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The report from Nesta's calculates the number of hours of 'lost learning' for two-year-olds eligible for the free entitlement, PHOTO Nesta
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Disadvantaged two-year-olds missing out on 45 million hours of education a year

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According to Action for Children, 440,000 children in poverty are living in households where one or more parents work full-time, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Almost 2 million children could be 'trapped in poverty' as work is not the 'silver bullet'

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The EEF says that 'interactive reading' can help boost children's language development by up to seven months, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Interactive reading found to boost early language development by seven months

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Research Nurseries: How Pen Green develops its staff through research

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Carey Oppenheim: Changing public conversation around the importance of the early years

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Movie-viewing may play a key role in helping to developing 'narrative fluency'.
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Professional book review: Why movie watching is much more than a passive activity for young children

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The research from the EYA and LEYF reveals the struggle many childcare providers are facing to provide nutritious meals due to rising living costs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Cost-of-living crisis impacts settings' abilities to provide healthy meals

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Almost half of children starting school are not 'developmentally ready'

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The JRF's annual report on poverty reveals the scale of the problem in the UK, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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'Heartbreaking and wrong' that a million young children are growing up in poverty

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The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has appointed experts to advise her on her work on early childhood, PHOTO The Royal Foundation
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The Princess of Wales appoints early childhood experts to advisory board

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Redwoods Dowling Kerr have published their latest childcare market report
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2022 was a ‘golden year’ for nursery mergers and acquisitions, finds report

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The report finds the cost-of-living crisis is widening inequalities, especially in the North of England. PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Children in the North of England most impacted by economic crisis, warn MPs

Families
Nursery children playing with a Fisher Price telephone, first released in the 1960s, PHOTO Busy Bees
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Parents storing their old Barbies, Rubik's Cubes and Fisher Price Toys to pass on to their children

Families
Researchers will look into toddlers' use of digital technology and how they develop early talk, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Researchers to study how toddlers learn to communicate using technology

Families
Deputy manager Leanna Clarke in action
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Research nurseries: How a nursery in Sheffield is using research to inform its practice

Practice
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How to fix our broken childcare system: as well as more cash, local councils are key

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