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To the point: Plugged in, tuned out

    Features
  • Monday, July 25, 2011
  • | Nursery World
'Please use your liberty to promote ours', wrote the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi over a decade ago, urging people to take a stand against companies doing business with Burma's military dictatorship.

In my view - Tiny brains under stress

    Features
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Penelope Leach writes: My latest book, The Essential First Year, aims to empower parents to make decisions about their babies based on information rather than on hearsay, tradition or fashion. Within it, the topic that has attracted more attention than any other is 'controlled crying'.

QuILT: Covering every aspect of quality

    Features
  • Monday, July 9, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Judith Twani, independent early years consultant, trainer and early education improvement officer for Thurrock Council, explains how a modular quality assurance and improvement scheme is proving both versatile and enduring for a range of settings

In My View - Providers and parents

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 28, 2010
  • | Nursery World
One of the biggest changes in the world of work has been the increase in women combining having a family and having a job. It is estimated that in the UK, two out of three families have both parents working, usually one full-time and the other part-time.

Parents - Growing attachment

    Features
  • Monday, October 5, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Some nurseries are now running parenting classes on attachment. So how should nursery practitioners, who lack clinical experience, broach such an important subject? Hannah Crown reports.

In My View - Once in a lullaby

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
  • | Nursery World
There is something truly wonderful about the fact that children and carers today still love to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. The first written version of this song appeared in a book of nursery rhymes back in 1744. That makes it a very old sheep indeed. In a world where huge technological changes are occurring on an almost daily basis, it's comforting to know that some things last.

To the point - How flexible can we be?

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 29, 2011
  • | Nursery World
The Daycare Trust report, 'Open All Hours? Flexible childcare in the 24/7 era', published last week (News, 24 March), found that parents struggle to find childcare at weekends, evenings and overnight.

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