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Coaching pilot boosts outcomes for children and adults

Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

An early years coaching programme is rolling out nationally after a huge leap in outcomes was recorded among a pilot group of children.

A Unique Child - Abuse: Warning signs

Features

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Child abuse or neglect can take many different forms and present varied suspicious signs that early years practitioners should report appropriately. Dr Raj Thakkar lists some things to look out for

Creative play is associated with healthy lifestyle, study finds

News

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Adults who take part in creative play as children are more likely to have a healthy diet and to take regular exercise, according to a new study.

Legal status of health visitors must be restored, says union

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Health visiting needs to be recognised in law as a profession to avoid more tragedies like the case of Baby P, says the health visitors' union Unite.

Vocal clues can indicate infant autism

News

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Autism can be detected by the unique noises babies make, a new study has found.

Government sets out plans to eradicate child poverty

News

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Ministers are asking for voluntary organisations, charities and local communities to contribute to a consultation on developing a long-term strategy to end child poverty.

Nursery Food: Drinking Cups - Lifting the lid

Features

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein talks to two experts – I CAN’s Kate Freeman and local authority health advisor Joe Corcoran – to find out why moving straight to an open cup from a bottle is the healthiest, but not always the most practical, option

Interview - Vicki Dawson

Other

Monday, October 3, 2016

| Nursery World

Founder of the Children's Sleep Charity

Health & Well-Being: Promoting well-being - toxic stress

Features

Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Toxic stress in childhood occurs when children face severe, prolonged or repeated adverse events without the support of a caregiver to help them develop a normal stress response.

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

News

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

| Nursery World

A call for Government to bring in guidance for 'zero screen time' for babies will be made at an infant well-being conference today.

Interview - Dr Gemma Ryde

Other

Monday, October 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Dr Ryde led a study exploring how The Daily Mile, an initiative that encourages nurseries and primary schools to take children outside to run 15 minutes every day, has been successfully implemented

Nursery World Show: 'Idea of visual learners unhelpful', says top neuroscientist

News

Friday, February 1, 2019

| Nursery World

The idea that children are visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learners is ‘completely unhelpful’ for learning, a leading brain expert said at the Nursery World show today.

Call for children's eye tests to improve literacy

News

Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

New guidance on improving children's communication, language and literacy before school, advises early years settings to make sure children receive eye tests.

Playing outside 'reduces ADHD symptoms' in young children

News

Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder who play outside have milder symptoms than those who play indoors or in built-up areas, finds a new study.

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

News

Thursday, July 22, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 60 members of the First 1001 Days Movement have today jointly written to the new health secretary Sajid Javid to highlight the impact of the pandemic on babies and their families.

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

News

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Delays to development checks and the introduction of non-face-to-face appointments due to the pandemic are hindering the effectiveness of the programme. Katy Morton reports

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

News

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their development, but more than 80 percent believe the Government is not doing enough to provide support to families, according to a survey ahead of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.