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Children may not be ‘physically’ ready to start school - study

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

| Nursery World

Up to 60 per cent of children may be entering the school system without the key physical capabilities that lead to future academic success, a new study reveals.

EYFS Best Practice - All about… bereaved children

Features

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Talking about death with young children is necessary when there has been a bereavement. Anne O’Connor explains the best ways to tackle this difficult subject

Inclusion - At full strength

Features

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Supporting the well-being of children with SEND means not focusing too much on the difficulties of their condition and instead recognising their differences, writes Kerry Payne

Should we really be telling our children they are 'behind' and need to 'catch up'?

Opinion

Monday, March 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Children develop at their own pace - they are not on a factory production line - says Louise Livingston of the Maria Montessori Institute

Early years staff struggling to support children's emotional and behavioural needs

News

Thursday, February 11, 2021

| Nursery World

From trauma to bereavement and domestic abuse, the majority of nursery workers are encountering children with extremely difficult backgrounds and many feel underprepared for the task, research has found.

Children’s online habits revealed in survey

News

Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Children are spending an average of three hours a day online in their leisure time, on top of online learning, a report by Childwise, reveals.

Children in London ‘at risk’ of falling behind due to the pandemic

News

Thursday, February 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged under-fives, who are missing out on their early years entitlement in the capital due to the impact of the pandemic, are at risk of falling behind and not being ‘school-ready’, a report by London Councils warns.

Working with Families - Rapid response

Features

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

How organisations across the country have been maintaining A Better Start during the pandemic. By Frances Lyons, assistant director at the National Children’s Bureau

Behaviour - Choice words

Features

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

How should early years practitioners deal with a child who is swearing in their setting, and what are the causes of this inappropriate behaviour, asks Caroline Vollans

EYFS Guidance: Effective Practice, Part 4 - Focus points

Features

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

What is self-regulation, why is it important, how does it affect development in the early years, and what role should practitioners play, asks Dr Julian Grenier, who led on the revised Early Years Foundation Stage guidance

Coronavirus: How to talk to children about the second wave

News

Thursday, January 21, 2021

| Nursery World

The atmosphere in the country has changed with the second wave of COVID, but how has that affected the way practitioners are talking to children about the virus? And what approaches should they be taking? Gabriella Jozwiak finds out

Resilience - Bouncing back?

Features

Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Children are often labelled as being ‘so resilient’, but real resilience is built on nurturing relationships and should not be taken for granted, explains Anne O’Connor

Gender stereotyping causes ‘lifelong harm’ - study

News

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Harmful gender stereotypes are significantly limiting children’s potential, warns a report from the Commission on Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood.

Learn about the science of brain development

News

Monday, December 14, 2020

| Nursery World

A free, online course about how babies’ brains develop has been launched by the University of Oxford.

Low birth weight an indicator of delayed development at age five - study

News

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Babies with low birth weight are physically and cognitively ‘significantly’ behind their peers at the age of five, new analysis by the National Foundation for Educational Research in the International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study (IELS) has found.

Physical activity can help to close the Covid gap

Opinion

Thursday, November 26, 2020

| Nursery World

There is growing evidence that physical activity is fundamental to learning, and daily movement programmes can help to narrow the disadvantage gap, says Sally Goddard Blythe

Coronavirus: Call for examples of how children’s play has changed during the pandemic

News

Thursday, November 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Practitioners observing children’s play during the pandemic have a unique chance to contribute to an archive that will inform future generations about how children’s play experiences changed during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Lockdown: Physical Development - Make the move

Features

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

How did the first lockdown impact children’s physical development, and what have early years settings done to help them get ‘back on track’, asks Dr Lala Manners

New ways to close the gap

Opinion

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

We desperately need innovation for the early years so that we can close the ever-expanding advantage and development gaps, argues Ravi Gurumurthy of Nesta