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Home learning - Hand-eye co-ordination

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni suggests activities to help your child develop hand-eye co-ordination

Positive Relationships: Childcare Hubs - Hand in hand

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Charity 4Children is piloting Community Childcare and Early Learning Hubs to give parents a 'blended' solution, as well as encouraging providers to work more closely together.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Colour coded?

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Gender stereotyping in clothes and toys is the subject of much debate, but it is vital to recognise why children use 'girly/boyish' signals and to give positive messages, Kay Mathieson explains.

Home Learning: Activities - Listening

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Monday, May 5, 2014

| Nursery World

One of the skills that children need to develop in order to read and write is called auditory discrimination.

Home Learning: Practitioners - Listen up

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Monday, May 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Auditory discrimination is an important factor for children when they are learning to read, and it is a skill that parents and children can work on together at home. Penny Tassoni explains.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Easy does it

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Monday, April 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Some two-year-olds may have difficulty settling in, but taking steps to review your process and working more closely with parents can help to smooth the transition. Kay Mathieson explains

Working Mum - Making a right mess

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Monday, April 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Messy is fine - to a point, says WorkingMum. But it would help if parents were told the purpose of it all.

Home Learning Practitioners: How to count

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Monday, April 7, 2014

| Nursery World

Giving parents step-by-step information about how the concept of number is developed can encourage them to support their children to count at home. Penny Tassoni explains.

Positive Relationships: Real progress

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

What next for literacy project Making it REAL? Joyce Connor, from the National Children's Bureau's Early Childhood Unit, looks at how the training has been enhanced for two-year-olds.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - No messing?

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Not all children like to take part in messy activities, but this type of exercise has value. Kay Mathieson explains why it is important and how participation can be encouraged.

Working Mum - Did they really do that?

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Your child might not tell you about the exciting things that they've been doing at nursery, but maybe the staff should, says Working Mum.

Positive Relationships: Policies - Focus on family

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

A set of early years briefing papers for political parties ahead of the next general election has 'parents and families' among its themes.

EYFS: Best Practice - All about ... dialogic reading

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Adopting the dialogic approach to reading with a child will help parents, and practitioners, to advance the child's oral language. Joan Kiely explains the method and its importance.

Working Mum - I cried and she cried

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| Nursery World

What does early years education and childcare look like through the eyes of a typical working mother? In the first of a new series, Working Mum explains how settling her second daughter into nursery was as hard as first time around

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Power balance

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Aggression between children can be a concern, but how to teach positive behaviour? Practitioners' own conduct, realistic expectations and effective communication are crucial, says Kay Mathieson.

Home Learning: Dressing Skills - Parents

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Learning to get dressed is a skill that children need to master. It takes time and practice. Here are some activities that not only help children learn about dressing and caring for their clothes, but also help other aspects of their development.

Home Learning: Dressing Skills - Practitioners

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Monday, March 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Parents can play an important part in helping children learn to dress, but how might settings support them in this? Penny Tassoni offers some suggestions to help smooth the process.