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Creative play is associated with healthy lifestyle, study finds

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Adults who take part in creative play as children are more likely to have a healthy diet and to take regular exercise, according to a new study.

Positive Relationships: Ask the expert ... Just shy?

Features

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Is a child who chooses to play alone a cause for concern? Dr Maria Robinson suggests that being quiet is not necessarily a problem.

A Unique Child: Sexualisation - Body image

Features

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

| Nursery World

A Government report warns about the sexualisation of children and lays the blame on media and retailers. Melanie Defries investigates.

Learning and Development: Well-being Part 3 - Zest for life

Features

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners must take care to indulge and maintain the natural motivation that children show from babyhood, says Marion Dowling.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Physical play

Features

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Simple physical play with a child's carer can stimulate a function that is linked fundamentally to language and sensory development, says Anne O'Connor.

Positive Relationships: Ask the expert ... It's mine!

Features

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

| Nursery World

What are practitioners to make of it when the children in conflict over toys are siblings? Dr Maria Robinson shows how to look more closely.

Charity's campaign against child neglect highlights warning signs

News

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

| Nursery World

The charity Action for Children launched a national television advertisement on Monday to highlight child neglect.

Learning & Development: Well-Being: Part 2 - Strength of feeling

Features

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Young children need to learn to identify and verbalise their feelings with the help of adults who can empathise with them, says Marion Dowling.

Councils given new advice on play provision

News

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

A website to help local authorities create child-friendly communities in areas such as planning, designing and policing has been launched by Play England and SkillsActive.

Success for nursery music project

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

A community project that aims to boost music-making in nurseries and children's centres in London has been found successful in bringing quality musical experiences to children.

Test infant motor skills to help prevent learning delay, says study

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies who are behind in their development at the age of nine months are more likely to have learning and behavioural problems at the age of five, according to a major study published last week.

A Unique Child: A-Z of inclusive practice - R is for Racism

Features

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| Nursery World

'Inclusion is a process of identifying, understanding and breaking down barriers to participation and belonging' - Early Childhood Forum, 2003

A unique child: Resilience: Staying strong

Features

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners can do much to help children living amid domestic violence to develop resilience and see that there are other ways for people to relate to each other, writes Karen Stephens.

Positive relationships: A parent's guide to ... tantrums in older children

Features

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Tantrums in two-year-olds are not exactly fun for parents, but spare a thought for those parents whose fourand five-year-olds regularly attack the floor and even them.

Learning & Development: Well-being: Part 1 - Good company

Features

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| Nursery World

In this new four-part series, Marion Dowling explores aspects of children's personal development that enable them to grow up and lead happy and satisfying lives. Here, she looks at children as social beings.

Positive relationships: Ask the expert ... Best of friends?

Features

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

| Nursery World

The choice of playmates in different contexts reveals interesting issues about friendship and about gender to Dr Maria Robinson.

Positive Relationships: Key person approach - Pressure points

Features

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

| Nursery World

Some difficulties in implementing the key person approach are pinpointed by Julian Grenier as he listens to nursery staff.

Positive Relationships: The Key Person System - Close to you

Features

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

| Nursery World

The principles and the practicalities of operating a key person system in the nursery, as defined by the late Elinor Goldschmied, are explained by her colleague Sonia Jackson.