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Children share reading tips for summer

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Pre-school and primary children are invited to spend their summer holidays lost in books and share their favourites as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

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Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

New app aims to save babies' lives

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Friday, May 15, 2015

| Nursery World

A new app lets parents upload pictures of their baby to contribute to scientific research and help premature babies in the developing world.

New unit to study young children's language skills

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

The ways that young children learn words and develop language skills, including how to hold a conversation, are to come under scrutiny at a new academic unit.

Opera sessions let babies call the tune

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies as young as six months can call the tune in an interactive opera devised by the Scottish Opera company.

Parents and children wanted for university reading study

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Researchers at the University of Manchester are looking for parents and children to take part in a study looking at the benefits of reading together.

Young children more likely to play with other children of the same ethnicity, study claims

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Friday, July 1, 2011

| Nursery World

A new study of Canadian nursery children has found that toddlers in Montreal nurseries prefer playing with children of the same ethnicity,

Eminent academics warn childcare reforms will lower quality

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government's plans to reform childcare will lead to an unintended consequence of reducing quality, a group of eminent academics and experts in early years has warned.

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

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Friday, August 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are either born with or without a natural talent for maths, according to a new study.

Greater risk of autism for siblings of children with disorder

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Children who have older siblings with autism have a one in five chance of developing the disorder, according to a new study.

Row over daycare stress claims

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Monday, September 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The debate about whether childcare raises stress levels in young children is in the spotlight again, following a research review by controversial psychologist Aric Sigman.

Children more likely to run around when parents keep their distance

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Children whose parents 'hover' over them while playing are less likely to engage in higher levels of physical activity such as running, according to a new study.

Open EYE launches network to 'save childhood'

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| Nursery World

The group behind the book Too much, too soon? has set up a new campaign to protect childhood.

No gains for toddlers who watch educational DVDs and TV shows, researchers say

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

'Educational' TV programmes and DVDs that claim to aid children's social development and language skills have little benefit for children under two, claim experts.

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

New guidance for childcare and health professionals about portion sizes for one - to three-year-olds has been published by an independent group of leading nutritionists and child health experts.

New Forest School award launches

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Friday, October 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Forest school providers can now gain an accredited award, which recognises their good practice.

Nurseries and childminders urged to take part in RSPB bird watch

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Friday, October 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is asking early years settings to take part in the biggest schools’ wildlife survey in the UK.

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

August born children are more likely to struggle academically and be unhappy at school, according to new research.

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has moved to strengthen the quality of childcare years in advance of its target to double its funded offer.

3.8m children without books

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Monday, December 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Almost four million children in the UK do not own a book, according to a new report.

A good night's sleep 'helps children do better at school'

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Young children who have regular bedtimes and sleep for a minimum of 11 hours a night perform better at school, a new study has found.

Foster carers encouraged to inspire love of books

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Friday, July 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Reading together improves relationships between children and their foster carers, new research suggests.

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

| Nursery World

A new set of short courses on the Froebelian approach has been launched by Early Education and the Froebel Trust.

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Revised guidance and a multimedia resource for Scottish practitioners working with parents from pregnancy, and with babies and children under three, is being unveiled on Wednesday.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

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Children share reading tips for summer

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

New app aims to save babies' lives

New unit to study young children's language skills

Opera sessions let babies call the tune

Parents and children wanted for university reading study

Young children more likely to play with other children of the same ethnicity, study claims

Eminent academics warn childcare reforms will lower quality

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

Greater risk of autism for siblings of children with disorder

Row over daycare stress claims

Children more likely to run around when parents keep their distance

Open EYE launches network to 'save childhood'

No gains for toddlers who watch educational DVDs and TV shows, researchers say

New guidelines on how much toddlers should eat and drink

New Forest School award launches

Nurseries and childminders urged to take part in RSPB bird watch

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

3.8m children without books

A good night's sleep 'helps children do better at school'

Foster carers encouraged to inspire love of books

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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