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Two-year-olds who attend childcare settings for between 20 and 30 hours a week do more learning activities at home than those who do not attend nursery, according to research by the National Centre...
Children aged five have a good understanding of physical illness but do not have the same grasp of what mental illness is until they are eight or nine years old, a new study has found. Researchers at...
The DfE is looking for early years 'experts', 'mentors' and 'area leads' for its leadership support and mentoring programme – one of a number of measures announced as part of the £153m Early Years...
Employers have a duty to prevent illegal working by checking documents - while avoiding discrimination, says Jacqui Mann
Lifting babies up in the air is both a fun and beneficial activity, explains Penny Tassoni
There's more than one way to put on a show with your after-school drama group. Alex Marker has ideas for staging scenes that are sure to be crowd-pleasers I have long resigned myself to the fact that...
By Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association Once again nurseries have hit the headlines, this time accused of creating a generation of 'Vicky Pollards' with staff as...
This month saw the arrival of Harry's baby brother Alfie Jack - a strange experience for Harry, but one he coped with very well. Mummy went into hospital during the night, and when Harry woke and...
By Michael Nolan, a nursery nurse in a Birmingham hospital's neonatal unit. I'm fed up with hearing presumptions about why the childcare sector has problems when it comes to employing male nursery...