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Around 340,000 parents use childcare vouchers to help them afford professional childcare.
I am delighted to be writing this as the new president of the National Childminding Association (NCMA). I have worked with the organisation during its 30-year history and have seen first hand how the...
It's time to celebrate the role of home care in language development, says Liz Bayram.
Labour has not been short of commitment or ideas in its attempt to improve the opportunities for parents, but it has failed to effectively reform a key piece of a regressive system that continues to...
When someone mentions dummies, what comes to mind? Is it a mother in a supermarket laden with shopping, children in tow and a large dummy in the toddler's mouth? Or is it the middle-of-the-night...
MY RIGHT TO PLAY: A child with complex needs. By Robert Orr. (Open University Press, 14.99, ISBN 0335211704, tel:01628 502500). Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant This...
Despite the achievement of the current UK Government in reducing child poverty levels during the first part of the last decade, and introducing fiscal programmes to help low-income families, child...
Hard times call for new ways to motivate staff, says Alan Bentley.
DOING YOUR EARLY YEARS RESEARCH PROJECT: a step-by-step guide. By Guy Roberts-Holmes. (17.99, Paul Chapman). Reviewed by Nicola Gray, BA nursery management student This book goes through the whole...
By Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, deputy secretary general of the Council of Europe. (Taken from the sixth Kilbrandon lecture on justice for children.) The hesitation of the UK Government and some other...