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Learning & Development: Communication, Part 3 - Parent talk

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.

Catch a story to keep creativity alive

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A project that invites parents, carers and practitioners to share good practice is helping to inject creativity into early years education.

Phonics urged as remedy for early literacy delay

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Phonics should be taught by all early years providers and schools and children's progress in developing phonic knowledge and skills should be regularly assessed, according to a new report from Ofsted.

Allen's early intervention report calls for better-qualified workforce

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Labour MP Graham Allen has called for an increase in graduate and postgraduate leadership in early years settings, in his Government-commissioned report on early intervention.

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

News

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive, says Communication Champion Jean Gross, who spoke to Melanie Defries.

Arts campaigners condemn school cuts

News

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

The abolition of a flagship programme designed to foster creativity in children has been condemned by teachers and ambassadors of the arts as threatening the education of the most vulnerable children.