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

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Just as some parents start to get over the shock of adapting to life with a baby, along comes teething to upset the apple cart.

85th Anniversary: Through the ages

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Looking back over nine decades of Nursery World magazines, from the Jazz Age to the Noughties, gives a wonderful insight into changing attitudes to children and the professionalisation of the nursery sector.

Concert pianist calls the tune at nurseries

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

A concert pianist is to tour nurseries across the country next year to teach children about playing the piano.

Montessori can lead way to education re-think, says neurologist

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Montessori teaching shows the way forward for educators in the 21st century and 'School 2.0', according to a leading neuropsychologist.

Tell the National Literacy Trust about literacy and language development in your setting for a chance to win 150 of M & S vouchers!

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Trust is inviting early years and nursery professionals working to support literacy to complete a ten-minute online survey.

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results are to be published by school for the first time, under proposals in the Department for Education's five-year business plan.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Once bitten ..

Features

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

A thoughtful strategy will help practitioners keep incidents of biting under control, writes Jennie Lindon.

A Unique Child: Baby-led weaning - All by myself

Features

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Letting babies take the lead in feeding themselves by hand has many advantages, says Annette Rawstrone.

Children learn gender bias at nursery

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries that highlight people's gender tend to promote stereotypical views in children, according to an American study.

Creativity for children 'must be protected in new political climate'

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

| Nursery World

Creativity in children's early years is vital for the country's future economic growth, a new report argues.

Analysis: Inflated view of risk inhibits children

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

The best way to address children's desires and fears is to ask the children themselves, where taking risks is concerned, says Cyndy Hawkins.

Young children's behavioural problems linked to poverty

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Children from poor families are more than twice as likely to have behavioural problems at age three than those from wealthier backgrounds, a study by the University of Bristol has found.

To the Point - Degrees of attachment

Features

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Whenever there is a discussion about children's emotional wellbeing, the desire that all children should have a 'secure attachment' with their parents and key people is usually stated. This desire is well-meant; it is also misguided.

Scotland's literacy action plan launched

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The first action plan to improve literacy from early years through to adulthood has been developed by the Scottish government.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Child neglect

Features

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Ongoing failure to care for a child can have devastating results for their whole life. Breaking the cycle of neglect is crucial, says Anne O'Connor.

Positive Relationships: Modelling - By example

Features

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Practitioners themselves, even their most 'spontaneous' words and actions, have a huge impact on how children learn, says Jennie Lindon.

Learning & Development: Small-world play - It's fantastic!

Features

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Play with small, fantasy figurines is an ideal way to address language impoverishment and help to meet the aims of the 'Every Child a Talker' project, says Michael Jones.

Parents need to be told about baby talk, study shows

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Monday, November 1, 2010

| Nursery World

A research project carried out by Talk to Your Baby reveals that some parents feel silly or embarrassed talking to their babies, while many believe that communication is something that will happen of its own accord.

Child poverty set to increase as jobs go

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

A fifth of seven-year-olds in the UK live in severe poverty with both parents combined earning less than half the national average, according to new research.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour, Part 4 - At a loss

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

The fourth part of our behaviour series by Pat Gordon-Smith examines what practitioners and peers can learn from a child's disruptive actions.

Boys have twice the behavioural problems, says MCS

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

Boys are twice as likely to display serious behavioural problems as girls, according to a separate report from the Millennium Cohort Study.

Pre-school children' s speech and language delay is the focus of the national year of communication

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

Ways to screen early years' children for speech and language difficulties will be developed as part of the 2011 National Year of Communication, officially launched at the House of Commons yesterday.

Flying Start is found to make advances for under-threes

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

A programme that provides support services for under-threes and free childcare for two-year-olds in Wales is having a positive impact on their emotional and social development, an interim evaluation has found.