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How children learn: part 1

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

In the first of a three-part series, Jan Dubiel sets out 12 key ‘Learning Behaviours’ that should underpin education in the early years

Working Mum - Sleep over

Features

Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Why can the nursery get her daughters to have a nap during the day when they refuse to do so at home, asks Working Mum

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

Positive relationships: Attachment, part 1 - Safe and sound

Features

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

| Nursery World

While attachment in theory remains controversial, practitioners need to understand it in order to deliver the EYFS, explains early years consultant Anne O'Connor.

Home learning - A parent's guide to self-regulation

Features

Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Key facts about self-regulation and how to help your child develop it. By Penny Tassoni

Early Years Pioneers - Jerome Bruner

Features

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

Positive Relationships: Military Families - In service

Features

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| Nursery World

The disruption of family life from military service has effects upon young children that practitioners need to understand, says Annette Rawstrone.

A Unique Child: Child Development - First love

Features

Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The economic incentives offered to encourage mothers to return to work ignore the parent's crucial role in the early years, Sally Goddard Blythe believes

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Empathy

Features

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.

Nursery Equipment: Gross Motor Skills - Think big!

Features

Monday, May 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Gross motor skills are the building blocks of cognitive development. Annette Rawstrone looks at resources to exercise large muscle groups.

Resilience - From me to you

Features

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

What is resilience and how should it be put into practice in the early years? Sarah Cox explains her research on the subject

Healthy Living: Well, well!

Features

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

A Unique Child: Cognitive development - Multi-lingualism

Features

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

More children are now growing up multilingual. Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith examine the latest research on how this affects development.

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

Features

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: Behaviour - Stick with it?

Features

Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners, like parents, are fiercely divided on the merits of 'reward' stickers for young children. Penny Tassoni sets out the arguments for and against.

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - Roll on!

Features

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?

Features

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.

A Unique Child: Practice in pictures - separation

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Practitioners should acknowledge the feelings that separation can trigger in a young child, a parent and themselves, says Anne O'Connor.

Enabling Environments: Post-walking skills - On the hop

Features

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Hopping and skipping are challenging skills to master. Here, Dr Lala Manners looks at how they emerge and offers ideas for supporting their development.

Essential Resources: Self-care - I’m ready!

Features

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| Nursery World

Supporting children to master the skills of dressing, feeding and toileting enhances their self-esteem. Nicole Weinstein looks at resources to support self-care

Early Years Pioneers: Friedrich Froebel

Features

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

A Unique Child: Outdoors - Practice in pictures - Play mates

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

A simple interaction shows symbolic play and social interaction between toddlers, says Anne O'Connor.

Raising Children with Asperger's Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

Review

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

By Yuko Yoshida (Jessica Kingsley, 12.99, ISBN 9781849053174)

Learning & Development: Intelligence - Smart thinking

Features

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.