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Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... Friendships

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Advice for parents about supporting their children's friendships from Penny Tassoni

Sibling rivalry aids toddlers' development

News

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Sibling rivalry among toddlers can have a positive effect on their development, claims a new study.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Block Play

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Block play allows a child to mix creativity with mathematical problem-solving, says Anne O'Connor.

Learning & Development: Communication Part 4 - By the book

Features

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Narrative boosts language skills and lays the foundations for reading and writing.

Positive Relationships: Touch - That loving feeling

Features

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Awareness of the importance of touch is a vital tool for practitioners working with babies, says Karen Faux.

In My View - Why it's worth checking

Features

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Dame Clare Tickell's recommendations in the EYFS review are welcome, particularly the ones relating to universal early years checks.

EYFS review prioritises how children learn

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

How, rather than what, children learn should be given greater emphasis under a revised early years framework, the EYFS review has recommended.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Friedrich Froebel

Features

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The principles and practice of one of the most influential thinkers on early childhood are outlined by Froebel scholar and early years writer Tina Bruce.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

EYFS REVIEW: The key points in an interview with Dame Clare Tickell

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Communication and language should be given greater emphasis than literacy in young children's development, the review into the Early Years Foundation Stage recommends.

Nursery on site for study

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

A 2m centre for research into child development will link theory with practice at an on-site nursery.

Playground games take on a modern twist

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Traditional playground games are alive and thriving, while children are also incorporating popular cultural figures such as Beyonce and Simon Cowell into their play, a new study has found.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Coats on?

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Why do children resist wearing coats, and if it's necessary, how should adults persuade them to? Cath Hunter has advice for all childcarers.

Baby study aims to predict language difficulties

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies are to be tested for language development before they can talk, in a study that uses eyetracking technology.

Positive Relationships: Baby bags - A new arrival

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Children enjoy an innovative resource thought up by nursery staff, says Annette Rawstrone.

A Unique Child: Cognitive development - Multi-lingualism

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

More children are now growing up multilingual. Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith examine the latest research on how this affects development.

Under-fives use internet half an hour a day

News

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Almost three-quarters of children under five regularly use the internet, spending an average of 30 minutes online every day, research by Plymouth council has found.

Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A 33.5m project is to follow the lives of 90,000 British children from birth to find out more about what factors affect health and happiness in society.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... Gender

Features

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni explains how young children begin to understand gender

Learning & Development: Communication, Part 3 - Parent talk

Features

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A child's communication begins at home, and early years practitioners need to promote it there and in partnership with the nursery, as Helen Moylett explains.

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing free books for babies and children and announced a new scheme to be targeted through children's centres.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Practice in pictures - Tuning in

Features

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Young children with developmental delay will benefit from the care of a practitioner who responds to them as they are now, says Anne O'Connor.

Two research centres on children opening

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

A new source of research on children launches next month with the opening of the Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities, at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent.