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Positive Relationships: Parenting programmes - Home truths

Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

An early intervention programme called Parents as First Teachers is improving parent-child interactions, the home environment and, as a result, child outcomes, writes Annette Rawstrone

Positive Relationships: Working With Parents - Day by day

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents and Children Together (PACT), a new parent-delivered teaching programme, has led to gains in children’s early language and reading skills. Kelly Burgoyne, Rachel Gardner, Helen Whiteley and Charles Hulme report on the project

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

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Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

Millions of mothers would quit work without grandparents' help

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A poll of 1,000 parents by Grandparents Plus has found that one in four parents would give up work without help from grandparents with childcare.

Image problem

Features

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Even the youngest children are not immune to society’s obsession with body image. So what should early years staff be aware of? Hannah Crown reports

A Unique Child: Health & Nutrition - On the MEND

Features

Monday, July 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Community intervention programme MEND is helping families to be more positive about healthy eating and exercise. Caroline Vollans sees the programme in action in Westminster

Parents experience lack of support for premature children

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

| Nursery World

New research suggest that early years settings, schools and healthcare providers need to work harder to support the ongoing needs of children who are born prematurely.

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Features

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

What do childcare providers need to know when it comes to helping parents with the 30-hours computer application system? Hannah Crown tries to plug the gaps

Home Learning: A parent’s guide to… early science

Features

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Tips for encouraging children’s inquisitiveness, by Penny Tassoni

More Scottish families to benefit from 'holiday hunger clubs'

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A programme in which schools provide food and support to families in need during the summer holidays has been expanded, following a pilot of the scheme.

Fathers' engagement boosts toddlers' cognitive skills

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Friday, May 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Fathers who play with their babies when they are just a few months old contribute to their early development.

Nursery group creates app for parents

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Friday, May 5, 2017

| Nursery World

A Scottish nursery group has launched an app for parents after securing a six-figure sum from Clydesdale Bank.

Young fathers unfairly regarded as ‘hard to reach’

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

| Nursery World

New research challenges the idea that young fathers are ‘hard to reach’ and claims the problem is that services are hard to access.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - Good to talk

Features

Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A project run by a nursery in the West Midlands with the University of Worcester is helping parents to support their children’s language development, explain Alison Prowle and Nicola Stobbs

Home Learning: A parent’s guide to… physical play

Features

Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

How to encourage your children to partake in beneficial and enjoyable physical activities. By Penny Tassoni

New parents lose 657 hours of sleep per year

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Research published today by the charity Book Trust reveals that new parents lose 675 hours of sleep per year- the equivalent of almost four weeks of less sleep a year.