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No gains for toddlers who watch educational DVDs and TV shows, researchers say

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

'Educational' TV programmes and DVDs that claim to aid children's social development and language skills have little benefit for children under two, claim experts.

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The Birth Cohort study into the lives of 90,000 babies and children will be chaired by Professor Dame Janet Finch.

Level 3 Diploma for the children and young people's workforce, part 10: Understanding child development

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Understanding child development acts as a springboard for students to examine their practice in greater depth. Mary Evans explains how this unit supports underpinning knowledge

To the point: It's just not 'good' enough

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Sometimes it seems as if the language spoken in nurseries is evolving in its own unique way, distinct from the ways that other people speak.

Learning & Development School Readiness: Part 1 - Starting points

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.

Programme to support young children's mental health in schools

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Children from five years old attending schools in Leeds are to benefit from a scheme to improve their emotional well-being and mental health.

Babies prove to be good at sharing

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Monday, October 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies know right from wrong and have a concern for the welfare of others at just 15-months-old, a new study suggests.

iPads could 'vastly improve' lives of children with eye disorders

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Children with a form of visual impairment that prevents them from interpreting images and objects could benefit from using iPads, according to a new study.

Play therapy 'improves the health of children with emotional and behavioural problems'

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| Nursery World

More than 70 per cent of five-year-olds who have received play therapy show a positive change, according to findings from a new study.

Open EYE launches network to 'save childhood'

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| Nursery World

The group behind the book Too much, too soon? has set up a new campaign to protect childhood.

Signs of autism in children highlighted in new guidance from NICE

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners could learn to recognise autism in children with the help of new guidance developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Experts and academics speak out against the 'erosion of childhood'

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Leading neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield has spoken out about her concerns about the impact of screen technologies on young children's development.