeatedly reading the same book to toddlers helps develop their vocabulary

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| Nursery World

A new study shows that reading the same books to children over and over again helps them to retain new words.

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Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

Survey seeks sector views on the twos scheme

Charity calls for action to reduce attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children

Stress for boys in infancy could lead to snoring later

Children need time to be bored, ex-head says

Children's development suffers when parents work shifts

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

New movement aims to reconnect children with the outdoors

Pupil Premium should be extended to the early years to improve social mobility

Intolerant neighbours stop outdoor play

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

Seeds of Empathy launches in England

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

Disco dancing for under 5s

School language programme boosts children's reading

Music therapy can comfort premature babies

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

Government funds 5m early education study

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

Lobby group calls for adverts targeted at young children to be banned

Children's art at the chalk face

Early years resources focus on healthy eating for toddlers

Six Nations inspires Rugbytots

Interview - Dr Lynne McKenna and Dr Joan Goss

Repeatedly reading the same book to toddlers helps develop their vocabulary

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