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Best Practice: Cultural Perceptions of Play - Game changers

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

| Nursery World

At one setting in East London, parents of Bangladeshi descent showed a cultural and generational divide in attitudes towards play and gender, writes Caroline Vollans

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

News

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Various organisations urge the Government to make more funding available to early years settings as parents and practitioners reveal concerns over lockdown’s effect on children.

Working with Parents - Circle of love

Features

Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

A video-based early intervention programme called Circle of Security Parenting is boosting attachment between parents and children, discovers Annette Rawstrone

Engaging with babies' simple gestures helps develop language, finds study

News

Friday, November 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers have found that responses to babies' first gestures have a direct effect on their language development.

Positive Relationships: Parenting Programmes - Something to prove

Features

Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

High-quality parenting programmes can support vulnerable people and their ability to parent. Charlotte Goddard profiles one such programme and the challenges facing this type of intervention

Study: Controlled baby crying sleep method is 'no stress'

News

Thursday, May 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers are hoping they have put anxieties over baby sleep training to bed for good – after a study found the controversial method has no impact on stress hormones or bonding.

Home Learning - A parent's guide to…biting

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Why do some children bite and what is the best way to deal with it? Penny Tassoni provides some helpful advice

Youngest children not active enough

News

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Joining forces

Features

Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Two-year-olds can present a range of challenging behaviours. Annette Rawstrone considers how practitioners might work with parents to help both parties better manage this period of development

Irregular bedtimes for children can cause hyperactive behaviour

News

Monday, October 14, 2013

| Nursery World

A new study has found that children with erratic bedtimes are more likely to be hyperactive and experience emotional difficulties.

Roots of Empathy programme to expand

News

Thursday, June 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Scotland is to become the first country in the world to deliver the Roots of Empathy programme in every area.

Child development 'not harmed' by mother's return to work

News

Thursday, June 13, 2013

| Nursery World

A study has found that how well children do at school is not affected if their mother returns to work in their first year of life.

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

News

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or cognitive development, according to new research by University College London.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Mother and son

Features

Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

What do you do when a parent blames nursery staff for a child's difficult behaviour? Sue Chambers advises.

Roots of Empathy programme brings babies to the classroom

News

Monday, November 26, 2012

| Nursery World

A Canadian programme shown to reduce aggression and encourage empathy in children by bringing a very young baby into the classroom was officially launched in England by the Pre-School Learning Alliance last week (23 November)

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Hard to part

Features

Friday, March 16, 2012

| Nursery World

If a child relatively new to the nursery shows troubled behaviour, think again about the process of settling in. Penny Tassoni offers some practical tips.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Caught on film

Features

Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

An observational classroom study by Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure, Liz Jones and Christina MacRae can give practitioners some revealing insights.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - Fast work

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Families are making huge gains from a simple programme where they come together to play and eat at school. Nicole Weinstein investigates.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Mummy do it!

Features

Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Do young children consciously reject one parent and cling to the other? Cath Hunter offers advice for talking with families and getting through what may be a difficult phase for them.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - I'm off!

Features

Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Even young children may threaten to pack their bags and run away. Cath Hunter explains why, and offers ways to respond.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - when children swear

Features

Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

How to react tactfully to an innocent child's use of rude words or phrases can be a tricky issue for early years practitioners. Jennie Lindon has advice for talking to both children and parents.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

News

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.