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'Talking timetable' supports children with EAL

Thursday, April 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Children with English as an additional language are benefitting from the introduction of a visual and audio timetable and story sacks at a Lancashire nursery.

Enthusiastic readers are successful ones

News

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Enthusiastic young readers are five times more likely to achieve above-average results in reading tests, suggests new research.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Block Play

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Block play allows a child to mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving, says Anne O'Connor.

Learning & Development: Communication Part 4 - By the book

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Narrative boosts language skills and lays the foundations for reading and writing.

In My View - Why it's worth checking

Features

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Dame Clare Tickell's recommendations in the EYFS review are welcome, particularly the ones relating to universal early years checks.

EYFS review prioritises how children learn

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

How, rather than what, children learn should be given greater emphasis under a revised early years framework, the EYFS review has recommended.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

EYFS REVIEW: The key points in an interview with Dame Clare Tickell

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Communication and language should be given greater emphasis than literacy in young children's development, the review into the Early Years Foundation Stage recommends.

Positive Relationships: Baby bags - A new arrival

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Children enjoy an innovative resource thought up by nursery staff, says Annette Rawstrone.

A Unique Child: Cognitive development - Multi-lingualism

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

More children are now growing up multilingual. Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith examine the latest research on how this affects development.

Learning & Development: Communication, Part 3 - Parent talk

Features

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A child's communication begins at home, and early years practitioners need to promote it there and in partnership with the nursery, as Helen Moylett explains.

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing free books for babies and children and announced a new scheme to be targeted through children's centres.

Opportunity knocks for babycare lesson

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Staff got a shock when a woman gave birth in their nursery car park - and may have recruited a new nursery member.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... supporting schemas

Features

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Schemas - patterns of repeated behaviour - are key to how young children learn and early years practitioners must respond to them, says Stella Louis.

Study indicates early counting development

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies understand the concept of numbers and counting from as early as 18 months, according to new research.

Learning & Development: Boxes - It's not a box!

Features

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

When is a box not a box? When it's a bus, a train, a boat or a bed. Michael Jones describes one innovative nursery project using both child-initiated and adult-led activities.

Teachers benefit from creativity scheme

News

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

The Creative Partnerships programme boosts teachers' skills and career progression, according to independent research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).

Analysis: What does 'ready for school' mean?

News

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A new emphasis on formal educational attainment rather than social and communication skills could be a backward step, as Mary Evans hears.

Learning & Development, Communication: Part 2 - Friendly places

Features

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

The whole learning environment in which young children spend their time needs to offer quality language provision, says Helen Moylett.

TV and computers wrongly blamed for children's speech problems

News

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

One in six parents wrongly blame watching too much TV and technology as the most common cause of speech and language difficulties in young children, a new survey suggests.