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Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: Part 9 - Sounds good

Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Language opens doors in terms of development and helps children work out the world around them. Penny Tassoni looks at how settings can best support two-year-olds to grow their skills

Enabling Environments: Collections - Fine by me!

Features

Friday, August 23, 2013

| Nursery World

This first in a two-part series looking at resources for developing children's fine motor control starts with the under-threes. Nicole Weinstein reports.

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: part 8 - At the ready

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Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Getting children to make the move out of nappies is not always simple, but having a full understanding of the possible barriers can help smooth the process. Penny Tassoni explains.

Blood test for babies could detect autism

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

A simple blood test to diagnose autism in 12-month-old babies could be available within the next two years after researchers discovered the genetic 'signature' for the disorder.

Labour MPS call for integrated approach to overcome inequality

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Labour politicians Dame Tessa Jowell and Ivan Lewis MP have called for a focus on early intervention among poverty-stricken children to be at the heart of the post-2015 framework for developing countries.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... supporting babies' emotional development

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Ensuring that babies mature in a positive manner is an important but challenging task, says Bernadette Duffy

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: Part 7 - Helping hands

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

An understanding of fine motor skills and how they affect children's development can help you to provide the best type of resources and support. Penny Tassoni offers expert insight.

Two-year-olds: Relationships - Safe and secure

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Settling in and building relationships are key challenges for settings involved in the two-year-old programme, and nurseries can find ways to smooth the process, says Penny Tassoni.

Two-year-olds: Communication - Time to talk

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Practitioners should aim to give children the best possible chance for meaningful communication and language learning, advises Kay Mathieson.

Two-year-olds: Child Behaviour - Tune in

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Mindful carers are needed to ensure that children with different needs get the right amount of stimulation. Anne O'Connor explains.

Children start using words to form sentences earlier than thought

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

| Nursery World

New research by Newcastle University challenges the idea that the early word combinations of two- and three-year-olds are devoid of grammar.

Child development 'not harmed' by mother's return to work

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| Nursery World

A study has found that how well children do at school is not affected if their mother returns to work in their first year of life.

Disco dancing for under 5s

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

Children under five can bop until they drop at a new baby disco event running until 15 September at the Southbank centre in central London.

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: part 6 - In the fast lane

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The development of gross motor skills manifests itself in many forms, but how can we best support children's physical learning? Early years consultant Penny Tassoni offers some expert insight

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds: Part 5 - Again and again

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Make sure that your setting is offering sufficient opportunities and resources to provide for the common play patterns and schemas of two-year-old children, advises Penny Tassoni.

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: Part 4 - On impulse

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The tantrums, biting and defiant behaviour often associated with this age group can be managed when you understand the reasons behind it, says Penny Tassoni.

Government's childcare reforms 'put children at risk'

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Reforms to increase ratios to allow nursery staff and childminder to look after more children are at odds with Government policy to foster close one-to-one bonds with children, an early years expert will say today.

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds: Part 3 - Can do!

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

When two-year-olds begin to show signs of greater independence, how and when adults intervene is crucially important, says Penny Tassoni.

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds - Part 2 - Side by side

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Growing interest in each other will affect the social development of two-year-olds. Penny Tassoni suggests ways of supporting them in interacting socially

A Unique Child: Child Development - Face to face

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

In this extract from her new Practical EYFS Handbook, Penny Tassoni outlines ways of building confidence and self-awareness in children aged 0-11 months.

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds - Are you ready for me?

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Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Help is at hand for settings preparing to offer funded places for two-year-olds in 'Are you ready for me -now I'm 2?'. Its authors, the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare Team, explain how it supports best practice.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Communication and Language

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Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther

Children have no fear of hazards when learning to walk, finds study

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Learning how to crawl and then walk is a major part of infants' development. But as they begin to explore the world around them and make their first steps, babies are not afraid to take risks around steps and cliffs, according to a new study.