As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.
In the wake of last month’s obesity strategy update, Bertram Nursery Group early years manager Ursula Krystek-Walton outlines its programme to get children moving for at least three hours per day
Learndirect, the biggest provider of childcare apprenticeships, has had its Government funding withdrawn after it was found to be inadequate by Ofsted.
Children will engage in dramatic and socio-dramatic play as a way of understanding the social world, says Philip Waters in the latest article in his series on play types. the whole world is a stage,...
Nannies may prefer one age group or another, as Jennie Lindon explains, but what does that say about them? Early years practitioners train to cover at least up to middle childhood, yet most jobs they...
There are many ways of easing children's transitions between educational stages. Dr Andrew Lockett offers advice on helping them feel secure and ready to learn We have all experienced times of change...
In the baby room, what should practitioners be looking out for to guide their interactions, asks Meredith Jones Russell