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Editor's view - Tablets of stone?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Debate about the role of ICT in the early years is surely some of the most polarised around, as our head-to-head between Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Dr Richard House shows (see pages 14-16).

A school waiting room?

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 14, 2018
  • | Nursery World
From the 30 hours to Bold Beginnings to a new Baseline pilot, the DfE is consistently ignoring our sector’s concerns, says Sue Cowley

Be the change

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
  • | Nursery World
On Friday 11 September, I was reminded of events 14 years ago when two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York.

'Discover the power of play'

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 21, 2021
  • | Nursery World
As we move towards the ‘new normal’, National Play Week (from 21 June) provides an opportunity to raise the profile of play and place it at the heart of our practice, says Early Years Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch.

To the Point - How we hold the future

    Opinion
  • Friday, September 6, 2013
  • | Nursery World
Professor Robert Winston explores the importance of nurture and highlights how adverse early experiences can affect the function of DNA in the brain

Risking it all

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 16, 2017
  • | Nursery World
I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the Northamptonshire Childminding Conference in September.

'We all read to our children don't we?'

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 14, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Professor Law and Dr Charlton stress the importance of parents reading to their children after their joint study confirmed the positive effect it has on language development.

To the point - We must fight fear

    Opinion
  • Friday, July 26, 2013
  • | Nursery World
An increasing number of nurseries operate policies that restrict staff from touching or cuddling children. We do this because we are afraid of allegations of abuse, says Suzanne Zeedyk.

Using your common sense outdoors

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 20, 2021
  • | Nursery World
Forget tricycles and plastic climbing frames, start focusing on child development and outdoors – and reap the rewards, says Helen Bilton

Let’s radically rethink education

    Opinion
  • Friday, June 17, 2022
  • | Nursery World
The Montessori approach naturally offers 'elegant solutions' to the many issues raised by The Times Education Commission, published this week says Louise Livingston, head of training at the Maria Montessori Institute

It’s all a bit of a muddle

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 18, 2019
  • | Nursery World
Do parents stand a chance of doing the right thing for their children when Government and business seem intent on ruining their future?

Friends indeed

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 23, 2018
  • | Nursery World
For young children, friendships help them to blossom in nursery and can encourage them in their later transition to school

Are we nearly there yet?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 3, 2018
  • | Nursery World
Nancy Stewart and Janet Moyles give a perspective from 40 years of TACTYC: Association for Professional Development in Early Years

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