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Positive Relationships: Let's talk about ... Mobile phones

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Should staff, and parents, be forbidden to use mobile phones at nursery so the children get their full attention? Melanie Defries asks settings about their policies and practice.

A Unique Child: SEND Code of Practice - Eye to eye

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Supervision discussions are an important and useful contributor to high-quality provision, but there is a lack of clarity in the sector about what they should involve. Dr Kay Mathieson offers some guidance.

Home learning: Activities for parents - Shape and size

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni has plenty of activities with shapes and sizes to try at home

Working Mum - A big step up

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Monday, October 5, 2015

| Nursery World

The transition to formal learning needs to be handled with sensitivity to help children and parents adapt, says Working Mum.

Positive Relationships: Engaging childminders - Vital links

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| Nursery World

Close interaction between children's centres and childminders enhances both kinds of provider - and parent choice too, says Annette Rawstrone.

Positive relationships: Let's talk about ... Parental requests

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Nursery managers may face a balancing act between the conflicting demands of parents and the practice in their setting. Here they discuss with Melanie Defries how they handle it.

Positive Relationships: Football - On the ball

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

| Nursery World

Combine foundation stage teaching experience with FA coaching qualifications, and children will benefit no end, says Katy Morton.

Positive relationships: Attachment, part 2: Feeling secure

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

| Nursery World

A child's ability to grow emotionally, make relationships with others and learn effectively can depend on the sense of safety and confidence they derive from having a secure attachment in infancy, says Anne O'Connor

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: Teenage Parents - Showing the way

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

| Nursery World

Teenagers are finding help to become better parents and jobseekers in a special service. Annette Rawstrone reports.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - All in a day's work

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Putting in that little bit of extra work pays off, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokey's in Essex.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - As you please

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Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

The child who always wants to please is evidently kind and caring, but this behaviour could be masking low self-esteem and other problems that need to be addressed, explains Cath Hunter

Home learning - A parent's guide to ... Measurement

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

There are many interesting ways in which you can introduce your child to this important skill. Penny Tassoni explains.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Link up!

Features

Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

In the first of a series of articles looking at different aspects of two-year-olds' development and the behaviours that arise from it, Julia Manning-Morton explains why characteristics often considered 'challenging' in this age group are a vital part of individual growth.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - On the ball

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Practitioners should always be prepared to acknowledge that parents are experts on their own children's enthusiasms, writes Helen Bromley.

Positive Relationships: Parents - Fathers' days

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The idea of a dads' group can be more appealing to early years practitioners than to the fathers themselves. Katy Morton looks at their future and what makes a successful scheme.

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - Olympics and Paralympics

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Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Oakey Dokeys is an exciting place to be in the build-up to the Olympic and Paralympic games, say joint managers Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell.

Positive Relationships: Hand it out

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| Nursery World

How can parents find out more about the EYFS Framework and help their child's learning? The new parents guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework offers a helping hand, says Sue Robb, head of early years, 4Children.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Mummy's girl

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Penny Tassoni advises on the tricky situation of a parent working in the nursery their child attends.

Positive Relationships: Confidence - Master plan

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| Nursery World

There are three different levels of confidence, and practitioners have an important role to play in helping these to flourish in children, argue John Hattie and Gregory CR Yates in this edited extract from their new book on the science of learning.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Making a noise

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

How do you deal with a child who often emits a high pitched scream? Penny Tassoni looks at possible causes and strategies that can help.

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Early crusaders

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

The benefits of 'superhero play' are now understood by early years settings, but can cause concern at home. Here's our advice on how to reassure parents, plus a parent's guide to resources and activities.