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A new international manifesto for early childhood

Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners need to take a principled stand against political power that is not in the best interests of children, argue Marie Charlton and Richard House of Early Childhood Action

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds - Are you ready for me?

Features

Friday, November 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Help is at hand for settings preparing to offer funded places for two-year-olds in 'Are you ready for me -now I'm 2?'. Its authors, the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare Team, explain how it supports best practice.

Learning & Development EAL: Dual purpose

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Communication and Language

Features

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Ability to communicate and use language is recognised as the foundation for children's development across other learning areas. By Nancy Stewart

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In promoting PSED, Norland Nursery chose to focus on the elements in isolation as well as how they weave together. Clare Crowther 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

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A menagerie of pets is bringing joy and learning benefits to the children of St Edward's C of E School in Rochdale, says head teacher Lynne Coxell.

A Parent's guide to ... Physical development

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Hear 'physical development' and you'll probably think of the health benefits that a good diet and lots of running around can bring your child. In fact, physical development is fundamental to every aspect of your child's life.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time ... Physical Development

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| Nursery World

The inclusion of physical development as a Prime area of the revised EYFS will have a powerful impact on a child's emotional well-being and later learning, says Anne O'Connor.

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have joined forces to protest against the phonics screening check, which all six-year-olds will have to take in the next few weeks.

Practising Steiner Waldorf early childhood education: what it means in 2012 and beyond

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

| Nursery World

Jill Taplin, co-ordinator for the North of England Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Studies Programme, answers questions about where Steiner Waldorf stands in relation to the revised EYFS and what it means as a career choice

Re-discovered research says early school starting age 'harms children'

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| Nursery World

A leading education campaigner and child psychologist is calling on the Prime Minister to intervene in the ongoing debate about the age at which children should start school.

EYFS: Nursery group reassesses approach to learning and development in run-up to EYFS

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Karen Walker, head of children's services at the London Early Years Foundation, spoke to Nursery World about how the group's nurseries are preparing for the new framework.

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

News

Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Thinking up imaginative ways to use their indoor space to develop children's physical development and renewed thinking about child-initiated learning are just some of the ways nurseries have been preparing for the new EYFS.

EYFS: Development Matters -Take the stage

Features

Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Designed to be used in everyday practice, the revised developmental grids give guidance on planning and 'how' children learn, says Helen Moylett, principal consultant, Early Learning Consultancy

EYFS: English as an Additional Language - Second best?

Features

Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

The EAL requirements reveal a lack of knowledge about how language is learned, say early years consultants Tricia Carroll and Anne O'Connor.

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 3 - Think twice

Features

Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Thinking is at the root of young children's creative efforts as they use the information and experience they already have to come up with their own ideas and work towards expression, says Jan Dubiel, national development manager at Early Excellence.

The big picture: Calling the tune on the road for families

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Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

Musicians from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra visited the PlayTalkRead bus for an interactive music session to encourage mothers and fathers to have more fun with their children and encourage a life-long appreciation of music.

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Parents believe nursery has more influence on children's reading than they do, survey suggests

News

Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Many parents consider early years settings to be more important than the home environment when it comes to children's communication and literacy skills, according to research published by the charity National Literacy Trust (NLT).

Learning & Development: How Children Learn: Part 2 - Active duty

Features

Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The defining elements of active learning, the second characteristic of effective learning and teaching identified in the Early Years Foundation Stage review, are set out by Jan Dubiel, national development manager of training and resource centre Early Excellence.

Puzzle play supports children's early maths development

News

Friday, February 24, 2012

| Nursery World

Playing with puzzles can help children develop better spatial awareness and may even improve their maths skills, according to a new study.

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

The quality of the nursery that children attend still makes a difference to how well they do at school at the age of 14, EPPSE research shows.

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A new group made up of academics and practitioners will draft an alternative early years curriculum, amid concerns that the review of the EYFS does not go far enough in reforming the current early years framework.

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