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Learning and Development: Babies - With warmth

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  • Wednesday, November 28, 2007
  • | Nursery World
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

All about...spirituality

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  • Wednesday, July 6, 2005
  • | Nursery World
What is 'spirituality' and how do early years practitioners promote it in young children? Marion Dowling offers suggestions

Early Years Pioneers - Johann Pestalozzi

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  • Monday, November 28, 2016
  • | Nursery World
In this instalment of her series on groundbreaking thinkers in the early years, Linda Pound discusses Swiss educator Johann Pestalozzi, the ‘starting point of modern educational theory and practice’

EYFS: Development Matters -Take the stage

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  • Friday, April 27, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Designed to be used in everyday practice, the revised developmental grids give guidance on planning and 'how' children learn, says Helen Moylett, principal consultant, Early Learning Consultancy

Learning & Development: Language - Sign posting

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  • Tuesday, July 27, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Can signing help hearing children to develop language quickly? Michael Jones reports on an innovative project in Luton, helping children's oral storytelling by teaching them British Sign Language.

Brain Development - Big brain?

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  • Monday, October 15, 2018
  • | Nursery World
How the human brain evolved can teach us a lot about the way it learns and the most effective methods of teaching, says Professor Paul Howard-Jones in this extract from his book

Speech & Language: Part 5 - Small talk

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  • Monday, September 3, 2018
  • | Nursery World
How language develops between birth and the age of two, from crying to using early words, and when you should be concerned. By Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni

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.

EYFS Best Practice: A short history of ... Early education

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  • Monday, January 26, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Consultant Wendy Scott OBE was one of the leading figures within the early years sector to be recognised in the New Years Honours List for services to education. Here, she provides a brief history of nursery education in the UK as a celebration of the principled reflection, determined action and thoughtful provision that has led to innovative early years care and education across the nation and which has been acknowledged worldwide.

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