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Practitioners admit it is the question that often tries their patience, but it helps to think about a particular child's reasons for asking it, says Jennie Lindon.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - Fast work

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Families are making huge gains from a simple programme where they come together to play and eat at school. Nicole Weinstein investigates.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - As you like it

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Literacy takes many forms in children's lives and we should reflect before we dismiss what they enjoy at home in favour of what we offer in the nursery, argues Helen Bromley.

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - meeting the needs of two-year-olds

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Accepting children from the age of two has brought many changes in our setting, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Mummy do it!

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Do young children consciously reject one parent and cling to the other? Cath Hunter offers advice for talking with families and getting through what may be a difficult phase for them.

Leadership - developing a sense of belonging

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery leader Pip Otter has given careful thought to ways in which staff can help 90 three-year-olds feel at home in their new nursery surroundings.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Accepted practice

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Practitioners could value diversity among parents by building on characteristics of their sameness to us, argues Helen Bromley.

Positive Relationships: Parents - Single file

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Practitioners can signpost single parents to a new resource, says Simon Bates, development director, Single Parent Action Network.

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - launching a holiday club

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Our first summer holiday club really took off, so we're planning to run more out-of-school childcare, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - I'm off!

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Even young children may threaten to pack their bags and run away. Cath Hunter explains why, and offers ways to respond.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - At face value

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Holding negative attitudes towards parents can only undermine the quality of a child's education, says Helen Bromley in the first of new series.

A great new practice guide on boys' learning and development

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| Nursery World

An exclusive online resource for Nursery World subscribers focuses on supporting young boys

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - when children swear

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Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

How to react tactfully to an innocent child's use of rude words or phrases can be a tricky issue for early years practitioners. Jennie Lindon has advice for talking to both children and parents.

A guide to the revised EYFS: Part 1 - An overview

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Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The revised Early Years Foundation Stage will form part of sweeping changes to services for families and young children, but the framework's original values and principles must remain if it is to deliver the Government's vision, argues Ann Langston.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... heuristic play

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Monday, August 22, 2011

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Having looked at 'treasure-basket play', Penny Tassoni looks at how this type of play can be developed with toddlers into something known as 'heuristic play'.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - No! No! No!

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

How do you deal constructively with a young child's refusal to do what they're asked? Cath Hunter looks into a challenging phase.

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - English as an Additonal Language

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Supporting a child and parent who have Spanish as their first language was a new experience for Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex.