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Home learning - A parent's guide to ... speech

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

How does a child move from babbling to mastering the sounds and sequences of a language? Penny Tassoni explains the processs.

Valuing the journey

Opinion

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

In an essay published in 1893, educational reformer and philosopher John Dewey said we should 'cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life'.

Study reveals link between breastfeeding and high IQ

News

Thursday, March 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Researchers in Brazil have found that breastfeeding children for up to a year can lead to higher IQs and better life prospects, in one of the biggest studies of its kind to date.

New toolkit evaluates early years strategies

News

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read with their child can boost their development by as much as five months, while the benefits of increasing hours to a full-day at nursery are not conclusive.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - 'Me' time

Features

Monday, March 9, 2015

| Nursery World

Developing self-awareness is about learning who you are. Julia Manning-Morton looks at how twos can be supported in this

Working Mum - Smarty pants!

Features

Monday, March 9, 2015

| Nursery World

Thoughtful support from a nursery team can make a real difference to the toilet training process, says Working Mum.

Colin Firth launches appeal for children who stammer

News

Friday, February 27, 2015

| Nursery World

The charity Action for Stammering Children aims to raise £1.5m to provide specialist speech and language therapy.

Kicking it out

Opinion

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Jane Lane asks what lessons should be learned from the recent incidents of racism from football supporters

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

News

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Speech and language charities call for early years settings and schools to dedicate a whole day to spoken language.

Why is the 1001 Critical Days Manifesto so important?

Opinion

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Tim Loughton MP calls for cross-party support and a policy rethink on supporting children in their earliest days, as a new report is launched

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

News

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| Nursery World

A cross-party group of peers is calling for fairer funding for PVI settings and for spending to be targeted at disadvantaged children who benefit the most.

What are the options for the baseline assessment?

News

Monday, February 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Following confirmation of the Reception baseline providers earlier this month, schools that want to use the baseline during the pilot year from this September have until April to sign up.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Being secure

Features

Monday, February 23, 2015

| Nursery World

A framework for building parent-child attachments and so child resilience has been developed by a council in Scotland. Jean Campbell explains how it works.