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Pilot successful in changing young children's views on gender

Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children’s views of gender can be overturned by adopting an approach that challenges perceived views of boys’ and girls’ toys, a study has found.

Reading - Prime time

Features

Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Educational neuroscientist Paul Howard-Jones tells Annette Rawstrone why reading is the most important skill we can teach to children

BIG ISSUE: Children's speech and language delays

Features

Friday, February 19, 2010

| Nursery World

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.

Learning & development: Play - Play is what I do

Features

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

| Nursery World

This extract from a new book, 'Play Is What I Do', explains the different aspects of young children's play and activities.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... neuroscience and the infant brain

Features

Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

What can we learn from research on early brain development? David Whitebread and Lysandra Sinclaire-Harding debunk some of the 'neuromyths' and misdiagnoses doing the rounds and look at how neuroscience findings might inform practice in early childhood education.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Special friends

Features

Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Dolls with their own personas and life stories are being used by some practitioners to help raise issues of equality and encourage children to think critically. Vicky Hutchin explains.

Building on potential

Opinion

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Professor Cathy Nutbrown considers nurturing the workforce of the future

Children share reading tips for summer

News

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.

Nursery Chains: International - Foreign exchange

Features

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

In a globalised world, building overseas relationships has never been easier. Catherine Gaunt talks to three nursery groups about how it's done.

Learning & Development: Independent learning - All by myself

Features

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

| Nursery World

Provision to enable and challenge the youngest children to direct their own learning is carefully thought out at a centre visited by Nicole Weinstein.

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

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Well done

Features

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

It is standard practice to praise children for their achievements. But can too much be counterproductive? Penny Tassoni offers advice.

Learning & Development EAL: Dual purpose

Features

Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains

Child Development: Your guide to the first five years: part 6 - Memory

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

The different types within the human memory system, what they are used for and the ages and stages at which they develop in young children are outlined by Maria Robinson.

Child Development: Your guide to the first five years: part 5 - Physical development

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners need to appreciate how the interrelated processes of physical development in a child's body support their growing sense of mental and emotional well-being, says Maria Robinson.

'Talking timetable' supports children with EAL

Features

Thursday, April 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Children with English as an additional language are benefitting from the introduction of a visual and audio timetable and story sacks at a Lancashire nursery.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pirates!

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of the curriculum with a topic on these popular characters, outlined by Helen Bromley.

Physical Development - Move on!

Features

Monday, July 9, 2018

| Nursery World

Supporting the physical development of children in their first year does not require specialist equipment, explains a new book by the Pre-school Learning Alliance

Learning & Development: Reading - Spread the word

Features

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read to their children is just one aim of the National Year of Reading. Ruth Thomson talks to one nursery chain getting in on the act themselves.

Learning & Development: Closing the Gap - Get lucky

Features

Monday, April 2, 2018

| Nursery World

How one nursery chain is helping children from deprived households close the gap with their ‘lucky’ peers. By Annette Rawstrone

Report highlights barriers to outdoor learning

News

Monday, July 2, 2012

| Nursery World

A lack of understanding among early years practitioners and teachers, along with a shortage of funding, are preventing children from learning about and taking responsibility for the environment, finds a new study.

New films to help nurture children's speech and language

News

Thursday, September 6, 2012

| Nursery World

The Communication Trust has created a series of films highlighting how young children learn to speak, listen and interact with their parents or carers.

Research Nurseries: Embedding theory through co-locating an expert

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

One nursery group has embedded theory into its everyday practice by co-locating early years consultant Alice Sharp on the premises of one of its settings to work on staff development. By Gemma Goldenberg

We've explored… gardening

Features

Friday, June 2, 2023

| Nursery World

After reading a story about a green-fingered young gardener, nursery school children were inspired to design a plot of their own. By Annette Rawstrone