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Little by little

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  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006
    • | Nursery World
When they enter nursery, children will probably already be familiar with small-world play, but it can be offered anew in all areas of your setting Most young children will have engaged with small-world play before they ever arrive in an educational setting. It is unlikely, however, that their families will ever have called it that! Playing with cars, trains, doll's houses, farm and zoo animals and a range of commercially produced toy people will simply have been an integral part of childhood.

At a loss

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  • Wednesday, January 11, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The departure of the first Foundation Stage director could hardly have come at a worse time, early years practitioners and leaders agree. Mary Evans sounds out their feelings The early years sector has reacted to the resignation of Lesley Staggs from her prestigious post as national director of the Foundation Stage with shock, sorrow and anxiety about the future.

A budding musician demonstrates his talents in the new outdoor play area at Hayle Children's Centre

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - A budding musician demonstrates his talents in the new outdoor play area at Hayle Children's Centre, Cornwall. The instruments were provided by Perranuthnoe-based company Kif Guitars for the play area, which was officially opened on 13 August by Terry Lello, the county council's lead member for children, young people and families. Guests at the launch enjoyed live music and a barbeque. Photo Jim Wileman

Media watch

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Newborn babies should be held naked next to their mother's skin for the first hour after birth so the two can bond, reported the Daily Mail. According to Dr Mary Price, a lecturer in midwifery at the University of Salford, this 'golden hour' helps calm the baby, build up resistance to infection and get breastfeeding off to a good start.

Sustainability of services is a key concern for out-of-school childcare providers

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  • Wednesday, November 30, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Sustainability of services is a key concern for out-of-school childcare providers, 4Children has found from its childcare helpline. Nine out of ten providers report sustainability and funding as their number one concern. A 4Children conference on funding and sustainability is will be held in London on 14 December. Visit www.4children. org.uk for details.

Eco-classroom makes space more flexible

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A 220,000 project to create an eco-classroom for Year Two at Stanley Infant and Nursery School in Richmond on Thames has won planning permission. The pioneering design is the result of a collaboration between construction company Framework CDM and architects Mark Dudek Associates. The project had to be functional and affordable and cause the least possible disruption to both the school and its environment.

Speaking and listening, reading and writing

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    • | Nursery World
ICT offers huge support in children's development of communication skills. Let's have a look at some ICT activities that help with communication, language and literacy skills.

Music corner

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Using breath and voices expressively When you want to start group singing, these activities help children warm up their bodies and then sing more freely. Take these gently so that children don't get dizzy by holding their breath for too long.

Let down yet again

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  • Wednesday, June 12, 2002
    • | Nursery World
While I realise classroom assistants do a great job, I feel let down that nursery nurses, who have been trying both nationally and locally for a re-grading for many years - the last in Scotland being 20 years ago - are being bypassed again, with some councils even talking about downgrading them. Nursery nurses have to go to college for a minimum of two years while many classroom assistants train while on the job, yet some could be earning up to 20,000 while we nursery nurses at the top of our scale get just over 13,000.

From the heart

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  • Wednesday, May 16, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Reading a young child's feelings and responding appropriately to them can be a tricky business for carers. Dr Richard Woolfson offers some helpful advice We are, by nature, communicative - we all have an innate need to communicate our feelings to others. Right from birth, the new baby expresses her emotions through the use of crying and other non-verbal means.

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