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More schools get help from reading dogs

    News
  • Tuesday, August 24, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Reading dogs are stretching their influence to schools in Kent with the expansion of a unique project to encourage children who are reluctant to read out loud.

Only children don't have fewer friends

    News
  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Growing up without siblings does not mean that a child will have poor social skills later in life, said researchers from Ohio State University who told the American Sociological Association's annual meeting that 'only' children had as many friends as their peers who had brothers or sisters.

Speech year is in jeopardy

    News
  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Concerns have been raised that the National Year of Speech, Language and Communication, which is due to take place in 2011, could be axed after the Government refused to make a commitment to funding the initiative.

Lack of breakfast linked with childhood obesity

    News
  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Children who regularly skip breakfast before going to school are nearly twice as likely to be obese compared with those who eat something before they leave home, according to a new study.

Britain's first official reading dog gets to work

    News
  • Tuesday, July 27, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Five-year-olds Robert Prue, Frankie Manners and Connor Ward from Arden Forest Infant School in Bedworth, Warwickshire, share a book with Batman, a former racing greyhound, who is Britain's first official reading dog thanks to a project backed by the National Literacy Trust and National Autistic Society.

Sector quick to respond to the EYFS review

    News
  • Wednesday, July 7, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Early years organisations and the childcare workforce have given a mixed reaction to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government is to review the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Opposition to academies gathers force

    News
  • Tuesday, July 6, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Unions have stepped up their campaign against academy schools following the news that a group of leading Liberal Democrats involved in education are opposing the Academies Bill.

NW writer to be UK's forum rep

    News
  • Tuesday, June 29, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Laura Henry, Nursery World contributor and managing director of training and business support company the Childcare Consultancy, has been appointed the UK's national representative for the World Forum Foundation on Early Care and Education.

Analysis: Why early intervention needs to be a priority

    News
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Even before the General Election, politicians from different parties were uniting in calls for investment in early intervention that could reduce society's ills and costs over the long term. Laura Marcus looks at the possibilities for making it happen.

Children go for a walk with their buddy

    News
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2010
    • | Nursery World
A scheme to promote more walking by young children is being rolled out next month in all PVI nurseries, children's centres and childminding settings in Hertfordshire.

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