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Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Babies and books

    Features
  • Wednesday, April 30, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Sharing a book creates a partnership between a young child and their carer that will promote their attention, social awareness and a habit of reading for pleasure. Anne O'Connor shows why. Photographs courtesy of Siren Films.

Poverty review head calls for revamp of early years

    News
  • Tuesday, September 21, 2010
    • | Nursery World
The early years should be re-named the Foundation Years, as part of a plan to reform education policy and target support for children from before birth to age five, according to the Labour MP who has been commissioned by David Cameron to investigate the way poverty is defined and how to tackle it.

Dolly Parton boosts family reading

    News
  • Tuesday, May 17, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The number of parents who read to their children has seen a sharp increase since they joined the Dolly Parton free book gifting programme, according to a new survey.

Home Learning: Activities - Early Science

    Features
  • Monday, September 22, 2014
    • | Nursery World
From early in their lives, children show an interest in science. They often notice things that we as adults take for granted, such as the clouds in the sky or how the pedal on the kitchen bin works.

In My View - Once in a lullaby

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
There is something truly wonderful about the fact that children and carers today still love to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. The first written version of this song appeared in a book of nursery rhymes back in 1744. That makes it a very old sheep indeed. In a world where huge technological changes are occurring on an almost daily basis, it's comforting to know that some things last.

Positive relationships: A parent's guide to ... early maths

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 11, 2011
    • | Nursery World
For those of us who hated maths at school, it may come as a shock to find that recent research suggests that humans are innately mathematical. Young babies, it would seem, can detect differences in quantities when shown images on screen. So with this in mind, how can we support children's early maths and how can we help them to enjoy it?

Fathers write children's stories to share

    News
  • Tuesday, May 17, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Eight fathers who attend a dads' group have written a book of children's stories to be given out free to fathers and encourage them to read to their children.

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