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Mind and body - motor skills

15 June 2000, Nursery World

When a child starts formal schooling, it is assumed that he or she will be able to sit still, pay attention, manipulate a writing instrument and control the eye movements...

My hero! - tv role models

15 June 2000, Nursery World

Don't be surprised when a four-year-old child at your nursery comes in one morning and proudly announces to everyone, 'I want to be Batman when I grow up'. You can...

Share schemes - working with parents

15 June 2000, Nursery World

Lynn Kennington, the head of Gamesley Pre-School Centre in North Derbyshire, is forthright about her priorities. 'Parents are at the forefront of our thinking. They are the child's first educators,'...

Home times - parental leave

15 June 2000, Nursery World

Better parental leave entitlements could reduce the demand for paid childcare but also improve the working conditions of nursery staff, writes Peter Moss

Another kind of motherhood - a parent's view

8 June 2000, Nursery World

Before I had my son Alex, who is now nine, my image of parenthood used to be long, chatty conversations with a small child whose hand would be firmly placed...

Degrees of success

8 June 2000, Nursery World

If more early years workers had degrees, it would improve pay, status and quality throughout the profession, says Pamela Calder

Good habits - learning through routines

8 June 2000, Nursery World

The routines necessary in caring for very young children offer opportunities for bonding and learning, says Jennie Lindon

Degrees of success - a graduate workforce

8 June 2000, Nursery World

If more early years workers had degrees, it would improve pay, status and quality throughout the profession, says Pamela Calder

In their own way - learning through play

1 June 2000, Nursery World

The curriculum guidance for the Foundation Stage is finally out and one of the most important and exciting aspects of the documentation is the emphasis placed on play as a...

Read the Signs - writing

1 June 2000, Nursery World

George, three years old, had been listening with the other children in the nursery to his teacher telling them that the wheely toys could not come into the covered yard....