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Touch as important to child development as healthy food, research finds

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Touch is as essential to child development as nutrition, a report published as the UK emerges from national lockdown has found.

LEYF running free holiday clubs to support the capital's most vulnerable children

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) is hosting free holiday clubs to help children who are at risk of falling behind with their learning.

Playing at make-believe with toddlers may help prevent behavioural problems

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Friday, May 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Children whose mothers join them in pretend play are less likely to exhibit behavioural problems down the line, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found.

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A new podcast series featuring stories of parents who have given birth during lockdown along with interviews with leading practitioners and politicians, has been launched by Andrea Leadsom MP, chair of the Early Years Healthy Development Review.

No evidence that children's social and emotional development worsened during the pandemic - SEED study

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Children’s social and emotional development does not appear to have changed much during the pandemic, according to a long-term study looking at the impact of children’s early education and development on children’s primary years.

Charity calls for action to reduce attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| Nursery World

A new report calls for more focused interventions to close the attainment gap between children from high and low-income households.

Rise in number of pre-school children with their own tablets

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Nearly half of all three-and four-year-olds have their own touch-screen devices, new research suggests.

Emotional wellbeing focus of infant mental health awareness week

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Better Start projects in Bradford and Blackpool are raising awareness of the impact of too much stress during pregnancy.

Regional early years theatre scheme takes off

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

| Nursery World

An early years project aimed at bringing theatre to more than 3,500 children in rural and less advantaged areas has selected six theatre companies that will be part of the scheme.

SEED: Report reveals benefits of ECEC at age three

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery World sums up the key findings of the latest research from the Study of Early Education and Development.

'Shocking' rise in young children having baby teeth removed

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of toddlers having teeth extracted due to tooth decay has risen by almost a quarter in the last decade, new figures reveal.

Parents need not worry about bad Santa impersonators

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

New research suggests that even if young children see lots of different people dressed up as Father Christmas their belief in his existence will remain unshaken.

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Free books for children and adults are to be handed out at food banks during the festive period, thanks to a partnership between Booktrust and The Trussell Trust food bank network.

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

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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.

Rise in unhappiness and mental health problems in girls

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Girls are more worried about their appearance than boys, says a new report, which highlights an alarming trend in self-harm among young teenage girls.

Government dismisses MPs' call for national early intervention strategy

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Friday, February 8, 2019

| Nursery World

MPs have been left 'frustrated' by the Government's rejection of a new national early intervention strategy to tackle childhood adversity and trauma.

Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| Nursery World

Children’s learning and development are being impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, according to NatCen research, which highlights that poverty rates are higher for households with children.

Gender stereotyping of job roles increases in boys from the age of seven, but decreases in girls

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

| Nursery World

Children, and especially boys, demonstrate stronger stereotyping about masculine and feminine jobs than previously suspected, a study by the University of Sussex has revealed.

Coronavirus: Young children's mental health suffered in lockdown - study

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Mental health difficulties in primary school-aged children increased during the first national lockdown, the latest Co-SPACE study highlights.

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

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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.

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Touch as important to child development as healthy food, research finds

LEYF running free holiday clubs to support the capital's most vulnerable children

Playing at make-believe with toddlers may help prevent behavioural problems

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

No evidence that children's social and emotional development worsened during the pandemic - SEED study

Charity calls for action to reduce attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children

Rise in number of pre-school children with their own tablets

Emotional wellbeing focus of infant mental health awareness week

Regional early years theatre scheme takes off

SEED: Report reveals benefits of ECEC at age three

'Shocking' rise in young children having baby teeth removed

Parents need not worry about bad Santa impersonators

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

Rise in unhappiness and mental health problems in girls

Government dismisses MPs' call for national early intervention strategy

Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

Gender stereotyping of job roles increases in boys from the age of seven, but decreases in girls

Coronavirus: Young children's mental health suffered in lockdown - study

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

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