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Napping helps children to learn

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A new study suggests the best time for young children to learn is just before they take a nap.

Sharing picture books boosts infants' development

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Sharing books could significantly improve the development of toddlers living in the poorest parts of the world, according to a new study by the University of Reading.

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Free books for children and adults are to be handed out at food banks during the festive period, thanks to a partnership between Booktrust and The Trussell Trust food bank network.

Research shows ‘IQ gap’ for poorer children starts at two

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Monday, December 8, 2014

| Nursery World

New research that examines the impact of poverty on children's intelligence has found that children from disadvantaged backgrounds have lower IQ scores on average than their peers.

Parents need not worry about bad Santa impersonators

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

New research suggests that even if young children see lots of different people dressed up as Father Christmas their belief in his existence will remain unshaken.

Early years 'failing' children at maths

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are ‘failing’ young children over maths skills, a campaign group has said.

New resource to help early years staff deliver the Integrated Review

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Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A new toolkit has been launched to support early years and health teams implement the Integrated Review for two-year-olds.

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A more detailed breakdown of the EYFS Profile statistics, published today, shows that the gap has widened between children with special educational needs and their peers.

Study suggests free places have no benefit, but warns against scrapping them

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| Nursery World

A new study suggests free early education places have no long-term benefit on children’s attainment, but its authors argue that taking away the entitlement would do more harm.

School 'exacerbates' young disabled children's problems

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Friday, October 3, 2014

| Nursery World

A new study has found that the behavioural problems of many disabled children worsen between the ages of three and seven.

Programme boosts children's early literacy

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the first year of the Making it REAL programme, published today, has found it has been successful in considerably improving children’s early literacy development.