Classroom assistant Maureen Farren talks about her typical week with children with severe learning difficulties Monday
Follow a simple letter 'writing' activity by setting up a brightly coloured Post Office wall display, says Nina Massey A simple letter 'writing' activity and display provide a great introduction to a...
Understanding the functions and reactions of skin will help you decide how to respond to conditions seen on the children in your care, writes Maggie Jones Our skin is one of the most important organs...
Practitioners are being urged to feed back their experience so far of the Early Years Foundation Stage - but is it asking the right questions of the right people? Ruth Thomson investigates.
Director of PBD training and nursery owner Ross Midgley critiques the Department for Education's (DfE) survey for parents on ratios and the qualifications of practitioners.
Should infant free school meals be free for all? In reality they are an 'expensive gimmick' that subsidises middle-class parents, argues Lewis Brown.
These optional units help practitioners to develop understanding and providing for the needs of the very young, says Mary Evans.
Something is missing from the revised Early Years Foundation Stage, argues Ann Langston as she examines the newly-published framework.
With our over-fed, under-nourished children and food-illiterate adults, where did it all go so wrong? asks Mary Whiting.
Early years practitioners must view boys as they are, and not try to force them into a behaviour and learning model set by girls the same age, says Neil Farmer