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Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

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Playgrounds have been closed since the lockdown started in March
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Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

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New learning network for improving children and babies’ mental health launched for early years practitioners

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Kelly Evans and daughter Jess
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NSPCC launches nationwide programme of activities for babies

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Each child will have had a different experience of the lockdown
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Coronavirus Pandemic - Unique times

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The study focused on children who had been in Romanian orphanages in the 1980s
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Health & Nutrition: Brain development - Down to size

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Playing with friends is really important for children's well-being following this period of isolation, as children return to early years settings and school
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Coronavirus: Effects of loneliness in children could last up to nine years

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Many children are loving spending more time with their parents and each other
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Lockdown life: Reasons to be cheerful?

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Margaret Greenwood MP, shadow schools minister
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Labour schools shadow calls for baseline assessment to be cancelled

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New picture book aims to soothe children's isolation worries

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The lockdown has given some families more opportunities to get closer to nature
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Coronavirus: Research to look into impact of lockdown on young children's contact with nature

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Flexible parenting, known as 'autonomy support' promotes the child’s problem solving and their ability to learn, by letting games or tasks evolve into experiences that engage them PHOTO Sarah Foley
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Avoiding the ‘terrible twos’ during lockdown

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Researchers conclude that screen media cannot replace activities that require and stimulate mental imagery, such as imaginative play
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Screen time negatively impacts children's ability to conjure up images

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Leyf's Colville nursery
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Coronavirus Pandemic - Missing you

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Child Development: 5 things you need to know about… empathy

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Supporting schemas enables more attuned learning experiences
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Supporting Schemas - Link up

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