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When children are exposed to a wide range of thought-provoking experiences and encouraged to make their own decisions, they will take responsibility for their learning. Marion Dowling shows how.

Learning & Development: Nature's way

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Playing with sounds promotes young children's acquisition of language, says Steve Grocott

Learning & Development: Reading - Spread the word

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read to their children is just one aim of the National Year of Reading. Ruth Thomson talks to one nursery chain getting in on the act themselves.

Learning & development: ICT - Digital ages

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

One nursery takes a far-sighted approach to incorporating ICT into its daily life and learning, as well as its staff assessments. Ruth Thomson reports.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 2: Deep in thought

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

| Nursery World

Practitioners need to identify and observe young children thinking to give them opportunities to move on further, says early years consultant Marion Dowling.

Learning & Development: Thinking - Part 1: With good reason

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

| Nursery World

Understanding how young children think is crucial to good practice. In the first of a new series, early years consultant Marion Dowling explores why.

Learning and Development: Movement

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Young children's motor and mental development could be suffering because of physical inactivity. Annette Rawstrone hears from experts about the effects.

Learning and development: Aggression - hitting out

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Friday, December 28, 2007

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Children's physical responses to the frustration and anger they may feel are often misunderstood, and labelling them is counter-productive, says Karen Faux.

Child Development: Your Guide to the First Five Years part 2 - The beautiful brain

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

| Nursery World

The experiences young children have with their carers can shape the development of their brains and influence the sort of people they become, says Maria Robinson.

Learning and Development: Babies - With warmth

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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To an infant, moving into group care from the familiar relationships of home can be like arriving in a foreign country. But a practitioner's thoughtful, personal interactions can bridge the gap, says Rod Parker-Rees

Early Years Pioneers: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

| Nursery World

Although not a childcare expert, the French philosopher Rousseau has had a far-reaching influence on our ideas about childhood, says Professor J Eric Wilkinson

Early Years Pioneers: Friedrich Froebel

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

| Nursery World

The once-radical teachings of Friedrich Froebel about early development were so fundamental that today we take them for granted, says Professor Kevin J Brehony

Early Years Pioneers: Lilian Katz

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

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The distinction between children's academic and intellectual growth is among Lilian Katz's important messages, writes Sylvia Chard

Early Years Pioneers: Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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The interaction of children's development with larger aspects of society was the focus of Urie Bronfenbrenner's research and theory, writes Professor Tricia David

Early Years Pioneers: Mia Kellmer Pringle

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

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Mia Kellmer Pringle's exemplary work in founding the National Children's Bureau is described by Gillian Pugh

Early Years Pioneers: Margaret Donaldson

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

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Margaret Donaldson furthered our understanding of young children's need to see the sense behind the tasks we set them, as Professor Tricia David explains

Early Years Pioneers: Jean Piaget

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

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We owe much of our awareness of children's cognitive development to Jean Piaget, who encouraged learning through exploration, explains Professor Tricia David

Early Years Pioneers: Vivian Gussin Paley

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

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Storytelling and storyacting animate Vivian Gussin Paley's observations of children at play, writes Ruth Thomson

Early Years Pioneers: Rudolf Steiner

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

| Nursery World

The ideals of Rudolf Steiner, which are being put into practice in thousands of schools and kindergartens around the world today, are outlined by Janni Nicol