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A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - TV times

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The debate over how much screen exposure is advisable for young children should take account of scientific research and common sense, say Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Listening to children

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The value of seeking children's opinions and some ways practitioners can initiate it in an early years setting are described by Pat Gordon-Smith.

A Unique Child: Outdoors - Practice in Pictures - In the mix

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The benefits for children of playing in a mixed age group are explored by Anne O'Connor, with advice for practitioners on reinforcing it

A Unique Child: Wrestling - Roll with it

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Young boys seem to have a natural urge to wrestle with each other, so what stance should childcarers take? asks Annette Rawstrone.

A Unique Child: Messy play - Practice in Pictures - Mud, mud

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

The sensory experience of messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development, creativity and risk-taking, says Anne O'Connor

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Roots of Empathy

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Young children are learning empathy by caring for even younger babies. Mary Evans finds out how.

A Unique Child: Quiet Children - Time to chat

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Confidence may follow from practitioners giving special attention to the children in a setting who rarely speak up for themselves. Michael Jones explains one approach.

A Unique Child: The developing brain, Part 3 - Face to face

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

The baby's discovery of the social world is described by Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

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.

A Unique Child: The Developing Brain, part 1 - Life before birth

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

In its last few weeks in the womb a baby is already busy learning, says Annette Karmiloff-Smith, in the first of a new series on the developing brain.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Outdoors: On the ball

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| Nursery World

A simple running game brings both physical and emotional growth for a toddler, says Anne O'Connor.

A Unique Child: Sexualisation - Body image

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

| Nursery World

A Government report warns about the sexualisation of children and lays the blame on media and retailers. Melanie Defries investigates.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - Physical play

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Simple physical play with a child's carer can stimulate a function that is linked fundamentally to language and sensory development, says Anne O'Connor.

A Unique Child: A-Z of inclusive practice - R is for Racism

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

| Nursery World

'Inclusion is a process of identifying, understanding and breaking down barriers to participation and belonging' - Early Childhood Forum, 2003

A unique child: Resilience: Staying strong

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners can do much to help children living amid domestic violence to develop resilience and see that there are other ways for people to relate to each other, writes Karen Stephens.