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Coronavirus: Young children of working parents improved their attention during lockdown, study reveals

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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Children of working parents had fewer tantrums and ‘significant’ improvements in attention during lockdown, findings from a study tracking two- to five year-olds throughout the pandemic has revealed.

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

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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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

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

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

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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: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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More than 1,500 paediatricians have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for the Government to urgently publish a clear plan for getting all children back to school.

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidelines for when and how playgrounds will be brought back into use ‘must be provided immediately’ if the Government serious about tackling obesity amid the pandemic, the Association of Play Industries has warned.

Coronavirus: Effects of loneliness in children could last up to nine years

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Children who have experienced long periods of loneliness are three times more likely to suffer from depression in years to come, according to a review looking into the long-term mental health impacts of lockdown.

Avoiding the ‘terrible twos’ during lockdown

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Thursday, May 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Happy babies can get through the ‘terrible twos’ with minimal behavioural problems if they are supported by a flexible method of parenting, a leading Cambridge academic told Nursery World.

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.

Leaving a baby to cry has no negative effects on child development

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Leaving a baby to ‘cry it out’ has no adverse effects on child development and attachment, according to new research.

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

A charity has warned that using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework is ‘no quick fix’ for identifying and supporting children at risk from the effects of abuse and neglect – and those using the framework may be overlooking vulnerable children.

New documentary series explores the life of babies

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Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

A new Netflix documentary series follows 15 babies during their first year of life to discover the processes behind each developmental step.

Duchess of Cambridge launches early years survey

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The Duchess of Cambridge has launched a national survey on early childhood.

Pilot successful in changing young children's views on gender

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Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children’s views of gender can be overturned by adopting an approach that challenges perceived views of boys’ and girls’ toys, a study has found.

Three quarters of under-fives have access to internet-connected devices

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The number of under-fives with access to the internet has tripled in 10 years, according to a new report.

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 700,000 Reception children will receive a free book this week, as a study finds reading helps children to open up about their feelings.

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

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Friday, August 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents say that a lack of play areas is affecting their child's health, figures suggest.

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

| Nursery World

A call for Government to bring in guidance for 'zero screen time' for babies will be made at an infant well-being conference today.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

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Coronavirus: Young children of working parents improved their attention during lockdown, study reveals

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

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

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

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

Coronavirus: Effects of loneliness in children could last up to nine years

Avoiding the ‘terrible twos’ during lockdown

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

Leaving a baby to cry has no negative effects on child development

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

New documentary series explores the life of babies

Duchess of Cambridge launches early years survey

Pilot successful in changing young children's views on gender

Three quarters of under-fives have access to internet-connected devices

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

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