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Part 4 of our poster series on the Majority World

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  • Wednesday, September 4, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Look out for 'Majority World: Play', the last one in our four-part series of posters exploring young children and family life in developing countries, out with the 2 December issue of Nursery World.

Children's songs

    News
  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Every nursery will want at least one CD of children's songs. But when choosing I advise you to be very selective as, in general, the quality of music produced specifically for children is not high. It is also important to be clear on the distinction between 'nursery rhymes' - songs selected by adults to sing to children - and children's traditional songs, which are songs sung by children themselves. Children's traditional songs usually have simpler words and simpler melodies and are easier for them to grasp and sing themselves.

Student links

    News
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
* This article links to elements C3.1, C3.2, C3.3 of the NVQ 3 in Early Years Childcare and Education. Evidence collector: If you are a student, you may wish to carry out the following activity. Remember to consult with your supervisor and/or the children's parents if necessary.

Study days

    News
  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
For Matt Beety it was a priority to be earning while studying, so when he spotted an ad at his local job centre to work towards an NVQ level 3 as part of an Advanced Apprenticeship with nursery chain KidsUnlimited, it seemed an ideal opportunity. 'For me it meant there was no gap in earnings, and I found that the process of assessment was integrated into my day-to-day work in a way that was very easy to accommodate,' he says.

To the point...

    News
  • Wednesday, November 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
This week's columnist Pat Wills offers a solution to our society's anxieties about touching children I have always found listening to Cleo Laine singing the evocative song 'Sometimes when we touch' thought-provoking. It is even more so in the current climate.

Healthy competition

    News
  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Traditional playground games allow children to burn off excess energy. Lynne Garner describes some modern variations we all played them when we were children, learning the rules from one another or simply making them up as we went along. They had such names as 'British Bull Dog', 'Tag', 'He', 'It' and many others I'm sure you can think of. However, the rules used may now be a blurred memory. So in order to enable you to encourage the children to burn off a little energy by playing fun games, we have put together a few that are ideal for the playground.

Catch of the day

    News
  • Wednesday, September 17, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Nathan Ashworth, age three, shows off the catch of the day at Busy Bees Preston Hospital nursery, after a visit from nutritionist Ady Delaney, the founder of Eat Right UK.

Supersize it!

    News
  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Bring art to life with a child-sized collage on which the whole group can collaborate, and perhaps even join in the picture. Miranda Walker shows how traditional collages, where children stick items to a background of paper or card, are a popular way of introducing a range of tactile materials into children's artwork. These pictures can be kept for posterity. But how about ringing the changes occasionally? There's no need to settle for small scale when you make a loose-leaf collage - in fact, the bigger the better!

Opponents slam phonics plans

    News
  • Wednesday, November 15, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Early years experts have criticised the Government's move to publish a list of approved phonics schemes. The DfES is planning to introduce a quality assurance scheme to evaluate commercial and other phonics programmes and ensure that they meet minimum standards (News, 26 October 2006).

19m to support adopted children

    News
  • Wednesday, September 11, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Play and music therapy will form part of a package of support to help adopted children bond with their families.

Jet setters

    News
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
While the families of children in your care plan their holidays, says Emma Haughton, you can make them aware of possible hazards and help them to travel safely Couples with young children tend to have bigger incomes than they used to. They will probably have delayed having a family until their late twenties or early thirties and they may both work. At the same time the cost of holidays, particularly abroad, has fallen over the past 30 years. Result? More young children are being taken to exotic locations by their parents.

Childminding networks

    News
  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Childminding networks help motivate and retain high-quality registered childminders, according to a study carried out by the National Children's Bureau for the National Childminding Association. Researchers looked at almost 50 NCMAChildren Come First (CCF) approved networks. It found that more than half of childminders on a CCF network hold a level 3 qualification or above, compared with just 20 per cent of childminders who are not part of a network. The report, Children Come First: the role of approved childminding networks in changing practice, is available on www.ncma.org.uk.

Extra time

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The latest childcare gap to be identified is among parents working unsocial hours - but they have to know that care is available before they will seek it. Simon Vevers investigates. While the Government urges employers to introduce 'family-friendly'

Award to Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantristant

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
An international award for services to parents and babies has been made to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantristant. Welsh health minister Jane Hutt presented staff at the hospital with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Award in recognition of the role played by midwives in providing breastfeeding advice. In May, the Welsh Assembly appointed a breastfeeding co-ordinator to improve rates of breastfeeding by working with health professionals and voluntary groups to support mothers. The daycare setting's name, address and inspection report will be published on the Ofsted website. But if the provider has a good reason for wanting the name, address and report withheld, such as being based on a military site or in a women's refuge, Ofsted will consider doing so.

All about...Working with two-year-olds

    Features
  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
By Julia Manning-Morton, a senior lecturer in early childhood studies at London Metropolitan University, co-author of Key Times: A framework for developing high-quality provision for children under three years (Open University Press, forthcoming) and Key Times for Play: the first three years (OUP, 14.99) and author of Nursery World's series, 'Birth to Three - Your guide to developing quality provision' All change

Fishy tales

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  • Monday, December 15, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Children at the Furze Children's Centre London Early Years Foundation nursery in Romford have been learning about sea life and creatures that live under water.

Star performers

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
This year's Excellence in Childcare Awards, run by Kids' Clubs Network with Nursery World and Prima magazines and sponsored by Sure Start, brings you the unsung heroes who have shaped the childcare sector with good practice, patience and perseverance. Nicole Curnow reports

Get fresh

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A project on fruit will encourage the children to explore colours, patterns and taste, as well as promoting a healthy diet, says Jean Evans Adult-led activity

PVI providers team up to influence council plans

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
The Daycare Trust has teamed up with the Pre-school Learning Alliance to launch a childcare assistance project in London to help PVI providers influence the strategic plans of their local councils.

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