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Why physical activity in the early years is so vital

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 24, 2022
    • | Nursery World
A free course, a finalist in the Nursery World Awards 2021, aims to train early years practitioners to boost young children's physical development. Dr Jackie Musgrave of the Open University, who helped design it, explains the thinking behind it

In touch with nature

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 21, 2021
    • | Nursery World
With the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch taking place in January and February, what are the benefits for those settings taking part?

Using your common sense outdoors

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 20, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Forget tricycles and plastic climbing frames, start focusing on child development and outdoors – and reap the rewards, says Helen Bilton

Feel the warm embrace of hygge

    Opinion
  • Friday, November 26, 2021
    • | Nursery World
The Danish concept of hygge encompasses a sense of wellbeing and awareness based on the simple things in life. Author Kimberly Smith explains how she discovered its value and translated it into early years practice.

Ban wet wipe plastics

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 23, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Fleur Anderson, the MP for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields is fighting to ban plastic in the 11 billion wet wipes used in the UK every year

Why food support should start at school

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 29, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Many children are not receiving the correct nutrition, as a direct result of household poverty, and school food packages play a key role in supporting a child’s health, explains Sajad Mahmood, chief executive of the international food charity Right.

Time to level all the way up

    Opinion
  • Thursday, October 28, 2021
    • | Nursery World
The Chancellor had some tough decisions to make in his Spending Review, but I am not convinced he placed every child at the heart of it by providing the real cost of investment.

Recovering through play

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 26, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Access to free play outside should be a central part of efforts to help children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic

The single-parent trap

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 28, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Lack of available suitable childcare, and the high cost of that which is accessible, are pushing single parents and their children into poverty says Victoria Benson

How to close the gap in support for new fathers

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2021
    • | Nursery World
The number of families experiencing mental health difficulties has risen during the pandemic, with one particular gap, the support for new fathers. Michela Biseo of the Anna Freud Centre shares some tips for early years settings

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