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In an interview with Nursery World, Vicky Ford, the minister for children and families, has defended the level of funding for the early years sector during the coronavirus crisis.
Pregnant women who eat unhealthily may be putting their child at risk of long-term health problems, according to new research.
See what nurseries across the country have been up to.
What is small-world play, how does it benefit children, and what can settings do to make sure it is provisioned in ways that ensure quality and diversity? By Penny Tassoni
The needs and circumstances of multiple birth families are often misunderstood.
I believe that anti-male policy is preventing men from working in the early years sector. As a male single parent, grandparent and qualified pre-school practitioner, I have been made to endure...
By Margaret Lochrie, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance In May last year the Pre-school Learning Alliance launched a two-year campaign to put parents and their young children at the...
Minimum salary levels should be set for the early years workforce to raise standards and encourage practitioners to gain higher qualifications, an influential think-thank has recommended.
Lynn Bryden is business and finance support officer at Sure Start Strategic Partnership Tyne & Wear (www.northtyneside.gov.uk)
We hope Nursery World readers will enjoy these two poems submitted by Janet Moyles, professor emeritus and early years consultant, who wrote our Special Report ('Sound effects', 9 February) on the...