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A Unique Child Health: A guide to ... Asthma

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Childcarers need to be well aware of symptoms of asthma in children and how to treat them. WellChild Helpline provides essential advice.

Unique Child: Practice in pictures - When friends fall out

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

| Nursery World

While children will squabble from time to time, they are usually practising negotiating techniques. The skill for adults is to know when to step in or step back and let them get on with it, explains Anne O'Connor.

A Unique Child: Children's rights - Give voice

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

What has been done in the past ten years to implement children's right to be consulted for their views? Professor Priscilla Alderson looks back.

Unique Child Healthy Eating: Ready salted

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Children being offered too much salt are benefiting from a parent education project, reports Jackie Cosh.

Unique Child Health: Spiral of learning

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

The build-up of knowledge through successive experiences can be well used for healthy living, say Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts.

Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Babies and books

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

| Nursery World

Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows why. Photographs courtesy of Siren Films.

Unique child food allergies - Back on the menu

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

| Nursery World

Children with allergies often feel excluded at lunch hour, but you can cook up a treat by using food substitutes, says Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne.

Unique child Regulatory disturbances - Bringing calm

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Distressed babies may be unable to regulate their own reactions. Their condition is explored by child psychotherapist Robin Balbernie.

Unique child: Practice in pictures - Movement play

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills, says Anne O'Connor

A Unique Child: Nutrition - Recipe for disaster

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

With our over-fed, under-nourished children and food-illiterate adults, where did it all go so wrong? asks Mary Whiting.

A unique child: Music therapy - Scaling up

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

A study has measured the effects of music therapy on children's emotional well-being, reports Karen Faux.

A Unique Child Health: Well watered

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

| Nursery World

A bit of responsibility can teach children about health, say Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Peek a boo!

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Two-way exchanges between babies and adults help build up language and brain development. Anne O'Connor considers how practitioners can create more opportunities for them.

A Unique Child: Handwashing - In a lather

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

| Nursery World

We should all be doing it more often and more carefully - especially in nurseries, where better handwashing could drastically reduce infections, says Ruth Thomson.

A Unique Child: Health and well-being - Focus on food

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

| Nursery World

Getting parents on board a healthy eating initiative when it is at odds with their long-time habits is a tricky process requiring sensitive communication, as Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts explain.

A Unique Child - Health: Seed to snack

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

| Nursery World

Sprouts that are grown in space to fuel astronauts' vitamin levels can provide a nursery activity that shows children where their food comes from, and why it's good for them.

A Unique Child: Dental Health - Brush up!

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Child dental care should begin with the first tooth and parties are a fun way to encourage it, says Viv Hampshire.

A Unique Child: Mixed race children - In the mix

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

| Nursery World

With children of mixed parentage becoming a larger proportion of the UK population, early years practitioners must avoid making assumptions, says Annette Rawstrone.

A Unique Child: Learning Disability - Parents hold the key

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

| Nursery World

The way specialist teachers work with the families of children with learning disabilities is being changed by groundbreaking research, Karen Faux finds.

A Unique Child Health: Sun up!

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners can help parents prevent the resurgence in rickets with some important advice, says Ruth Thomson.

A unique child health and well-being: Safety in action

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Ways to incorporate safety issues in health awareness are considered by Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Pretty in pink

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Friday, December 28, 2007

| Nursery World

Seeing a young boy do something considered feminine provokes some extended thinking about traditional gender roles and stereotypes. Anne O'Connor explores the issues in practice.

A unique child: books for the deaf - Visual impact:

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

| Nursery World

Looking is a lifeline for young children who can't hear when they're provided with the right books, says library worker Viv Hampshire.

Nutrition - Glorious food!

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

| Nursery World

The impressive efforts at enjoyable healthy eating being made by early years settings around the country are being revealed and rewarded in the Nursery Food Awards. Melanie Defries finds out about the winners.

A unique child health and well-being: Family ties

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

| Nursery World

Promoting healthy eating to the children and families in a diverse community is part of a project engineered by Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts.