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The Giant of Jum

    Review
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
    • | Nursery World
By Elli Woollard and Benji Davies (Macmillan Children's Books, hardback, £11.99)

Review strategy, Government told

    News
  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A leading childcare charity has renewed its call to the Government to undertake a fundamental review of the National Childcare Strategy. In its annual review published today (Thursday), the Daycare Trust said that the Government's pledge to end child poverty would only succeed if it delivered childcare for all children and parents.

Keep to the time

    News
  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I am pleased that Jenny Mosley and Ross Grogan ('Doing good', 22 February) address helping young children to learn moral values. But I am concerned about the consequences of their advice being applied to nursery-age children. The basic two golden rules can make sense in the social world of three- to five-year-olds. However, simple words and actions close to the time best help children understand that their behaviour was an example of what adults mean by 'gentle'. Heavy use of symbolic rewards like stickers disrupts children's ability to internalise values. They do not learn to make the unpaid choice to be helpful. In contrast, children learn, 'If I'm kind, they give me badges.'

In stock a monthly round-up of new resources

    News
  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
* A new website for teachers and education professionals offers career advice, news of resources and articles on aspects of teaching and learning at teachingexpertise.com. * The Meningitis Research Foundation has launched a website giving information on the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, which is the blood poisoning form of meningitis. With written and audio information in 18 different languages including Arabic, Chinese and Albanian, www.meningitis.org offers advice for anyone affected by the disease.

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