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Positive Relationships: Parenting Programmes - Something to prove

Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

High-quality parenting programmes can support vulnerable people and their ability to parent. Charlotte Goddard profiles one such programme and the challenges facing this type of intervention

Toilet Training: When to begin on the potty

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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Recent generations have softened their attitudes to toilet training, but with high numbers of children starting school in nappies, are we waiting too long? Caroline Vollans

Lockdown Babies: Supporting children with SEND and their parents

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

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Jo Parkes looks at the impact on settings from the increase in children requiring more support from staff, and how they are navigating the best ways to help parents.

All about… family hubs

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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With Children’s Centres having declined by a third since their peak of 3,600,Hannah Crown asks to what extent the new family hubs build on the legacy of Sure Start

Crowdfunder campaign hits target to deliver inclusive children's books to nurseries and schools

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

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Books representative of a multi-cultural and diverse society are to be delivered to nurseries and schools in the next academic year thanks to a campaign hitting its fundraising target.

Positive Relationships: Home Learning - A parent’s guide to… choosing a nursery

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Monday, October 17, 2016

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At some point or another, you are likely to have to make decisions about your child’s next steps. Penny Tassoni offers some advice to parents on choosing a new setting for their child

EYFS Best Practice - All about… families after separation

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Monday, April 3, 2017

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With ‘blended families’ on the increase, early years practitioners need to be in tune with the feelings of the children affected, and aware of their obligations to both parents, writes Annette Rawstrone

Working Mum - Switch it off!

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Monday, September 5, 2016

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The nursery claims that the use of its television is education, but Working Mum suspects the setting has come to depend on it

Positive Relationships: Parenting Programmes - Word of mouse

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Monday, October 31, 2016

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A furry toy is being used to engage parents in their children’s learning, finds Annette Rawstrone

One in four mothers unsure about how to wean their baby

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

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A Government-backed campaign aims to help parents with weaning and tackle widespread myths about the signs a baby is ready to try their first solid foods.

All about… social isolation

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Monday, January 6, 2020

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Early years settings are helping to solve loneliness in their local areas by making links to isolated parents, older people, socially excluded teenagers and disadvantaged communities such as refugees. Meredith Jones Russell reports

EYFS Best Practice - All about… pandemic play

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

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How has children's play been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic at home and in settings, and are the changes likely to be long-lasting? Nicole Weinstein investigates

Home Learning: Activities - Listening

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Monday, May 5, 2014

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One of the skills that children need to develop in order to read and write is called auditory discrimination.

Mental health: Service cuts hit mothers and babies

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Monday, July 14, 2014

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Austerity measures are having a knock-on effect on the provision of mental health services around the UK. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates what this means for those in need of support.

Health & Wellbeing: A group for dads

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

| Nursery World

One network is creating a community for fathers to socialise and discuss their children, similar to the support already widely available to mothers.

SEED: Latest reports include focus on good early years practice

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Friday, January 27, 2017

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Tailoring practice to children’s needs, a skilled and experienced workforce, and an open and reflective culture are highlighted as key in new research on good practice in early education.