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Children share reading tips for summer

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Pre-school and primary children are invited to spend their summer holidays lost in books and share their favourites as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

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Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

New app aims to save babies' lives

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Friday, May 15, 2015

| Nursery World

A new app lets parents upload pictures of their baby to contribute to scientific research and help premature babies in the developing world.

New unit to study young children's language skills

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

The ways that young children learn words and develop language skills, including how to hold a conversation, are to come under scrutiny at a new academic unit.

Opera sessions let babies call the tune

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies as young as six months can call the tune in an interactive opera devised by the Scottish Opera company.

Parents and children wanted for university reading study

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Researchers at the University of Manchester are looking for parents and children to take part in a study looking at the benefits of reading together.

Young children more likely to play with other children of the same ethnicity, study claims

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Friday, July 1, 2011

| Nursery World

A new study of Canadian nursery children has found that toddlers in Montreal nurseries prefer playing with children of the same ethnicity,

Eminent academics warn childcare reforms will lower quality

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government's plans to reform childcare will lead to an unintended consequence of reducing quality, a group of eminent academics and experts in early years has warned.

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

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Friday, August 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are either born with or without a natural talent for maths, according to a new study.

Greater risk of autism for siblings of children with disorder

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Children who have older siblings with autism have a one in five chance of developing the disorder, according to a new study.

Row over daycare stress claims

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Monday, September 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The debate about whether childcare raises stress levels in young children is in the spotlight again, following a research review by controversial psychologist Aric Sigman.

Children more likely to run around when parents keep their distance

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Children whose parents 'hover' over them while playing are less likely to engage in higher levels of physical activity such as running, according to a new study.

Open EYE launches network to 'save childhood'

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| Nursery World

The group behind the book Too much, too soon? has set up a new campaign to protect childhood.

No gains for toddlers who watch educational DVDs and TV shows, researchers say

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

'Educational' TV programmes and DVDs that claim to aid children's social development and language skills have little benefit for children under two, claim experts.

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

New guidance for childcare and health professionals about portion sizes for one - to three-year-olds has been published by an independent group of leading nutritionists and child health experts.