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Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Thursday, July 22, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 60 members of the First 1001 Days Movement have today jointly written to the new health secretary Sajid Javid to highlight the impact of the pandemic on babies and their families.

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A new podcast series featuring stories of parents who have given birth during lockdown along with interviews with leading practitioners and politicians, has been launched by Andrea Leadsom MP, chair of the Early Years Healthy Development Review.

Nuffield Foundation funds new study into impact of Covid-19 on language and socio-emotional development

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Monday, June 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A new research project looking at the impact of lockdowns on children's language and socio-emotional development is being undertaken by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Health visitor parenting support programme leads to ‘striking’ change in toddlers' behaviour

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Monday, June 14, 2021

| Nursery World

A health visitor programme, which involved parents being filmed playing and eating with their children, has led to marked improvements in young children's behaviour, a study by the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London has found.

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Various organisations urge the Government to make more funding available to early years settings as parents and practitioners reveal concerns over lockdown’s effect on children.

Coronavirus: Call for 'Summer of Play' to restore children's wellbeing

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Organisations and charities call for a Summer of Play, as more than half of children say they play outside or with their friends less since the pandemic.

New guidance for early years settings on potty training

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Continence experts have updated potty training guidance to enable early years practitioners to support children and their families with good toileting.

Playing at make-believe with toddlers may help prevent behavioural problems

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Friday, May 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Children whose mothers join them in pretend play are less likely to exhibit behavioural problems down the line, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found.

Children missing out on adventurous outdoor play – study

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Primary school children in the UK are not engaging in outdoor adventurous play or playing outdoors freely in the same way as their parents’ generation, according to new research around children’s play.

Babies recognise phrases before they can talk, study finds

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Thursday, April 8, 2021

| Nursery World

One-year-olds can recognise combinations of words, such as ‘clap your hands’, before they have uttered their first word, new research from the University of Edinburgh has revealed.

Academics to create record of children’s play during the pandemic

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

| Nursery World

A national ‘observatory’ of children’s play experiences during Covid-19 is being led by academics at UCL and the University of Sheffield.

New conference to look at impact of lockdown on children's play

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Monday, March 29, 2021

| Nursery World

A play conference that shines the light on societal attitudes to children, play and space during the pandemic, is being held for the first time this summer.

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Opinion

Thursday, March 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Having spent the majority of my career in the education sector, the current public debate on gender inequality in the UK has prompted me to engage in some professional soul-searching, says childminder Laura House

Should we really be telling our children they are 'behind' and need to 'catch up'?

Opinion

Monday, March 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Children develop at their own pace - they are not on a factory production line - says Louise Livingston of the Maria Montessori Institute

Early years staff struggling to support children's emotional and behavioural needs

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Thursday, February 11, 2021

| Nursery World

From trauma to bereavement and domestic abuse, the majority of nursery workers are encountering children with extremely difficult backgrounds and many feel underprepared for the task, research has found.

Children’s online habits revealed in survey

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Children are spending an average of three hours a day online in their leisure time, on top of online learning, a report by Childwise, reveals.

Children in London ‘at risk’ of falling behind due to the pandemic

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged under-fives, who are missing out on their early years entitlement in the capital due to the impact of the pandemic, are at risk of falling behind and not being ‘school-ready’, a report by London Councils warns.

Coronavirus: How to talk to children about the second wave

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

| Nursery World

The atmosphere in the country has changed with the second wave of COVID, but how has that affected the way practitioners are talking to children about the virus? And what approaches should they be taking? Gabriella Jozwiak finds out

Gender stereotyping causes ‘lifelong harm’ - study

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Harmful gender stereotypes are significantly limiting children’s potential, warns a report from the Commission on Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood.

Learn about the science of brain development

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Monday, December 14, 2020

| Nursery World

A free, online course about how babies’ brains develop has been launched by the University of Oxford.

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Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

Nuffield Foundation funds new study into impact of Covid-19 on language and socio-emotional development

Health visitor parenting support programme leads to ‘striking’ change in toddlers' behaviour

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

Coronavirus: Call for 'Summer of Play' to restore children's wellbeing

New guidance for early years settings on potty training

Playing at make-believe with toddlers may help prevent behavioural problems

Children missing out on adventurous outdoor play – study

Babies recognise phrases before they can talk, study finds

Academics to create record of children’s play during the pandemic

New conference to look at impact of lockdown on children's play

Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

Should we really be telling our children they are 'behind' and need to 'catch up'?

Early years staff struggling to support children's emotional and behavioural needs

Children’s online habits revealed in survey

Children in London ‘at risk’ of falling behind due to the pandemic

Coronavirus: How to talk to children about the second wave

Gender stereotyping causes ‘lifelong harm’ - study

Learn about the science of brain development

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