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Project helps dads talk to children

    News
  • Wednesday, February 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
A Sure Start project to be launched next month aims to help fathers communicate better with their children. The scheme, 'Who's a Daddy', based in Bridgend, Wales, was begun by speech and language therapist Rebecca Jones. She said she was concerned that while mothers become informed through their involvement in health and education activities with their child, fathers are largely untargeted.

Seeds of change

    News
  • Wednesday, February 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Early years practitioners have a big job to do in cultivating respect, cultural awareness and a positive sense of identity in young children, argues Anne O'Connor You don't have to be a fan of 'Celebrity Big Brother' to know about the row raging around racist bullying on the show and the eviction of the culprit, Jade Goody.

New museums lead children to discoveries

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
* The development of a new children's 'discovery centre' in London was praised by arts minister Tessa Blackstone last week. Baroness Blackstone made her comments last week at the Hands On! Europe conference in Stratford, east London, organised by the Kids' Clubs Network. In an address to delegates from all over the world, she said, 'I believe that providing museums for the youngest members of the community makes an important contribution to their learning needs and encourages them to live together with a better understanding of themselves and the complex world around them.'

Nursery of the Year 2006

    News
  • Wednesday, May 31, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Does your team provide children and their families with a top-quality full daycare service? Make sure you enter Nursery World's Nursery of the Year Award 2006, sponsored by Morton Michel Insurance. This prestigious award, now in its second year, will give the best early years provision the recognition it deserves, along with 5,000 worth of fantastic prizes supplied by Community Playthings.

On the other hand

    News
  • Wednesday, April 26, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Help the left-handed child find their place in the world with advice from Jan Hurst One in ten boys and slightly fewer girls are left-handed. As a nanny you could well find yourself looking after a 'southpaw'.

Keen on green

    News
  • Wednesday, April 26, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Take a fresh approach to serving vegetables and give children a taste that will be good for life. Fiona Hamilton-Fairley picks the best Now that spring has sprung, it's a great time for some delicious tender vegetables. Spring greens belong to the group of plants known as brassica and so are related to the cabbage, Brussels sprout and cauliflower. In the UK we tend to refer to them as spring greens when they are young, tender and vibrant in colour. The advantage of buying vegetables and fruits in season is that they are much cheaper, tastier, at their best and in abundance. This, of course, applies to all seasonal foods.

Opinion: To the Point - Another look at change

    Features
  • Tuesday, May 11, 2010
    • | Nursery World
This is a time to think about changes children will soon be experiencing. In particular, many nursery children will be thinking about the move to 'big school', and children in reception will be leaving the EYFS and starting the primary curriculum.

Born to shop

    News
  • Wednesday, May 31, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Buying products and using money are thorny issues in most families. Rachel Goodchild considers a nursery approach There always seem to be the same three groups of children in my classes.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Stay and play

    Features
  • Monday, January 27, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Cold, wet and windy weather doesn't have to mean staying indoors. In the final part of her series on winter play outdoors, Julie Mountain suggests some creative approaches for fun and learning.

Scarecrow story

    Other
  • Tuesday, November 19, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Children from Cornerstones Pre-school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire made a display about the story The Scarecrow Who Didn’t Scare.

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