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Emotional Development - Time to Reflect

Monday, October 15, 2018

| Nursery World

Reflect is an innovative approach to supporting children’s emotional development and resilience through working with pre-school practitioners. Zoe Stephens and Gill Holt explain the method and its outcomes

School readiness: A perfect fit?

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Being a child-ready school means meeting the needs of new starters. Tamsin Grimmer offers some advice for schools in this extract from her new book on the subject

Resilience - From me to you

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Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

What is resilience and how should it be put into practice in the early years? Sarah Cox explains her research on the subject

New Siblings - Small wonder?

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Becoming an older sibling can be difficult for children to deal with. Rachel Howe explores how practitioners and parents can help

EYFS best practice - All about… home education

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

The number of children being home educated is rising, and the Government wants to give councils more power to monitor them. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Speech & Language: Part 2 - To the letter

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

In order to spot speech problems, practitioners need to know what children should be able to say for their age group, explain Penny Tassoni and Anne-Marie Tassoni

Health & Well-Being: Obesity - Time for bed

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

With a recent study linking obesity to insufficient sleep, Meredith Jones Russell asks how practitioners and parents can ensure that children get enough rest day and night

Non-verbal communication: babies - More than words

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Monday, May 28, 2018

| Nursery World

Baby room practitioners need to tune in to those in their care by understanding the babies’ non-verbal communication, as well as their own, explains Charlotte Goddard

Speech & language: part 1 - Can’t talk or won’t talk?

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Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

Selective mutism and being a reluctant talker are different conditions, explain Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny Tassoni, who offer advice to practitioners on what to do

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Paws for thought

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Monday, February 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Animal therapy is becoming increasingly popular in the early years. Ruth Beattie finds out why

A Unique Child: Child development - Sleepy time

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Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners have a vital role to play in developing healthy sleeping habits for the babies and young children in their care. Jackie Hardie explains her nursery’s approach

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Better off?

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

How ‘A Better Start’ is improving outcomes for children in Blackpool, Bradford, Southend, Nottingham and Lambeth. By Charlotte Goddard

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Rigid thinking

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Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

Is your nursery space working for or against gender diversity? Dr Jen Lyttleton-Smith examines why promoting gender diversity and avoiding stereotypical roles is important when working with young children, and how settings can change their practice and environment for the better

EYFS Best Practice - All about… memory

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Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

How does the ability to form and retrieve memories develop in children, why is it important to early learning, and how can adults help to stimulate it? Anne O’Connor reports

A Unique Child: Child Development - To the core

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Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

In an extract from her book on the subject, Tamsin Grimmer explains ‘core and radial schema’ and its relevance to the early years

EYFS Best Practice: All about… children’s rights

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Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

What children’s rights are legally, and how they should be promoted. By Professor Priscilla Alderson

A Unique Child: Trauma - After the event

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Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Following a traumatic event, children are particularly vulnerable to adverse reactions. Erica Brown examines the kind of responses they may have and how adults can help children through them

EYFS Best Practice: All about… Intergenerational trauma

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Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Exposure to stress and abuse as a child directly affects how that child will go on to parent their own children, explains psychotherapist Robin Balbernie

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Identity crisis?

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Moving from country to country can be glamorous and exciting, but life is not always easy for the children involved. Ruth Beattie finds out how early years professionals can help smooth the way

A Unique Child: Inclusion - ‘Still human’

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Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Research and personal experience have helped Alison Prowle and Janet Harvell lead a University of Worcester project to develop practitioner understanding of families seeking sanctuary in the UK