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Enabling environments: Let's explore ... Cats and dogs

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

| Nursery World

Help young children explore their love for - or fear of - the most popular family pets with activities in every area of the early years setting, suggested by Judith Stevens.

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

Features

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.

Even moderate drinking in pregnancy can lower a child's IQ, new study finds

News

Thursday, November 15, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's intelligence can be influenced by even small levels of exposure to alcohol in the womb, according to a new study led by researchers from the universities of Bristol and Oxford.

Young children more likely to develop autism if they live near a busy road

News

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Children who are exposed to traffic pollution before they are born and in the first year of life are twice as likely to develop autism, according to a new study.

Mums are too busy to play board games with their children, a new survey claims

News

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| Nursery World

A quarter of mothers now only play board games with their children twice a year because of their busy lifestyles, despite the majority recognising that they are educational, according to new research.

Three-quarters of parents don't let children walk home from school alone

News

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Only 25 per cent of primary school children are allowed to travel home from school alone and many can't play and travel in their local area without adult supervision, causing an adverse effect to their well-being and development, claims new resarch.

Families urged to foster love of the natural world with children

News

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| Nursery World

Of the 8.1 billion visits made by English adults to nature sites in 2009/2012, only 1.8 billion of these were taken with children

Ofsted calls for early years experts

News

Thursday, August 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Ofsted is calling for academics, researchers and practitioners to apply to take part in a new early years forum to debate early years teaching and practice.

Learning & Development: Rhymes for birth to three - Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Features

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

| Nursery World

Teddy bear, teddy bear, By Judith Stevens

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Malorie Blackman, who has won many awards for writing books for teenagers, is the new Children's Laureate.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Single minded

Features

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Involving parents in their children's learning is the single most important factor in improving outcomes for children in less advantaged families. Kate Hayward, assistant director of Pen Green Research Base, Corby, explains how to make a difference

Children join in re-design of V&A Museum of Childhood

News

Monday, October 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Local primary school children are contributing ideas to the multi-million-pound revamp of the V&A Museum of Childhood in plans to make it the ‘world’s most joyful museum for children’.

Not a different species

Opinion

Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Just like adults, children’s personal preoccupations and troubles, no matter how trivial they seem to us, can get the better of them

Health and Well-Being: Promoting well-being

Features

Sunday, January 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The quality of adult-child interactions are critical to the well-being and brain development of a baby and young child. When an adult responds to a baby’s babbling, gestures or cries with sensitive eye-contact, words or a hug, this builds and strengthens the neural connections in a baby’s brain. Such interactions are referred to as ‘serve and return’.