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We have summarised the latest Department for Education guidance for settings below, as nurseries, childminders and schools prepare to open for more children from 1 June.
The children's charity NCH has begun the first phase of its re-branding campaign, starting by changing its name from today (18 September) to Action for Children.
Everyday play provides plenty of chances to learn number skills. But it doesn't just have to be through tangible objects, says Jane Drake Counting, and use of numbers as labels, constitutes one strand...
A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains
The confusion over criminal records checks for nursery staff in Scotland is so widespread that even some officers working for the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care did not know what...
A mixed bag of books that lend themselves to being shared with a group of young children is reviewed by Alison Boyle Halibut Jackson by David Lucas (Andersen, 10.99, ISBN: 1-84270-218-1)
The Scottish Out of School Care Network (SOSCN) has launched a rejuvenated website, www.soscn.org, where playworkers can keep up to date with what is happening within their profession. The site has a...
The experience of moving the body from a prone position is surprisingly important for a child's development, say Anne O'Connor and Anna Daly.
In this extract from her new Practical EYFS Handbook, Penny Tassoni outlines ways of building confidence and self-awareness in children aged 0-11 months.
Name: Linda Harrison Job title: Manager, Regional Childcare Centre of Vocational Excellence