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Correcting the primary assessment imbalance

Opinion

Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

As a former primary head teacher, I am no great fan of statutory assessment.

Physical activity: some lessons from Finland

Opinion

Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

It may sound strange, but we know very little about children’s physical activity (PA) in daycare and nurseries. How physically active are children really? What instigates PA?

Preparing children for an uncertain future

Opinion

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Saku Tuominen, creative director of HundrED, a mission from Finland to help schools change by sharing inspiring innovations in education

Laying the foundations of mental health

Opinion

Monday, October 31, 2016

| Nursery World

By understanding how the body responds to stress, early years workers can nurture young children's future well-being, says Dr Janet Rose.

Physical reality

Opinion

Monday, October 3, 2016

| Nursery World

The experiences of a child in early years are critical for their future, says Jan Dubiel

'School readiness' is only part of transition

Opinion

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Dr Karen Wickett, lecturer in early childhood studies at Plymouth Institute of Education, says that children's need to adjust to school should not be forgotten

How to support children to be confident about the way they look

Opinion

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

| Nursery World

We need to challenge young children's anxieties about body image, says nursery manager Kayleigh Hollingsworth

Why ‘school readiness’ is backwards thinking

Opinion

Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Too often the school system treats children as 'oven ready' chickens on a production line, writes Anne Gladstone.

Let go gender stereotypes

Opinion

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| Nursery World

As a male childcare worker, this World Book Day I decided to go as Anna from Frozen.

Evidence of free hours’ benefits is lacking

Opinion

Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Dr Jo Blanden, co-author of a new study on the free early years entitlement, weighs up the evidence

‘Things Fall Apart’

Opinion

Monday, March 7, 2016

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Frontline mental health and childcare services for vulnerable mothers and babies are increasingly under threat, says Professor Andrew Cooper

Tablets or talk: how do pre-schoolers learn language?

Opinion

Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

The other day I came across research on ‘teaching’ Mandarin to nine-month-olds, comparing the effects of face-to-face tuition with those of tuition delivered via video or audio.

Time spent in childcare little cause for concern

Opinion

Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

Contrary to the findings of previous American research, spending time in daycare does not lead to problem behaviours in young children, argue Eric Dearing and Henrik Daae Zachrisson