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Will Quince, the minister for children and families, has posted a video on Twitter in response to widespread criticism of reports that the Government is planning to cut the number of staff required to...
Jan Hutt, minister for health and social services at the National Assembly for Wales, has approved a play policy for Wales that will be published in the autumn. The policy is a broad statement of...
Establishing an active and equal relationship with parents depends on a setting having clear values There is overwhelming evidence that children benefit when early years educators and parents work...
Creating additional places for two-year-olds in some areas is proving more challenging than in others. James Hempsall describes how one centre has set up a mini-bus service to bring children in from...
The Government's policy of targeting investment on disadvantaged areas and families while relying on the private childcare market to cater for working parents has hindered moves to integrate childcare...
* A brand new Katie Morag book, Katie Morag and the Riddles, is published next week. In this latest story, Katie Morag accidentally breaks her mother's beads at home and has a tantrum at school,...
A high-flying working mother in an office meeting takes a frantic call from her new nanny. The baby's had a fit and they're at the hospital. Soon the baby is dead from being shaken and the nanny is on...
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to give all two-year-olds 15 hours of free childcare, if elected in 2015.
Looking for ways to extend parachute play? Making Waves by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet is full of great parachute games with the emphasis on developing the children's self confidence and team...