How spatial thinking could help children learn math
Do you struggle to visualize how to rotate your shoes so that they nest together in a shoe box?
Mathematics
Jan 24, 2023
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News tagged with older children
Is Santa real? Examining children's beliefs in cultural figures and 'non-real' people
Young children understand dinosaurs and The Wiggles are (or were!) real, and that fictional characters like Peter Pan and Spongebob are not real—but cultural figures like Santa or the Tooth Fairy occupy an ambiguous place ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2020
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Report: Children lose basic skills under virus restrictions
Some young children have forgotten how to eat with a knife and fork and others have regressed back into diapers as the coronavirus pandemic and related school closures take a toll on young peoples' learning, the U.K. education ...
Education
Nov 10, 2020
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Measures used to reduce the spread of COVID found to reduce contacts 50-62 percent in school children
A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.K., one in the U.S. and one in Spain has found that measures to promote social distancing of school children to reduce COVID-19 exposure reduced contacts on average ...
Census: Childless older women better off than older men
Older adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those with children, and their numbers are growing.
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2021
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Do Ofsted inspections leave parents at the periphery?
Guidelines for Ofsted inspectors brought in this September mean that school inspectors are no longer judging schools and school leaders on how their engagement with parents impacts on the achievements of older children.
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2015
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Better understanding of dog body language could make interactions safer
A better understanding of the way dogs communicate distress could be the first step in reducing the risk of dog bites for both children and adults, a new study has found.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2018
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Don't panic, plan: COVID-19 family survival ideas
If families are going to survive the Covid-19 lockdown happily, planning is going to be key, according to Professor Ann Buchanan of Oxford's department of social policy, who has come up with the Four Bs as a plan for a successful ...
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2020
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Why aren't children allowed to vote? An expert debunks the arguments against
Most people think democracy is something that adults do and regard the prospect of children voting as too silly to even contemplate. In the early 20th century, many democracies began (ostensibly) operating with universal ...
Social Sciences
Dec 28, 2022
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Teachers are critical to detecting and reporting child maltreatment
School closures during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in at least 5,500 fewer reports of endangered children, according to a new study showing teachers' essential role in the early detection and reporting ...
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2022
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