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Children at London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) nurseries will be read stories by drag queens as part of project to spread a message of tolerance and kindness.

Premature babies more likely to develop behavioural and emotional problems

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| Nursery World

Children born a few weeks early have an increased risk of developing behavioural or emotional problems as toddlers, according to new research.

Sesame Street puppets give refugee children emotional support

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| Nursery World

An early learning project that uses the children's television characters to help refugee children displaced by conflict to overcome trauma has been shortlisted for a $100m (£80m) grant from a Chicago-based charitable foundation.

Exercise levels for both boys and girls decline 'long before adolescence'

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

| Nursery World

Levels of exercise decline in most children in the UK by the age of six to seven years - long before adolescence and regardless of gender, research has suggested.

Engaging with babies' simple gestures helps develop language, finds study

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Friday, November 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers have found that responses to babies' first gestures have a direct effect on their language development.

Motor skills gap hampers young children's learning

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| Nursery World

A growing body of evidence suggests that there is a rise in the number of children starting school with immature motor skills, which is hindering their ability to learn, a leading neuroscientist has claimed.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - Spinney Day Nursery, Chester

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Children from the Spinney Day Nursery in Chester do some warm-up stretches before an aerobics and games session.

Study measures impact of home environment on children's development

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| Nursery World

The gap in verbal skills between deprived children and those from more affluent families widens by 50 per cent between the ages of three and five, according to new research.

More nurseries bring young and old together

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

| Nursery World

As Nursery World has reported, an increasing number of nurseries are linking up with care homes for regular visits and activities.

Pow! Training to support superhero play

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Acorn Training has launched a new course to help practitioners support children's love of superhero and war play.

Early years language training boosts children's skills

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| Nursery World

An early years speech, language and communication training programme has been shown to speed up children’s development by five months, an independent evaluation has found.

EPPE/EPPSE PROJECT on early education - Why investment pays off

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

The EPPE/EPPSE Project has released new findings. Kathy Sylva, Brenda Taggart, Edward Melhuish, Pam Sammons and Iram Siraj explain.

Young children's behavioural problems linked to poverty

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Children from poor families are more than twice as likely to have behavioural problems at age three than those from wealthier backgrounds, a study by the University of Bristol has found.

Study: Controlled baby crying sleep method is 'no stress'

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers are hoping they have put anxieties over baby sleep training to bed for good – after a study found the controversial method has no impact on stress hormones or bonding.

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

| Nursery World

What can we learn from the OECD’s International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study? Dr Martina Street explains criticisms of the research, findings, and what future studies should focus on

Labour schools shadow calls for baseline assessment to be cancelled

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Shadow Schools Minister Margaret Greenwood is pressing Nick Gibb, School Standards Minister, to abandon the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) to support emotional well-being as children return to school after the coronavirus lockdown.

Autumn phonics check ‘pointless’ in pandemic, most teachers say

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

The majority of teachers were against holding this year’s autumn phonics check, with many describing the assessment as ‘pointless’, ‘unnecessary’ and ‘irrelevant’ in the aftermath of lockdown, a survey reveals.

Coronavirus: Call for examples of how children’s play has changed during the pandemic

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Practitioners observing children’s play during the pandemic have a unique chance to contribute to an archive that will inform future generations about how children’s play experiences changed during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Children in London ‘at risk’ of falling behind due to the pandemic

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged under-fives, who are missing out on their early years entitlement in the capital due to the impact of the pandemic, are at risk of falling behind and not being ‘school-ready’, a report by London Councils warns.

Behaviour: self-soothing

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Wednesday, June 25, 2003

| Nursery World

Carers need to recognise when a child's self-soothing habit is an expression of distress

PACEY to hold live question and answer session

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are invited to put their questions to the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) as it hosts its first social media event next week.

Analysis: What is ‘baby PISA’?

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

The OECD’s upcoming international study of early learning outcomes for five-year-olds has raised concerns in the sector. Charlotte Goddard reports

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Sibling rivalry aids toddlers' development

Call for children with reading difficulties to have hearing checks

Charities share 1.2m for early intervention projects

LEYF nurseries to welcome drag queens for storytime

Premature babies more likely to develop behavioural and emotional problems

Sesame Street puppets give refugee children emotional support

Exercise levels for both boys and girls decline 'long before adolescence'

Engaging with babies' simple gestures helps develop language, finds study

Motor skills gap hampers young children's learning

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - Spinney Day Nursery, Chester

Study measures impact of home environment on children's development

More nurseries bring young and old together

Pow! Training to support superhero play

Early years language training boosts children's skills

EPPE/EPPSE PROJECT on early education - Why investment pays off

Young children's behavioural problems linked to poverty

Study: Controlled baby crying sleep method is 'no stress'

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

Labour schools shadow calls for baseline assessment to be cancelled

Autumn phonics check ‘pointless’ in pandemic, most teachers say

Coronavirus: Call for examples of how children’s play has changed during the pandemic

Children in London ‘at risk’ of falling behind due to the pandemic

Behaviour: self-soothing

PACEY to hold live question and answer session

Analysis: What is ‘baby PISA’?

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