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Popular baby book scheme tops 1,000

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| Nursery World

More than a thousand babies in Bradford are being given a free book every month as part of a literacy skills development programme.

EYFS Best Practice - All about… memory

Features

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

How does the ability to form and retrieve memories develop in children, why is it important to early learning, and how can adults help to stimulate it? Anne O’Connor reports

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - How cruel?

Features

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

Ahead of next month’s Anti-Bullying Week, Caroline Vollans examines what bullying behaviour actually is and shows how practitioners can encourage children’s kindness and co-operation

Early language as important as obesity as a sign of child wellbeing

News

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Early language development must be prioritised as a child wellbeing indicator to close the gap between children in low-income and better-off households, according to a new study.

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

News

Friday, September 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for Governments worldwide to prioritise early childhood development.

EYFS Activities: Essential experiences... nature

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

What are the best ways to encourage children’s inherent interest in nature? Penny Tassoni offers some tips for autumn and beyond

Reception baseline assessment: dangerous, inappropriate and flawed data

Opinion

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Dr Alice Bradbury and Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes of UCL Institute of Education argue that the policy to bring back the Baseline is discredited and that Government should abandon these plans.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - In the moment

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Dealing with conflict is an important life skill, so practitioners must weigh up when to step in and provide a solution – and when to let the children sort it out for themselves, explains Nicola Watson

The Big Picture - Act of kindness

News

Sunday, September 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Children’s television series Clangers has joined forces with the NDNA to promote kindness.

Society's technological drive at odds with child development

Opinion

Friday, September 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Cuts to services are not the only reason children are not 'ready' for school, says Sally Goddard-Blythe.

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

News

Thursday, September 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery groups in deprived areas should be led by an early years teacher or equivalent by 2020, a new report by a coalition of more than 80 organisations recommends.

Shortage of funding barrier to school readiness

News

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Lack of early years funding is leaving children less ready for school than five years ago, according to a new survey of school leaders.

Early years language training boosts children's skills

News

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| Nursery World

An early years speech, language and communication training programme has been shown to speed up children’s development by five months, an independent evaluation has found.