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Literacy is linked to a specific body of knowledge and skills, so practitioners should focus on helping children to acquire these essentials, says Vicky Hutchin.
Singer Zayn Malik has written to the prime minister calling for free school meals for all children in families on Universal credit, ahead of next week’s budget.
Which hand we write with is not determined at birth, but our preferences lie in our prehistory and impact on our development. Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Kyra Karmiloff explain how.
Children speaking different languages, or very little at all, learn to communicate happily at a nursery visited by Annette Rawstrone.
Children are being diagnosed with conditions such as Asperger's syndrome and autism because they are growing up in a risk-averse society that stifles their development, child psychologist Dr Tanya...
The debate over how much screen exposure is advisable for young children should take account of scientific research and common sense, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
The private talk a child engages in while playing is a tool in their language development, with a lot to tell practitioners, says Anne O'Connor.
There has been a recent rise in negative commentary about large nursery chains – but let’s not succumb to or promote division, says Sarah Mackenzie
Research linking them with preventing cot death has put the use of babies' dummies back under scrutiny. Annette Rawstrone hears both sides of the debate.