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Learning & Development: ICT - Byte back

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

We should take the precautionary principle in exposing young children to ICT before we know the long-term effects, argues Dr Richard House.

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.

Nursery Equipment: Independence - Pick and choose

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Equipping and furnishing a setting to provide free choice will help children become confident, resourceful learners who are happy to make their own decisions about their play, says Annette Rawstrone.

Learning & Development: Cooking - Stirring stuff

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Older people added a special ingredient to a nursery cookery project described by Veronica Broyd, headteacher at Kendal Nursery School in Cumbria.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Peek a boo!

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

| Nursery World

Two-way exchanges between babies and adults help build up language and brain development. Anne O'Connor considers how practitioners can create more opportunities for them.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Let's meet

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

A project from Bookstart is offering children's centre staff a way to work more closely with disadvantaged families. Ruth Thomson explains.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Dance in the early years

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Young children's experimentation with movements is linked to what we later recognise as 'dance', say Anne O'Connor and Anna Daly, directors of Primed for Life Training Associates.

EYFS Best Practice: All about… spatial reasoning

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Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Spatial reasoning skills are critical to early learning, particularly in mathematics, and need to be supported by engaging children’s entire bodies. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why

Learning & Development: Emotional well-being - Feel-good factors

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

| Nursery World

Attention to a child's emotional development begins before they arrive at this nursery school, whose staff tell Jean Evans about their practice.

Learning & Development: Problem solving

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

Can you build or make a boat with a sail that is big enough for two children?

Communication and Language: Discover talking places

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

What are the elements of a good environment for developing speech and language skills? Dr Tanya Richardson at the University of Northampton has codified them

Resilience - Bouncing back?

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Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Children are often labelled as being ‘so resilient’, but real resilience is built on nurturing relationships and should not be taken for granted, explains Anne O’Connor

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 2 - Perfect match?

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the learning that children bring with them to start school, say David Whitebread and Sue Bingham Photographs by Justin Thomas at Homerton Children's centre, Cambridge.

Enabling Environments: Hand-eye co-ordination - Take your pick

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Outdoor environments can offer good opportunities for children to build and develop hand-eye co-ordination, if the right interventions are made. Julie Mountain considers the best approaches.

Learning & Development: Play - On cue

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| Nursery World

Building on children's use of cues, practitioners can work with them to engender greater playfulness in their learning.

Learning & Development: Communication, Part 3 - Parent talk

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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.

A Parent's Guide to ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Ann Langston explains the main aspects of Personal, Social and Emotional Development and offers advice on how parents can support their children

Education policies: Current certainties to new visions

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Monday, May 4, 2015

| Nursery World

A new book looks at the ways we teach children and how we assess their progress - and sets out a vision for improving our methods. One of the book's editors, Dominic Wyse, explains.

All about ... children's values

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Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The values nurtured in the early years shape how children approach the wider world later in life. But which values are beneficial and how do we balance different interests? By Marion Dowling

ICT - for & against: Toddlers, TV and touchscreens

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Do ICT and multimedia in the early years have positive potential, or are they a danger to development? Here, two experts make their case.

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

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| Nursery World

More children now grow up with two or more languages, but how can you help them learn? Penny Tassoni offers some advice.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking physical skills - Run for it!

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Monday, July 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Walking and running are both challenging locomotor skills for children to master. But the right approach can maximise opportunities for learning, says Lala Manners.

Speech & Language: Part 11 - Let me explain

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| Nursery World

What type of expressive language should you expect three- to five-year-olds to be able to use when re-telling a story or event? Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni advise