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MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

Link found between unplanned babies from poor families and language delay

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Children born as a result of an unplanned pregnancy and into disadvantage are more likely to have limited vocabulary and spatial abilities compared to those who are planned, according to a new study.

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Five areas in England will use the lottery money to pilot initiatives to improve children’s outcomes.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

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Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

Behaviour links found to infant difficulties

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Babies who show excessive crying and difficulties in sleeping and feeding in their first year are more likely to develop significant behavioural problems as they get older, a new study suggests.

Formal childcare boosts Foundation Stage Profile scores

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Children who attend formal childcare before the age of three do better at the end of the reception year than those who do not attend a nursery or are looked after by a childminder, a new study suggests.

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

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Children who spend some time in formal childcare are less likely to have behavioural problems than those that are cared for solely at home, according to new research.

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

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Monday, October 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Up to 1.5 million children are at risk of speech and language delay, which is why their support needs to be at the heart of this week’s Spending Review, says Carol Payne, interim chief executive of I CAN, the children's communication charity

Children start using words to form sentences earlier than thought

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

| Nursery World

New research by Newcastle University challenges the idea that the early word combinations of two- and three-year-olds are devoid of grammar.

A simple raisin game could help to predict toddlers' later abilities

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Seeing how long a toddler can wait before they pick up a raisin can indicate how well they will do at school at the age of eight, a new study claims.

Test infant motor skills to help prevent learning delay, says study

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies who are behind in their development at the age of nine months are more likely to have learning and behavioural problems at the age of five, according to a major study published last week.

SEED: qualifications and CPD highlighted in quality report

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Friday, December 8, 2017

| Nursery World

We summarise the latest findings from the Government-funded Study of Early Education and Development (SEED).

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures show that health visitors are increasingly seeing children with delayed language.

Toddlers with delayed speech no more likely to have emotional problems as they grow up

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Friday, July 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Children who are late talkers are at no greater risk of suffering emotional or behavioural problems as they grow older, according to a new study.

Reversible buggies find overwhelming support among mothers

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

| Nursery World

Most parents would like to be able to easily change the way their child faces in their pushchair, suggests a study published today.

Workshop on mental health of infants

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Professor Colwyn Trevarthen will speak at a School of Infant Mental Health workshop on 12-13 June, looking at research into the effects of trauma, music and movement on the developing brain and mind in the first year of life.

Booktrust book schemes for babies and children to lose Government funding

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

| Nursery World

The Booktrust charity, which provides free books to every baby and all five- and 11-year-olds, has had its annual budget of 13m cut by the Government.

Toddlers from musical households have 'better language skills' - study

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| Nursery World

An ‘enriched home musical environment’ can support language development in toddlers, according to new research.

Your chance to take part in new early years research

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Squeezing, moulding, pinching are all some of the many ways that babies and toddlers use their hands to explore the world around them.

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| Nursery World

All children benefit from early education and care from the age of two, with those from poorer backgrounds likely to benefit even more, a major new report out today shows.

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MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

Link found between unplanned babies from poor families and language delay

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

Behaviour links found to infant difficulties

Formal childcare boosts Foundation Stage Profile scores

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

Children start using words to form sentences earlier than thought

A simple raisin game could help to predict toddlers' later abilities

Test infant motor skills to help prevent learning delay, says study

SEED: qualifications and CPD highlighted in quality report

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

Toddlers with delayed speech no more likely to have emotional problems as they grow up

Reversible buggies find overwhelming support among mothers

Workshop on mental health of infants

Booktrust book schemes for babies and children to lose Government funding

Toddlers from musical households have 'better language skills' - study

Your chance to take part in new early years research

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

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