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Lockdown life: Reasons to be cheerful?

Thursday, May 14, 2020

| Nursery World

While some families are struggling during the coronavirus lockdown, many others are enjoying the extra time spent together, the slower pace of life and getting to know each other better

Child Development: Intersex - Born and raised

Features

Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Children born intersex or with differences of sex development are an often misunderstood subject. Caroline Vollans explores the issue and reveals how settings can offer support

New study suggests how children with autism see the world

News

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Findings from new research may shed light on why children with autism experience sensory overload.

Summer-born children at risk of ADHD misdiagnosis

News

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

| Nursery World

Summer-born children are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a study has warned, raising fears that the condition is routinely being misdiagnosed.

Kicking it out

Opinion

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Jane Lane asks what lessons should be learned from the recent incidents of racism from football supporters

Play strategy guidance issued

News

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

| Nursery World

New guidance on embedding the 235m Children's Play strategy has been published by the DCSF.

Learning & Development: Communication - Part 5 - Think twice

Features

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Let the home language into the nursery for children communicating bilingually, says Helen Moylett

Nursery Equipment: SEN Resources - On second thoughts

Features

Monday, May 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Resources originally designed to support special educational needs can be beneficial for all young children, says Anne O'Connor.

Positive Relationships: Play Therapy - Exploring feelings

Features

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Families can find ways to resolve problems in their relationships with the help of a professional play therapist, as Cath Hunter explains.

A Unique Child: Selective Mutism - Silent types

Features

Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

How do you distinguish between children who are shy or 'just very quiet' or those who may have selective mutism? Maggie Johnson and Michael Jones offer advice for practitioners.

Yoga therapy campaign raises £1,000 for SEN children

News

Thursday, February 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A yoga centre in North London is raising money to give more children with special needs access to specialist one-to-one therapy sessions.

Positive relationships: All about ... Childhood friendships

Features

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| Nursery World

Children go through recognisable developmental stages in their ability to make friends, which nursery life can foster, writes Philip Erwin

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Paws for thought

Features

Monday, February 19, 2018

| Nursery World

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

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

Features

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

Petition launched amid fears teaching assistant jobs could be slashed

News

Thursday, June 20, 2013

| Nursery World

A petition that urges the Education Secretary Michael Gove not to get rid of teaching assistants has gained more than 60,000 signatures.

A Unique Child Inclusion: Put into words

Features

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

| Nursery World

Children speaking different languages, or very little at all, learn to communicate happily at a nursery visited by Annette Rawstrone.

Nursery Management: Integrated review - Reality check

Features

Monday, March 19, 2018

| Nursery World

The Integrated Review has received a mixed response from settings in terms of the effectiveness of its impact on identifying developmental problems early. Charlotte Goddard reports

A Unique Child - A doctor's diary ... Down's syndrome.

Features

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

| Nursery World

"I'm a teacher and have a child with Down's syndrome in my class. I really have no idea what that means or what the implications are."

Sensory Processing: Part 2 - Vestibular system

Features

Monday, February 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Development of the vestibular sense – and addressing over- and under-sensitivity – is explored by Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson in part two of this new series

Learning & Development: Language - Time to talk

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Poor communication skills in young children are the subject of a new strategy for an education team working in partnership with a primary care trust, says Adele Hawkes.

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

News

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,

A Unique Child: home culture - Worlds apart?

Features

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

| Nursery World

To understand a child's home culture, early years educators need to look beyond the superficial, such as food and dress, to parents' ways of thinking, attitudes to behaviour and long-term aspirations for their children, says Opal Dunn

Greater risk of autism for siblings of children with disorder

News

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.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Rigid thinking

Features

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