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Learning & Development: Language - Sign posting

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  • Tuesday, July 27, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Can signing help hearing children to develop language quickly? Michael Jones reports on an innovative project in Luton, helping children's oral storytelling by teaching them British Sign Language.

Brain Development - Big brain?

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  • Monday, October 15, 2018
  • | Nursery World
How the human brain evolved can teach us a lot about the way it learns and the most effective methods of teaching, says Professor Paul Howard-Jones in this extract from his book

Speech & Language: Part 5 - Small talk

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  • Monday, September 3, 2018
  • | Nursery World
How language develops between birth and the age of two, from crying to using early words, and when you should be concerned. By Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni

Learning and Development: Movement

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  • Tuesday, February 5, 2008
  • | Nursery World
Young children's motor and mental development could be suffering because of physical inactivity. Annette Rawstrone hears from experts about the effects.

Woodwork - We’ve nailed it!

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  • Monday, November 25, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Children at one school in London are encouraged to become confident users of real tools in a designated woodwork shed. Gabriella Jozwiak reports

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - In the moment

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  • Monday, September 18, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Dealing with conflict is an important life skill, so practitioners must weigh up when to step in and provide a solution – and when to let the children sort it out for themselves, explains Nicola Watson

EYFS guidance - The big picture

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  • Monday, September 28, 2020
  • | Nursery World
What are the main changes in the updated Development Matters guidance, and what is the reasoning behind these revisions? Dr Julian Grenier explains

EYFS Best Practice: A short history of ... Early education

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  • Monday, January 26, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Consultant Wendy Scott OBE was one of the leading figures within the early years sector to be recognised in the New Years Honours List for services to education. Here, she provides a brief history of nursery education in the UK as a celebration of the principled reflection, determined action and thoughtful provision that has led to innovative early years care and education across the nation and which has been acknowledged worldwide.

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