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A Unique Child: Child Development - Move on

Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Children at two are not 'ready' for reading, says Sally Goddard Blythe. They don't have the physical equipment for learning formal skills.

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Roll on!

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Rolling and crawling develop strength, stamina and co-ordination for physical activity. Lala Manners provides guidese for practitioners and parents

Look to our past, not Europe

Opinion

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

We should remember past mistakes in early years policy when trying to move forward or our youngest children will be in inappropriate environments, say Karen Wickett and Dr Verity Campbell Barr, lecturers in Early Childhood Studies at Plymouth University

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds - Part 2 - Side by side

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Growing interest in each other will affect the social development of two-year-olds. Penny Tassoni suggests ways of supporting them in interacting socially

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to .. creeping and crawling

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

As the parent of a young child, you'll know what it feels like to be bombarded with guidelines about your child's fitness. Lala Manners provides suggestions

Health experts call on political parties to address diet-related disease in children

News

Thursday, February 7, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report calls for a food manifesto for the under-fives to address the challenge of childhood obesity and malnutrition.

National Audit Office identifies barriers to effective early intevention

News

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| Nursery World

Short-term thinking, a lack of integration in many areas, poor evidence gathering and a lack of funding is impairing the effective use and and implementation of early intervention across Government, according to a new report.

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

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Word of mouth

Features

Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Sue Chambers suggests ways of getting to the root of a child's messy eating and delayed language.

Children may grow out of autism, suggests new research

News

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Some children who are diagnosed with autism when they are young lose the symptoms and the diagnosis as they grow older, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health in America.

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.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Shine on

Features

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A Bedford-based nursery's strategy for developing children's communication skills has won it a major award.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... Superhero play

Features

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Don't be surprised if one day, your four-year-old wants to don a cape and rush off to catch some baddies. And don't be alarmed either.

Learning & Development: Physical Development - Different movements

Features

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Lala Manners explains the principles behind the many approaches to physical development and the training available for practitioners.

Speech and language therapy for children rationed due to budget cuts, finds survey

News

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

Children are missing out on vital speech and language therapy and starting school without the language skills they need, according to new research by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

EYFS Profile Handbook and exemplification materials now online

News

Thursday, December 20, 2012

| Nursery World

The EYFS Profile Handbook and the EYFS Profile exemplification materials have been published by the Department for Education.

Toddlers who are good talkers 'less likely to express anger as they get older'

News

Monday, December 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Children who have good language skills as toddlers are better able to manage frustration and anger at the age of four, according to a study by Pennsylvania State University.

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.

Pedal-free bikes 'improve children's balance'

News

Monday, December 10, 2012

| Nursery World

Riding a balance bike for just over a month can significantly improve a toddler's balance, according to new research.

Raising Children with Asperger's Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

Review

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

By Yuko Yoshida (Jessica Kingsley, 12.99, ISBN 9781849053174)

The Revised EYFS In Practice

Review

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

By Ann Langston & Jonathan Doherty (Featherstone, 18.99, ISBN 9781408163948)

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Making a noise

Features

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

How do you deal with a child who often emits a high pitched scream? Penny Tassoni looks at possible causes and strategies that can help.

Interview - Mary Gordon

News

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

Founder of the Roots of Empathy programme which was officially launched in England last month.

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

News

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The minister for children and families, Edward Timpson MP, visited Stonegrove Children's Centre in Edgware, Barnet to celebrate the progress made by children and their families through the Early Language Development Programme (ELDP).

A Unique Child: Child Development - Face to face

Features

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

In this extract from her new Practical EYFS Handbook, Penny Tassoni outlines ways of building confidence and self-awareness in children aged 0-11 months.