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Early Years Pioneers: Robert Owen

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

| Nursery World

The founder of Britain's first infant school promoted learning for its own sake in ways that are meaningful to young children, as Professor Tricia David explains

Learning & Development: Two-Year-Olds - Part 2 - Side by side

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Growing interest in each other will affect the social development of two-year-olds. Penny Tassoni suggests ways of supporting them in interacting socially

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to .. creeping and crawling

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

As the parent of a young child, you'll know what it feels like to be bombarded with guidelines about your child's fitness. Lala Manners provides suggestions

Funded places available for early years music-making course

News

Monday, June 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings can apply for a chance to access fully-funded music therapy training with charity Music as Therapy International.

Learning & Development: Emotional Literacy - Feeling fine

Features

Friday, May 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Emotional Literacy has been identified as key to a child's development. But what is it, why is it so important in the early years and what can practitioners do to nurture it? asks Yasmin Mukadam.

Learning & Development: Progress Check at two, Part 1 - In focus

Features

Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

In the first of a series on the Progress Check at Age Two, Sue Chambers looks at what you need to know now and what to expect in the future

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

Features

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.

Early Years Pioneers: Mia Kellmer Pringle

Features

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

| Nursery World

Mia Kellmer Pringle's exemplary work in founding the National Children's Bureau is described by Gillian Pugh

EYFS Best Practice: All about… spatial reasoning

Features

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

Features

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

Features

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

| Nursery World

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

EYFS Activities – The joy of music

Features

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

In the fourth instalment of this series Sue Newman of Boogie Mites looks at music’s capacity to inspire joy and the associated benefits

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

Features

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.

Talk back

Features

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

| Nursery World

Do boys need different language learning opportunities from girls? Opal Dunn explains why they do and what activities you can offer

Learning & Development: Play - On cue

Features

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

Features

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.

STARTING POINTS Part 1 – Child development: theory and practice

Features

Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Part one of our new 12-part collectible series on child development looks at meeting the emotional and learning needs of the unique child. By Julia Manning-Morton

Learning & Development Progress Check at Two: Part 2 - Meeting of minds

Features

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Working in partnership with parents is vital for responding effectively to children's needs. Sue Chambers offers guidance on building relations .

ICT - for & against: Toddlers, TV and touchscreens

News

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.

Speech & Language: Part 11 - Let me explain

Features

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

Two-year-olds: Communication - Time to talk

Features

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Practitioners should aim to give children the best possible chance for meaningful communication and language learning, advises Kay Mathieson.

A Unique Child: Child Development - All in the mindset

Features

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The work of Carol Dweck tells us that encouraging a particular way of thinking - that talent and intelligence are not 'fixed' - can make all the difference to how children learn. Jan Dubiel explains.

Learning & Development: Two-year-olds: Part 9 - Sounds good

Features

Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Language opens doors in terms of development and helps children work out the world around them. Penny Tassoni looks at how settings can best support two-year-olds to grow their skills