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    The value of play (spoiler alert - it's very valuable)
    Deerness Valley Nursery
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    The value of play (spoiler alert - it's very valuable)

    Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social- emotional development at all ages.
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    Thoughts on Children and Childhood, Part 2: John Dewey
    Deerness Valley Nursery
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Thoughts on Children and Childhood, Part 2: John Dewey

    Who was John Dewey? He was born in Vermont in 1859. Originally he was a student of philosophy, then after marrying Alice Chipman, he...
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    Thoughts on Children and Childhood - Part 1: Where do we come from?
    Deerness Valley Nursery
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 4 min

    Thoughts on Children and Childhood - Part 1: Where do we come from?

    In order to properly explore education today, we need to place it within an understanding of what education used to be like in our...
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    Deerness Valley Nursery, New Brancepeth, Durham, DH7 7EZ                0191 373 3040
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