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Providers to lead speech skills campaign

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's communications skills will be the focus of a 'National Year' campaign in 2011 spearheaded by the Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary sector providers, set up by Afasic, BT Better World Campaign, the Council for Disabled Children and I CAN.

A Unique Child: Outdoors: Practice in pictures - Go with the flow

Features

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The characteristics of true free-flow play are observed by Anne O'Connor.

Analysis: Motor skills - Put to the test

News

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Developmental testing should be reintroduced for children before and after school entry to improve learning skills, says Sally Goddard Blythe.

I CAN builds confidence

News

Monday, March 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Enhancing Communication in the Early Years is a course aimed at practitioners with a basic knowledge of speech and language development, who wish to develop their ability to identify and support those with additional communication needs.

Review calls for crackdown on pornographic images to protect children

News

Friday, February 26, 2010

| Nursery World

Children should be taught 'digital literacy' from the age of five, a new Home Office-commissioned report into the sexualisation of children recommends today.

Success for nursery music project

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

A community project that aims to boost music-making in nurseries and children's centres in London has been found successful in bringing quality musical experiences to children.

Formal childcare boosts Foundation Stage Profile scores

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Children who attend formal childcare before the age of three do better at the end of the reception year than those who do not attend a nursery or are looked after by a childminder, a new study suggests.

Test infant motor skills to help prevent learning delay, says study

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies who are behind in their development at the age of nine months are more likely to have learning and behavioural problems at the age of five, according to a major study published last week.

Legal status of health visitors must be restored, says union

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Health visiting needs to be recognised in law as a profession to avoid more tragedies like the case of Baby P, says the health visitors' union Unite.

A Unique Child: Health - A Doctor's Diary ... a Limp

Features

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Recently, during a busy Monday clinic, a mother brought her son in to see me. He had recently suffered a cold and for the last 24 hours had been more clingy and been limping on his left leg.