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Child development: Your guide to the first five years: part 8 Communication

Friday, September 12, 2008

| Nursery World

The many ways that young children and adults give and receive messages without using words, and their importance for secure, social relations, are explored by Maria Robinson.

Learning & Development: PSED part 2 - Mind out

Features

Monday, July 27, 2015

| Nursery World

How can practitioners help children to play in a manner that best supports their development? Marion Dowling explains.

Reading for enjoyment helps children do better at maths

News

Friday, September 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Children who read for pleasure are more likely to perform well at maths and English, according to new research by the Institute of Education (IOE).

Early Years Pioneers: Ferre Laevers

Features

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

| Nursery World

The work of Ferre Laevers and the Experiential Education approach is considered by Professor Christine Pascal

Early Years Pioneers: Colwyn Trevarthen

Features

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

| Nursery World

Communication is the focus of study for an academic described by Professor Tricia David

Speech & Language: Part 12 - Just ask?

Features

Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni explain the purpose of asking questions of children, and what they should entail

Learning & Development: Communication & Language - Confused?

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

What is it like growing up with two languages, and how does it affect development? Ludovica Serratrice and Samantha Durrant address some common misunderstandings and provide the facts.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Imagination

Features

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

| Nursery World

Imagination is a vital part of learning and development because it lets children understand and adapt to the wider world, says early years consultant Linda Pound.

EYFS best practice: Prime time ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Features

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

The right kind of experiences in the earliest years build the nerve networks in the brain that a child needs for good PSED. Caregivers carry a huge responsibility, says Anne O'Connor

Learning & Development: Rhymes for birth to three - Garden snail gets ticklish!

Features

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

| Nursery World

Learning & Development: Young Children's Thinking: Part 3 - Full of ideas

Features

Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Practitioners and teachers play a key role in supporting five- to seven-year-olds to build on the bedrock of thinking skills acquired in the early years.

Learning & development: ICT - Digital ages

Features

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 3: Broaden the mind

Features

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| Nursery World

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: How Children Learn - Can do!

Features

Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

While some young children rise to a challenge, others feel daunted. Nancy Stewart explains why in this extract from How Children Learn.

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds - Are you ready for me?

Features

Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Help is at hand for settings preparing to offer funded places for two-year-olds in 'Are you ready for me -now I'm 2?'. Its authors, the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare Team, explain how it supports best practice.

Learning & Development: Blockplay - Stacking up

Features

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A deeper understanding of children's blockplay and significant improvements in practice in different types of settings were discovered in a unique research project by early years consultants Daniel Spry, Pauline Latchford and Annabel Hollis.

Learning & Development: Education Pioneer - Chris Athey, 27.1.1924 - 27.11.2011

Features

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

We have this far-sighted thinker and researcher to thank for strides in early education described by Wendy Scott and Liz de Keller.

A Unique Child: Music - In the mood

Features

Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

‘Mood music’ offers a playful and contained way to begin to give shape and expression to what may be difficult emotional experiences for young children. Community musician and trainer Bill Roberts presents songs and ways of using instruments to support emotional development

Early Years Pioneers - Lev Vygotsky

Features

Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

He died young, but Russian theorist Vygotsky helped to inform practice in many ways, says Linda Pound

Learning & Development: Physical Development - Part 3 - Hands and knees

Features

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

| Nursery World

The importance of crawling to physical and mental development, and how to encourage it, is explained by Anne O'Connor and Anna Daly.

Learning & Development: Under-threes - Shared experience

Features

Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

New materials offer guidance for those working with diverse and disadvantaged toddlers. Helen Sutherland and Jan Styman explain.

A great new practice guide on boys' learning and development

News

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| Nursery World

An exclusive online resource for Nursery World subscribers focuses on supporting young boys

Learning & Development: Young Children's Thinking: Part 1 - First thoughts

Features

Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Understanding the stages young children go through when developing their thinking patterns is crucial when supporting babies and infants from birth to three years, says Marion Dowling. Photographs at Treetops Beechwood day nursery by Pauline Neild.

Learning & Development: Practitioner Role: Part 1 - Time to talk

Features

Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

To be effective communicators, young children need attention from adults who are tuned in to what is worthwhile to them, writes Julie Fisher in the first of a four-part series about the role of the practitioner in early learning.

EYFS: Assessment - On the record

Features

Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Observation is central to assessment for the new Progress Check at Two and the revised EYFS Profile, says Jan Dubiel, national development co-ordinator for Early Excellence.