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Learning & Development: ICT - Take notes

Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Apps are becoming the latest must-have in helping practitioners with observation, assessment and planning, says Mary Evans.

Learning & Development: Boxes - It's not a box!

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

When is a box not a box? When it's a bus, a train, a boat or a bed. Michael Jones describes one innovative nursery project using both child-initiated and adult-led activities.

Early Years Pioneers: Lilian Katz

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

| Nursery World

The distinction between children's academic and intellectual growth is among Lilian Katz's important messages, writes Sylvia Chard

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... supporting babies' emotional development

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Ensuring that babies mature in a positive manner is an important but challenging task, says Bernadette Duffy

Early Years Pioneers: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

| Nursery World

Although not a childcare expert, the French philosopher Rousseau has had a far-reaching influence on our ideas about childhood, says Professor J Eric Wilkinson

Learning & Development: Language - Time to talk

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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

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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

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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.

Learning & Development: Independent learning - All by myself

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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.

Learning & Development EAL: Dual purpose

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Physical Development - Move on!

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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

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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

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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

Early Years Pioneers - Jerome Bruner

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Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Following the death earlier this year of the influential psychologist Jerome Bruner, Linda Pound looks at his theories, achievements and their enduring impact on early years practice

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Empathy

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

A lack of consideration for others is seen as the root of many social problems - hence the key role of the early years in developing empathy in children.

Healthy Living: Well, well!

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Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

Setting children on the path to a healthy life should start with supporting their well-being and capitalise on their instincts, imagination and freedom to choose. By Pat Gordon-Smith

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Ability to communicate and use language is recognised as the foundation for children's development across other learning areas. By Nancy Stewart

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Roll on!

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Rolling and crawling develop strength, stamina and co-ordination for physical activity. Lala Manners provides guidese for practitioners and parents

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.

Early Years Pioneers: Friedrich Froebel

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

| Nursery World

The once-radical teachings of Friedrich Froebel about early development were so fundamental that today we take them for granted, says Professor Kevin J Brehony

Learning & Development: Intelligence - Smart thinking

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Published to critical acclaim, the book New Kinds of Smart argues that intelligence is expandable. Here, co-author Professor Bill Lucas considers the opportunities this new thinking presents for early years education.