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Nursery Equipment: Gross Motor Skills - Think big!

Monday, May 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Gross motor skills are the building blocks of cognitive development. Annette Rawstrone looks at resources to exercise large muscle groups.

Resilience - From me to you

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Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

What is resilience and how should it be put into practice in the early years? Sarah Cox explains her research on the subject

Healthy Living: Well, well!

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Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

Setting children on the path to a healthy life should start with supporting their well-being and capitalise on their instincts, imagination and freedom to choose. By Pat Gordon-Smith

A Unique Child: Cognitive development - Multi-lingualism

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

More children are now growing up multilingual. Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith examine the latest research on how this affects development.

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Ability to communicate and use language is recognised as the foundation for children's development across other learning areas. By Nancy Stewart

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Stick with it?

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Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners, like parents, are fiercely divided on the merits of 'reward' stickers for young children. Penny Tassoni sets out the arguments for and against.

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Roll on!

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Rolling and crawling develop strength, stamina and co-ordination for physical activity. Lala Manners provides guidese for practitioners and parents

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - separation

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Practitioners should acknowledge the feelings that separation can trigger in a young child, a parent and themselves, says Anne O'Connor.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking skills - On the hop

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Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Hopping and skipping are challenging skills to master. Here, Dr Lala Manners looks at how they emerge and offers ideas for supporting their development.

Essential Resources: Self-care - I’m ready!

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| Nursery World

Supporting children to master the skills of dressing, feeding and toileting enhances their self-esteem. Nicole Weinstein looks at resources to support self-care

Early Years Pioneers: Friedrich Froebel

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

| Nursery World

The once-radical teachings of Friedrich Froebel about early development were so fundamental that today we take them for granted, says Professor Kevin J Brehony

A Unique Child: Outdoors - Practice in pictures - Play mates

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

A simple interaction shows symbolic play and social interaction between toddlers, says Anne O'Connor.

Learning & Development: Intelligence - Smart thinking

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Published to critical acclaim, the book New Kinds of Smart argues that intelligence is expandable. Here, co-author Professor Bill Lucas considers the opportunities this new thinking presents for early years education.

Learning & Development: Reading - Willing and able?

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

'The earlier the better' when applied to young children learning to read is an orthodoxy that needs to be challenged, says Dr Sebastian Suggate.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour: Ask the expert ... From all angles

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Is one child's aggression a problem, or just a stage? Dr Maria Robinson looks at developmental factors.

Enabling Environments: Risk - Under the surface

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Monday, January 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Risk-taking is a key ingredient of healthy development, but its place in practice can still be limited by how it is perceived, says Kathryn Solly.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Ask the expert ... Taking control

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| Nursery World

A child's anxieties about physical danger and risk are addressed by Dr Maria Robinson.

Enabling Environments: Learning Experiences - A world of difference

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Monday, January 9, 2017

| Nursery World

Giving children a wide range of stimulating experiences has a vital influence on their development, from communication to role play, says Penny Tassoni, who gives some tips on how to provide them

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - By numbers

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| Nursery World

The sector is struggling to develop staff teams that meet the needs of two-year-olds, though some are making great strides. Annette Rawstrone talks to one nursery about its road to Outstanding