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Learning & Development: Babywatching - Hello, baby!

Monday, October 3, 2016

| Nursery World

The increasingly popular BASE Babywatching programme aims to boost children’s empathy in order to tackle violence in schools and beyond. Griselda Kellie-Smith and Andrea Perry explain how it works

'School readiness' is only part of transition

Opinion

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Dr Karen Wickett, lecturer in early childhood studies at Plymouth Institute of Education, says that children's need to adjust to school should not be forgotten

Testing 'killing the joy of reading', top author claims

News

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Testing in schools is creating an ‘apartheid system’ in the young that is ‘killing the joy of reading’ according to a leading children’s author.

Rise in number of pre-school children with their own tablets

News

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Nearly half of all three-and four-year-olds have their own touch-screen devices, new research suggests.

A Unique Child: Transgender - Fluid thinking

Features

Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Recent transgender stories in the media show the extent to which notions of gender are becoming blurred. Caroline Vollans explores a subject that all educational practitioners need awareness of

Children's literacy linked to healthy eating

News

Thursday, September 15, 2016

| Nursery World

A new study shows that diet has a significant impact on reading skills acquired during early school years.

How to support children to be confident about the way they look

Opinion

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

| Nursery World

We need to challenge young children's anxieties about body image, says nursery manager Kayleigh Hollingsworth

EYFS Best Practice - All about… child obesity

Features

Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

With the childhood obesity plan found wanting, Dr Lala Manners asks what should be done

Why ‘school readiness’ is backwards thinking

Opinion

Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Too often the school system treats children as 'oven ready' chickens on a production line, writes Anne Gladstone.

Early Years Pioneers - Jerome Bruner

Features

Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Following the death earlier this year of the influential psychologist Jerome Bruner, Linda Pound looks at his theories, achievements and their enduring impact on early years practice

STARTING POINTS: PART 9 - Bella, 48 months old

Features

Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Meeting the emotional and learning needs of the unique child

Nearly a third of Reception children's physical development 'of concern'

News

Friday, September 2, 2016

| Nursery World

The number of four-year-olds not physically ready to start school is rising, research from Loughborough University claims.

Children as young as three unhappy with the way they look

News

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

| Nursery World

Nearly a third of early years practitioners have heard a child calling themselves fat, with children as young as three are worried about their weight, according to new research.

Summer holiday services failing children with learning disabilities

News

Thursday, August 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Local government cuts have stranded children with learning disabilities without effective access to services during the school holidays, according to a survey by charity Mencap.